Copenhagen Documentary Film Festival Reveals CPH:FORUM Lineup
variety.comLeo Barraclough International Features EditorCopenhagen Intl. Documentary Film Festival, which runs March 21-April 3, has revealed the lineup for its international financing and co-production event CPH:FORUM.Women are taking central stage in the lineup both as characters and storytellers, and the Forum will feature new projects by Jialing Zhang (“One Child Nation”), Ilinca Calugareanu (“Chuck Norris vs.
Communism”), Tova Mozard (“Psychic”), Elizabeth Lo (“Stray”) and Lana Wilson (“Miss Americana”) among others.The selection of 30 projects in this year’s CPH:FORUM represents a variety of topics, genres and artistic approaches from a diverse group of filmmakers.
According to the festival, “Seeking to demonstrate the richness and heterogeneity of the documentary genre, CPH:FORUM presents a curated slate of films that speak to the major issues of the world we live in.” Topics of race, equity and colonial legacy connect a personal film of Barbadian filmmaker Jason Fitzroy Jeffers (“Papa Machete”), and the newest project of the Dutch visual artist Renzo Martens (“The White Cube”).
New perspectives on the climate emergency are presented in a large-scale investigation by the Academy Award-nominated filmmakers Tia Lessin (“The Janes”) and Carl Deal (“Trouble the Water w.Tia Lessin”) as well as in an intimate observation by Nathan Grossman (“I Am Greta”)After two years online, CPH:DOX is going to welcome hundreds of guests in Copenhagen for CPH:FORUM, which takes place March 28-31.
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