Always by Deming Chen has won the top prize – the DOX:Award at the 2025 CPH:DOX, also known as the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival. In the black and white film, a Chinese boy from a mountain village discovers the power of poetry.
The F:ACT Award went to 2000 Meters to Andriivka by Oscar-winning director Mstyslav Chernov (20 Days in Mariupol) following a small group of soldiers as they fight their way two kilometers through a harsh landscape to liberate a village in ruins.
9-Month Contract by Ketevan Vashagashvili won the Human:Rights Award; Walls – Akinni Inuk by Nina Paninnguaq Skydsbjerg and Sofie Rørdam won the Nordic:DOX Award; Abode of Dawn by Kristina Shtubert won the Next:Wave Award; Ramallah, Palestine, December 2018’ by Juliette Le Monniyer won New:Vision and Constantinopoliad by Sister Sylvester and Nadah El Shazly Won Inter:Active Award.
Winners of the international competitions of CPH:DOX 2025 are:
DOX:AWARD
Winner: ‘ALWAYS’ by Deming Chen / US, FR & CN / 2025 / World Premiere
Special Mention: ‘FLOPHOUSE AMERICA’ by Monica Strømdahl / NO, NL & US / 2025 / World Premiere
F:ACT AWARD
Winner: ‘2000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA’ by Mstyslav Chernov / UA / 2025 / European Premiere
Special Mention: ‘THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR’ by Geeta Gandbhir / US / 2025 / International Premiere
HUMAN:RIGHTS AWARD
Winner: ‘9-MONTH CONTRACT’ by Ketevan Vashagashvili / GE, BG & DE / 2025 / World Premiere
Special Mention: ‘THE ENCAMPMENTS’ by Michael T. Workman & Kei Pritsker / US / 2025 / World Premiere
NORDIC:DOX AWARD
Winner: ‘WALLS – AKINNI INUK’ by Nina Paninnguaq Skydsbjerg & Sofie Rørdam / GL/ 2025 / World Premiere
Special Mention: ‘THE NICEST MEN ON EARTH’ by Josefine Exner & Sebastian Gerdes / DK / 2025 / World Premiere
NEXT:WAVE AWARD
Winner: ‘ABODE OF DAWN’ by Kristina Shtubert / DE / 2024 / International Premiere
Special Mention: ‘WHO WITNESSED THE TEMPLES FALL’ by Lucía Selva / SP / 2025 / World Premiere
NEW:VISION
Winner: ‘RAMALLAH, PALESTINE, DECEMBER 2018’ by Juliette Le Monniyer / BE / 2025 / World Premiere
Special mention: ‘SCRAP’ by Noémie Lobry / FR / 2025 / World Premiere
INTER:ACTIVE AWARD
Winner: ‘CONSTANTINOPOLIAD’ by Sister Sylvester & Nadah El Shazly / UK / Installation / 2025 / International Premiere
Special Mention: ‘THE GARDEN SAYS…’ by Uri Kranot, Michelle Kranot, Sara Topsøe Jensen, Sarah John & Marieke Breyne / DK / XR Perfomance-Installation / 2025 / World Premiere