CPH:DOX, also known as Copenhagen International Airport. The documentary film festival has partnered with European Film Promotion for Europe. Second year documentation. The purpose of the showcase is to highlight outstanding European documentaries and promote market access in North America.
The online showcase that precedes the festival is designed to generate early buzz and capture industry attention. Co-curated by EFP and the CPH:DOX programming team.
This showcase will introduce U.S. buyers and distributors to six European documentaries from this year’s CPH:DOX lineup. All films are world premieres and will be screened in the festival’s flagship competition section, DOX:AWARD. They were chosen to highlight the “diversity and creativity of contemporary European documentary filmmaking”.
“We are really happy to continue our cooperation with CPH:DOX,” said Sonja Heinen, Managing Director of EFP. “In its second year, Europe! Docs provides a unique platform that directly connects European filmmakers with key industry players in North America. Screening a selection of films ahead of the festival increases early awareness, opens the door to new partnerships and strengthens our commitment to further develop European cinema and make a real impact on the U.S. market.”
“We are excited to continue building Europe!Documentation with EFP in 2026,” said Mara Gordo Mercado, Director of Industry and Training at CPH:DOX. “By doing so, we will add real value to CPH:Market and create a meaningful exchange centering on film. This is an important step in strengthening the international channels for European non-fiction and further underlines CPH:Industry’s membership in the industry.” As an important meeting point for the global documentary field, we look forward to another powerful and moving showcase. ”
Resurfacing decades after it was filmed, Nathan Grossman’s Amazonia (Sweden, France, Denmark, 2026) revisits footage from a 1996 expedition to document the isolated Corbo people, sparking new examinations of that first contact and its aftermath.
Arctic Link (Switzerland, 2026), winner of the Companion Fellowship Award (Berlinale Talent 2020), is Ian Parnell’s hybrid documentary/video essay that travels between a fiber-optic cable-laying ship and a remote community in Alaska, where hopes for connection and fears of dystopian change made possible by the reality of climate change collide.
Karl Friis Forchhammer’s Christian (Denmark, 2026), told from the inside, traces Copenhagen’s 50-year experiment in freedom and consensus democracy. There, radical creativity and idealism exist alongside violence, drugs, internal conflict, and increasing pressure from the outside world.
The Cord by Nolwen Hervé (France, 2026) focuses on Venezuela. In a broken medical system where her life is at stake, Karolina stands up as a “maternity warrior.” Drawing strength from her past, she relentlessly protects the lifeline between a pregnant woman and her baby. “The Cord” won the IDFA Forum Award for Best Rough Cut Project for its “raw emotional power and intimate approach.”
Mariinka (Belgium, 2026), directed by Peter-Jean de Pew and shot in 16mm and selected as the opening film for CPH:DOX 2026, is a long-term documentary that follows several young Ukrainians whose lives have been shaped by more than a decade of war in Donbass, where “survival, a sense of belonging, and loyalty to the nation can tear even family bonds apart.”
Something Familiar (Romania, UK, 2026), directed by British-Romanian filmmaker Rachel Close, winner of the Cineuropa Marketing Award and first place in Romania’s CNC Development Fund in 2022, begins with Close helping a fellow adoptee search for her birth mother, before embarking on her own search for her missing sister and confronting her family’s legacy of abuse and exploitation in an attempt to write a new script for the future.
In addition to the showcase, Europe! The document includes a press and promotional campaign that will feature online press events with key industry media and will also “provide industry-tailored preparation for participating filmmakers and guidance on U.S. market strategy and targeted introductions.” The program will also offer on-site, in-person networking events at the festival at CPH:Forum, facilitating face-to-face meetings between European filmmakers and North American decision-makers.
