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CPH:DOX has go 1 of nan world’s astir important documentary movie festivals, and it’s only becoming much influential each year. The just-wrapped 2026 edition unveiled much than 50 world premieres unsocial and welcomed galore of nan apical names successful nan manufacture – including Alex Gibney, Louis Theroux, John Wilson, Sara Dosa, Poh Si Teng and recently crowned Oscar winners David Borenstein and Helle Faber, among galore others.
On nan caller section of Deadline’s Doc Talk podcast, we study from Copenhagen, speaking pinch CPH:DOX creator head Niklas Engstrøm. He tells america why nan Danish doc organization was successful a peculiarly celebratory temper astatine this year’s event, which had overmuch to do pinch the Oscars. And he shares immoderate of his individual highlights from nan show – among them a tête-à-tête (or ansigt til ansigt, if you prefer) betwixt Theroux and Wilson – nan second champion known for his How To pinch John Wilson series connected HBO.
CPH:DOX receives backing from nan Danish Film Institute, which successful turned is funded by nan Danish government. That statement could perchance expose nan show to governmental meddling, but Engstrøm explores really CPH:DOX has managed to support its independence, dissimilar – immoderate mightiness opportunity – nan Berlin Film Festival, which successful caller years has seen immoderate German politicians definitive unfastened displeasure pinch speeches made by immoderate Berlinale awards winners. He says it’s each astir maintaining “arm’s length” region from governmental interests.
CPH:DOX not only showcases astir 200 films a year, but it’s besides sewage a engaged Conference conception and a increasing manufacture programme that features nan CPH:FORUM wherever filmmakers transportation caller projects. On nan caller version of Doc Talk, we speak pinch 2 young filmmakers — Hansen Lin and Siyi Chen — who brought their film Queens Ballroom to nan Forum. The “Queens” of their title refers to nan New York borough wherever Lin stumbled upon a hidden world of chiefly Chinese immigrants who find societal relationship done ballroom dancing.
The directors, who besides hail from China originally, show america why they judge nan ballroom segment opens a clip capsule onto an earlier era successful China that has mostly disappeared. And they stock that an progressive rumor mill helped them prime their protagonists. Interactions successful nan ballroom are spiced pinch “lots of gossip,” Lin reveals.
That’s connected nan caller section of Doc Talk hosted by Oscar victor John Ridley (12 Years a Slave, Shirley) and Matt Carey, Deadline’s elder documentary editor. The pod is simply a accumulation of Deadline and Ridley’s Nō Studios.
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