CPH:Forum to showcase new projects by ‘Apolonia, Apolonia’ and ‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’ directors

We will feature documentary projects directed by. Mr. Nobody opposes President Putin, Israel Palestine 1958-1989 on Swedish Television; and Apollonia, Apollonia and is one of the films selected for CPH:Forum, the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival’s (CPH:DOX) fundraising and co-production event, to be held in Denmark from March 17th to 19th.

The forum will feature 30 documentary projects ranging from early to late stages of development and production. A total of 101 directors and producers representing 23 countries will participate.

Lee Grob is Apollonia, Apollonia Winner of the 2022 IDFA International Competition and behind the CPH:Forum project letter of hope, The film follows Nobel laureate Oleksandra Matvichuk as she traces the scars of war in Ukraine’s scarred landscape, carrying her own trauma to join the global fight to recognize ecocide as a war crime.

David Borenstein, one of the directors Mr. Nobody opposes President PutinIt premiered at Sundance last year. lives inside our headsproduced by Helle Faber, Made in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Details of the project are being kept secret and will be released during a pitch in March, suggesting it will also be a politically sensitive film. Mr. Nobody opposes President Putin The film is about Russian school teachers and sheds light on the brainwashing of the country’s children.

Sweden’s Goran Hugo Olsson letter to alvin About the life and work of Alvin Baltrop, a little-known but important African American artist who documented the LGBTQ+ experience around New York’s waterfront in the 1970s and 1980s. Mr. Olson’s Israel and Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989 It had its world premiere out of competition in Venice in 2024.

As part of CPH:Forum, CPH:Rough Cut Selection will introduce five films scheduled for release in the rough cut stage, with the aim of releasing them in 2026. This includes the highly anticipated work of Moroccan director Asmae El Moudir. Don’t Let The Sun Go Up On Me.

Now in its fifth year, the Change program will feature documentary projects and filmmakers from Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.

CPH:Forum has confirmed that 200 investors and industry representatives will be participating this year, including streaming executives from Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, and HBO Europe. Broadcasters Arte, ZDF, VPRO, BBC, France Télévisions, National Geographic, POV, NHK, Al Jazeera, Rai.

“The 2026 CPH:Forum selection tells the stories of the times we live in through the lens of filmmakers who challenge the status quo, take risks, and interact with the world. We envision this edition not just as a showcase, but as an important space in which once again the transformative power of documentary to protect democracy and promote understanding in these difficult times will be revealed,” said Mara Gould Mercado, Head of Industry and Training at CPH:Dox.

CPH:Forum 2026 Project

• relics of war (Chile), Director. Jorge Caballero. product. Anna Girard Gris, Diego Pino Anguita
• blackest black man in history (Ireland-United Kingdom), Dir. Roisin Agnew. product. Alison Miller, Jack O’Brien, Roisin Agnew
• bromance ski (Fin-Fr-Den-Nor), Dir. Arthur Frank. product. Sandra Enqvist, Anders Lindström, Remi Gretti, Sara Sklotzka, Torvald Nilsen, Esther Nilsen
• The Calling (Den), Dir. Beniamino Varese. product. Harry Vaughan, Beniamino Varese
• children of the moon country (Words-Cz-Fr), Dir. Jurish of Rome. product. Richard Simechek, Michal Sikora, Alvin Bourgeois
• cosmophonia (Fr), Dir. Verena Paravel. product. Florence Cohen
• dark horse (Sas-A-AGta-E)-w), Thes. That power was a swarm of apostolons, Sam. B bagin. Capture Atida’s female Earl.
• The Day After (French-Israel), Dir. Yuval Orr, Aziz Abu Salah. product. Margaux Mishka, Riel Maghen
• Director’s cut version (tentative title) (Roman Biography), Dir. Radu Chornichuk. product. Tereza Simikova
• elephant in the room (USA), Dir. Marley McDonald. product. John Cardellino
• everything is red and gray (Parkyan), Dir. Suride C. Molavi, Shruk Alaira. product. Suride C. Moravy, Henry Pravidal, Laura Poitras
• face value (USA), Dir. Faye Tsakas. product. riel lock decter
• god between (India-USA), Dir. Archana Padke. product. Aman Mann, Shaunak Sen, Jim Wilson
• green gold (France and America), Director. Yvonne Serna, Selim Benzegia. product. Jeffrey Liborsi, Alex Pritz, Will N. Miller, Selim Benzegia
• good (Garness), Dir. Diana El Jairudi. product. Diana El Jeiroudi, Oluwa Nirabia
• last standing women (GEL), Director. Talal Delki. product. charlotte leakers, talal dahki
• last weekend of october (US-Nig), Dir. Nosarime Garrick. product. Good luck Lord
• letter to alvin (Sweden), Dir. Hilton Ars, Goran Hugo Olsson. product. Tobias Jansson, Melissa Lindgren
• letter of hope (arm), Dir. Lee Grob. product. Sigrid Dijkjar, Eric Holland, Constanze Speidel, Mstislav Chernov
• Living inside our heads (confidential) (That), director. David Borenstein. product. helle farber
• matrescence (UK), Dir. Kathryn Ferguson. product. Eleanor Emptage, Rosie Crerar
• my father the iceman (Polden), Dir. Łukasz Kowalski. Produced by: Anna Magellanto, Łukasz Kowalski, Signe Bilge Sørensen
• Niki de Saint Phalle Documentary Project (Fr), Dir. Matt Wolff, Svetlana Gil. product. Emma Leipers
• Queen’s Ballroom (USA-France-Belgium), Dir. Hansen Lin, Shiyi Chen. product. Hansen Lin, Xiyi Chen, Clara Villermoz, Lawrence Burens
• skeptic (USA), Dir.Raanan Alexandrowicz. product. James Doolittle, Thomas Lennon
• state of immortality (Den-US), Dir. Piotr Viněvić. Works created by Henrik Underbjörg
• sweet mystery of life (USA), Dir. Robert Green. product. Bennett Elliott, Susan Beduza, Douglas Tirola
• silent network (Dennor), Dir. Pernille Rose Gronkjær, Noah Agnete Metz. product. Wibeke Vogel, Nina Leidersdorf, Malte Koch
• Untitled UNRWA Archive Documentary (Can), Dir. Benedict Moran, Ramsey Haddad. product. Benedict Moran, Ramsey Haddad
• we are volcanoes (HK-Nor), Director. Sharon Yong, Natalie Chao. product. Sharon Yong, Gillian Schlesinger

CPH: Rough Cut Project

• Dawn of the Post-Plantation (Ness-Bell-UK-Democratic Republic of Congo-US-It-India), Dir. Sedar Tamasara, Renzo Martens. product. Lee Fells, Isidore Rovers
• Don’t Let the Sun Go Up on Me (Mor Fa den Nor Chile), Dir. Asmae El Moudir. Produced by: Emma Leepers, Monika Helström, Asmae El Moudir
• rescue (The It Ice Jar), ​​Dir. Cine Plambek. product. Sophie Husum Johannessen, Andreas Dalsgaard, Tereza Simikova
• siege of paradise (Eire Suisse), Dir. Gar O’Rourke. product. Andrew Friedman, Ken Wardrop, Jesse Haden, Lusius Fisher, Philip Littler
• war against women (Estonia Roma Ger), director. Maris Salumetz. product. Elina Litvinova, Monika Razlian-Goguin, Gregor Streiber, Maris Salumetz

Change the project

• 10 things (WT) (Georgia-France), Dir. Niniko Rekishvili. product. Anna Kvisidze, Irina Gerashvili, Esther Robin Yu
• three daughters (mol), Dir. Ana Gerciu. product. Ana Gersiu
• life on mars (Armenia), Mary Agakanyan India. product. genera simon
• my house (Azerbaijan), Dir. Urviya Ahmadova. product. Nijat Dadashov
• my school was seized (Ukr), Director. Halina Labrinets. product. Oleksandr Ivanov
• sound of revolution (Georgia-France), Nicholas of Dir. Bezashvili. product. nicholas
• completely confused (Swe-Ukr), Dir. Oleksandra Horiyenko. product. Alex Siliayev, Katerina Yahotka
• UXXR: Will there be sex after the USSR? (Armenia), Rit Movsisi Ind. product. sona margaery