CPH:DOX's flagship financing and co-production event, CPH:FORUM, has announced its line-up of projects across three strands, which will be presented in Copenhagen from 24-27 March, during the 2025 edition of the festival, which takes place from 19-30 March. The selection features 30 documentary projects by 75 directors and producers from 26 countries, spanning early to late development and production.

“In a polarised world fuelled by a 24-hour news cycle and misinformation, it is more important than ever to bring audiences nuanced stories, different perspectives and new voices. The 2025 CPH:FORUM selection is a snapshot of a place in time, and we couldn’t be more honoured that this group of filmmakers has trusted us to present their projects to the world. We hope this edition will be a space for community and dialogue that demonstrates the power of documentary,” says Mara Gourd-Mercado, head of Industry & Training.

The new CPH:ROUGHCUT strand will replace the former CPH:WIP section, and it is inviting five projects at the rough-cut stage aiming to premiere in 2025, and looking for distribution, sales, buyers, festival premieres and other forms of exhibition.

The fourth edition of CHANGE, in collaboration with IMS (International Media Support) and EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs), will once again showcase projects from the Eastern Partnership countries: Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.

In addition to the €20,000 Eurimages Innovation Award and the €30,000 Outreach Award, as well as the Rise and Shine Award of €3,000 and the Unifrance/Titrafilm Doc Award of nearly €5,500, the event will introduce the new $25,000 cash Sandbox Films Science Pitch Prize for an outstanding science-documentary project. The €10,000 Al Jazeera Documentary Channel Co-Production Award will go to a project highlighting urgent matters of our times.

The projects will be presented to 200 financiers and industry representatives including those from Netflix, Hulu, HBO Europe, ARTE, ZDF, VPRO, BBC, National Geographic, POV, DR, TIME Studios, Sky Studios, Concordia Studio, Fremantle, Fifth Season, IMAX, Tate Modern, the Museum of the Moving Image, Field of Vision, Impact Partners, the Ford Foundation, the Sundance Institute, the Doc Society, Chicken and Egg Pictures, Catapult and The Whickers.

The full list of projects is below:

CPH:FORUM projects

House No. 7 - Rama Abdi (Syria)
Producer: Hazar Yazji

Untitled Edward Said Documentary - Maiken Baird (USA)
Producers: Alex Gibney, Paul Dallas, Sarah Mowaswes

Story of Documentary Film - Mark Cousins (UK) (series)
Producer: John Archer

Metropolis - Anirban Dutta, Anupama Srinivasan (India)
Producer: Anirban Dutta

Thermocene - Giorgio Ferrero (Italy)
Producer: Giovanni Pompilli

Anatomy of a Genocide - Torstein Grude (Norway/Croatia)
Producers: Torstein Grude, Siniša Juričić

The Truth (La Verdad) - Marianne Hougen-Moraga, Estephan Wagner (Denmark/Chile)
Producers: Signe Byrge Sørensen, Alberte Lyngbo

The Salt of the South - Rami Jarboui (Tunisia/France)
Producers: Ramzi Laâmouri, Julien Coquet

One Day in the Future - Hang Ji, Xuan-nian Jiang (China)
Producers: Hui-Chen Huang, Vincent Du

The Freedom Theatre - Nagieb Khaja (Denmark/Norway)
Producer: Mette Heide

In the Black Fantastic - Julian Knox (UK)
Producers: Debo Amon, Ekow Eshun, Jenny Berglund, Patrick Bedeau, Arianna Nourse, Claude Grunitzky, Julian Knox

The Mammoths that Escaped the Kingdom of Erlik Khan - Tamara Kotevska (Denmark/North Macedonia/UK/Portugal/USA)
Producers: Sigrid Dyekjær, Harry Vaughn, Jean Dakar, Anna Hashmi, Enrico Saraiva, Tamara Kotevska

Pantheras - Salome Lamas (Norway/Portugal)
Producers: Anita Norfolk, Pedro Duarte

The Amnesiac - Marcus Lindeen (Sweden)
Producer: Jesper Kurlandsky

Earth Camp One - Jennie Livingston (USA)
Producers: Jennie Livingston, Mary Recine, Jamie Wolf, Eric Besner, Geralyn White Dreyfous, Donald Newhouse, Susan Newhouse, Caroleen Feeney

Spaceman in Kongo - Maisha Maene (DR Congo/UK/Germany/USA)
Producers: Leo Nelki, Josune Hahnheiser, Dale Dobson, Maisha Maene

Uncomfortable Truths - Guylaine Maroist, Eric Ruel (Canada)
Producers: Genevieve Pigeon, Guylaine Maroist, Eric Ruel

Untitled Science Project - Emilia Mello (Brazil/Belgium/USA)
Producers: Elijah Stevens, Julia Alves, Hanne Phlypo

Landfall - Peter Middleton (UK)
Producers: Hugh Davies, Clive Patterson

The Coil Case - Camilla Nielsson, Ullannaq Ingemann, Kimmernaq Kjeldsen (Denmark)
Producer: Dorte Høeg Brask

Untitled Horse Project - Margreth Olin (Norway)
Producer: Margreth Olin

Wolf Moon - Robin Petré (Denmark)
Producer: Monica Hellström

Confidential project - Andreas Pichler (Germany)
Producers: Christian Beetz, Anne von Petersdorff

Rescue - Sine Plambech, Janus Metz (Denmark/Italy)
Producers: Andreas Møl Dalsgaard, Sofie Husum Johannesen

The Journey to Santa Rosa de Amanadona - Anabel Rodríguez (Austria/Venezuela/UK/France)
Producers: Karin Berghammer, Sepp R Brudermann, Anabel Rodríguez, Margarita Cadenas

The Last Witnesses - Omar Shargawi (Denmark/Jordan)
Producers: Katrin Pors, Aseel Abu Ayyash, Rula Nasser

Hopefully, Not Today - Tereza Šimíková, Eivind H Natvig (Denmark/Norway/Iceland)
Producer: Peter Engel

Being Human: Perspectives on Peace and Conflict - Maximilien Van Aertryck, Axel Danielson (Sweden/Denmark/France)
Producers: Maximilien Van Aertryck, Axel Danielson

My Friend the Bear - Drew Xanthopoulos (USA)
Producer: Bennett Elliott

Words We Never Say - Agnieszka Zwiefka (Poland)
Producers: Izabela Igel, Agnieszka Zwiefka

CPH:ROUGHCUT projects

Virtual Girlfriends - Barbora Chalupová (Czech Republic/Slovakia/Bulgaria)
Producer: Pavla Kimešová

Four Brothers (working title) - Pieter-Jan De Pue (Belgium/Sweden/Netherlands/Germany)
Producers: Emilie Blezat, Pieter-Jan De Pue, Bart Van Langendonck, Christian Beetz, Femke Wolting, Vincent Metzinger, David Dusa

The Sinner - Boris Despodov (Bulgaria/Germany/Serbia)
Producers: Boris Despodov, Nana Frese, Miloš Ljubomirović, Dragan von Petrović

The Alarmist - Jacob Tschernia, Tomer Slutzky (Denmark/USA)
Producer: Kirstine Barfod

The Last Nomads - Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazić (Serbia/Montenegro/France/Slovenia/Belgium)
Producers: Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazić, Quentin Laurent, Rok Biček

CHANGE projects

Kura - Murad Allahverdi (Azerbaijan)
Producer: Afag Yusifli

Eyes Wide Open - Sopho Apriamashvili (Georgia)
Producer: Nino Orjonikidze

My Name Is Enough - Marina Arzumanova, Ani Grigoryan (Armenia)
Producer: Ani Ordyan

Import/Export MD - Max T Ciorbă (Moldova)
Producer: Sergiu Scobioala

Missing in Action - Kateryna Holovko, Marharyta Melnychuk (Ukraine)
Producers: Aliona Kachkan, Eugene Rachkovsky

Leave Easy Come Back Safe - Sasha Kulak, Masha Maroz (Belarus/Germany)
Producers: Sasha Kulak, Julia Shaginurova

Entr’actes - Yuriy Shylov (Ukraine/Belgium)
Producers: Olha Tuharinova, Maarten Bernaerts

Whispers of Womanhood - Rati Tsiteladze (Georgia)
Producer: Olga Slusareva