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 youth.
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. Since the first edition, the festival has grown to have an audience of more than 55,000.
The festival provides both student and senior discounts for all standard showings throughout the event.
In 2016 the festival merged with BUSTER Film Festival for Children and Youth to become one big festival for all ages. At the same time the festival was moved from the April to October/November.
Awards
The festival presents two awards; the New Talent Grand PIX which goes to a first-time filmmaker and the Politiken 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 | Politiken 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] |
| 2014 | Eskil Vogt (N) for 'Blind' |
Of Horses and Men (2013) [6] |
| 2015 | Thomas Daneskov (DK) for 'The Elite' |
Virgin Mountain (2015) [7] |