With 33 productions and co-productions selected at CPH:DOX this year, including five world premieres, France continues to occupy a prominent position at this renowned documentary festival, which takes place in Copenhagen from March 13 through 24. The increasing number of French professionals attending the event is further proof of the expanding appeal of this innovative festival.
Unifrance will be providing essential support for French films and industry professionals attending CPH:DOX, with customized schemes including travel assistance, individual promotion support, the presentation of the Unifrance Doc Award and the accompaniment of a delegation of producers. The latter will have the opportunity to take part in the festival's industry activities while strengthening their professional networks.
This year's Unifrance delegation will include: Dominique Barneaud (Bellota Films), Agathe Barré (Deuxième Ligne Films), Rémi Grellety (Warboys Films), Emmanuelle Lepers (Haut et Court Doc), Joséphine Mourlaque (Mabel Films), Victoria Pace (TV ONLY - Distrib Films), Christian Popp (Tag Film), and Myriam Weil (Federation Studios France).
French productions and co-productions at CPH:DOX 2024
Artists & Auteurs
- Man in Black by Wang Bing
- Architecton by Victor Kossakovsky
- Youth (Spring) by Wang Bing
- Little Girl Blue by Mona Achache
- Our Body by Claire Simon
- Rehab (From Rehab) by Ila Beka and Louise Lemoine
- Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat by Johan Grimonprez
Highlights
- Bye bye Tiberias by Lina Soualem
- Antarctica Calling by Luc Jacquet
- The Many Lives Of Edouard Louis by François Caillat
- Cinéma Laika by Veljko Vidak
- God Is a Woman by Andrès Peyrot
- Tehachapi by JR
F:ACT Award
DOX:Award
- Black Garden by Alexis Pazoumian (world premiere)
- The Flats by Alessandra Celesia (world premiere)
NEW:VISION Award
NEXT:WAVE
- The Nights Still Smell of Gunpowder by Inadelso Cossa
- Invisible People by Alisa Berger (world premiere)
- La Base by Vadim Dumesh (world premiere)
- Blueberry Dreams by Elena Mikaberidze
- KIX by Dávid Mikulán and Bálint Révész
CPH:Science
- The Cloud People by Marius Lena, Iulian Furtuna (world premiere)
- Low-Tech by Adrien Bellay
Special Premieres
Parafictions
- The True Chronicles of the Blida Joinville Psychiatric Hospital in the Last Century, when Dr Frantz Fanon Was Head of the Fifth Ward between 1953 and 1956, by Abdenour Zahzah
- Eureka by Lisandro Alonso
- Do Not Expect Too Much of the End of the World by Radu Jude
- Music by Angela Schanelec
Sound&Vision
- They Shot the Piano Player by Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal
- Peter Doherty: Stranger in My Own Skin by Katia De Vidas
Human:Rights Award
Urgent Matters
Backstory
- Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat by Johan Grimonprez
- God Is a Woman by Andrès Peyrot
The Youth Editorial Group
Body Politics
Conflicted
- The Flats by Alessandra Celesia
- Blueberry Dreams by Elena Mikaberidze
- I Shall Not Hate by Tal Barda
- Black Garden by Alexis Pazoumian