CPH:PIX
CPH PIX is an annual film festival in Copenhagen, Denmark. The festival resulted from the merger in 2008 of the Copenhagen International Film Festival and the NatFilm Festival to create an organisation called Copenhagen Film Festivals, which also manages the documentary film festival CPH:DOX and the Buster Film Festival for children and young people.
The first CPH PIX Film Festival was held in April 2009 and it had an audience of 36,500 people, which was the largest audience ever recorded for a film festival in Copenhagen. The second festival was scheduled for April 15-25 2010.
At the latest festival in 2012, there was a total of 40.228 people, who visited the festival. The next festival is scheduled to take place from the 10th of April and until the 24th of April.
The festival provides both student and senior discounts for all the standard showings during the festival.
Awards
The festival presents two awards; the New Talent Grand PIX which goes to a first time filmmaker and the Audience Award. New Talent Grand PIX is awarded by an International jury while the Audience Award is decided by the audience.
The previous winners of these awards are:
| År | New Talent Grand PIX | Audience Award |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Peter Strickland (RO/UK) for Katalin Varga | It's not me, I swear[1] |
| 2010 | Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani (BE) for Amer |
Ajami (2009) [2] |
| 2011 | Alistair Banks Griffin (US) for 'Two Gates of Sleep'. |
La solitudine dei numeri primi (2010) [3] |
| 2012 | Kleber Mendonça Filho (BR) for 'Neighbouring Sounds' |
Monsieur Lazhar (2011) [4] |
| 2013 | Ramon Zürcher (CH) for 'The Strange Little Cat' |
The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012) [5] |
Program series
The films shown at CPH PIX is always divided in different film series. The festival always strives to show new and upcoming film, so the series will change from year to year. But in 2012 the program was categorized as follows:
New Talent GRAND PRIX
10 feature films by debuting directors compete for the New Talent Grand PIX.
Maestros
The directors in MAESTROS have long since established themselves as beamimg headlights on the highway of film history, yet here they take a fresh view on both genres and literary classics.
Front Runners
The series for the new talents - the visionary directors of the future.
3 X 3
The series that displays three films from the same director. The people behind CPH PIX hand picks these directors, to put an extra spot light on three of their best films.
Seriously Funny
Where has the contemporary comedy, which takes itself and the genre seriously, gotten to? We have trained our searchlight on the comical aspect right now.
Banned in Denmark
Are we as open-minded, as we imagine? In this series, PIX focuses on those films which, for various reasons, have been banned in Denmark.
Retro
Here, the old-time classics and retro movies are shown for the hard cores fans, who just wants to experience it once more on the big screen.
New Danish Talent
New talent is a great passion for PIX. And not least the Danish.
The French Art of Pleasure
This year's French film series delivers the best in both romance, cruelty and powerlust.
World Views
Immigrants in Europe, the Philippine jungle and Chernobyl provide the framework for this year's series on social issues.
European Voices
European films from both East, West and South.
Spotlight
Every year, there are a handful of series from different countries. In 2012, the spotlight was on Iran, Italy and Germany.
Northern Lights
New crime thrillers and chilling exposures from Norway, Sweden and Iceland.
Latin Beats
Take off to Brazil, Spain and Argentina and experience many warm nuances of realism.
Asian Connection
This year's film selection from China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand, Taiwan and Indonesia.
Thrills and Kills
Genre films which will accelerate your adrenaline, boil your blood, sizzle your cerebrum, pin you to the edge of your seat and turns your knuckles white.
Midnight Madness
Films which can damage the well-being and morale of the general public at large, since they pose a serious threat against good taste.
Lo-Fi Sci-Fi
Five brilliant sci-fi gems which, though poor on budget, are absolutely rich in humor, narrative drive and artistic fantasy.
American Indies
This year's trawl of the North American indie scene is both personal, provocative and passionate.
Anxious Animation
This year's animation program is dominated by the spectacularly colorful and the wildly uncontrollable.