From Fables to Forensics: Five Documentaries from CPH:DOX 2026

CPH:DOXs 2025 edition opened with Facing War, a documentary presenting the Russo-Ukrainian war through the final year of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenbergs tenure. Though some critics found the film overly cautious in its presentation of political lobbying, its premiere proved unexpectedly well-timed amid Trumps return to power and anxieties surrounding European alliances. For CPH:DOX today, as one of the worlds leading documentary festivals, the familiar impulse to pair aesthetic ambition...