All articles by Stuart Kemp
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NewsDongnan Chen’s coming-of-age story ‘Whispers In May’ wins big at CPH:DOX 2026
‘Whispers In May’ follows three teenage girls on a journey in China’s remote Sichuan province.
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FeaturesWhat were the buzzy documentary projects at CPH:Forum 2026?
The ‘Mr Nobody Against Putin’ filmmaker held closed-door meetings about their next project.
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NewsAsmae El Moudir’s ‘Don’t Let The Sun Go Up On Me’ wins at CPH:Industry 2026
Further winners included Kathryn Ferguson’s ’Matrescence’, an exploration of maternal transformation.
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Features“I got distracted,” says John Wilson of making ‘The History Of Concrete’ rather than fixing his leaking basement
‘The History Of Concrete’ is making its European premiere at CPH: Dox this week.
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Features‘American Doctor’ director Poh Si Teng explains why she spent her life savings on making the Gaza doc
“This is all the money I saved for you,” the director told her daughter at CPH: Dox this week.
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NewsInternational doc sector debates strategies to help secure investment and audiences at CPH: Summit
The Copenhagen event brought together executives and filmmakers from around the world.
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Features“Come for those flashy projects and stay for the slow burns,” says CPH: DOX industry head Mara Gourd-Mercardo
Some 200 financiers and industry representatives confirmed to attend.
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FeaturesCPH:DOX spotlight: meet the six filmmakers behind this year’s Europe Docs selection
The six selected titles are Amazomania, Arctic Link, Christiania, The Cord, Mariinka and Something Familiar
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FeaturesCPH:DOX’s Niklas Engstrøm and Katrine Kiilgaard on how the 2026 edition will try to make sense of the world
The leading doc festival opens on March 11.
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NewsPolitical pressures, platform power and AI disruption set to be hot topics at CPH: CONFERENCE
CPH:DOX SUMMIT also returns for March 16.
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FeaturesIn profile: the 2026 Bafta Film Awards shorts contenders
This year’s Bafta-nominated shorts encompass a faded pop star, family trauma, queer romance, departed loved ones and social isolation. Screen profiles the eight films competing across two categories.
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NewsCPH:DOX 2026 unveils full six-competition programme
The flagship Dox: Award programme offers a prize of €10,000.
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FeaturesBafta flashback: Amma Asante remembers Martin Scorsese, blinding lights and her parents’ reaction
Asante won the Carl Foreman award for British debut feature at the 2005 Baftas for ‘A Way Of Life’
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FeaturesThe Brit 50: Matthew Vaughn on MARV Studios’ new ‘Stuntnuts’ action trilogy, further ‘Kingsman’ films
Vaughn remains able to finance all MARV film budgets in-house, seeking partners afterwards, by ploughing box-office success back into the business.
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News‘Reflections of Little Red Dot,’ ‘A Poet’ win top prizes in Geneva
Geneva International Film Festival showcases artists working in the digital arts.
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NewsAvoid AI, say YouTube creators, in message to film and TV counterparts at the Geneva Digital Market
Audiences will criticise you for inauthentic content, was the message.
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FeaturesJohn Skoog on why Denis Lavant was the right man to play an iconic Swedish figure in ‘Redoubt’
‘Redoubt’ is based on the true story of man who fortified his house and community against the threat of Soviet invasion during the Cold War.
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FeaturesIt’s much more difficult to sell spec scripts now, says ‘American Beauty’ and ‘Six Feet Under’ writer Alan Ball
”I’m not sure any of the people who are greenlighting projects, film or TV, are willing to stick their neck out on something brand new/”
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FeaturesThe Brit 50: DNA Films & TV
The 28 Years franchise and Alex Garland’s adaptation of fantasy video game Elden Ring are the company’s current priorities
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FeaturesGeneva Digital Market opens with focus on audiovisual innovation, exploration of 20 years of YouTube
GDM is taking place as part of the Geneva International Film Festival.