CPH PIX

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rdf:langString CPH PIX is the result of the merging of the Copenhagen International Film Festival and the NatFilm Festival in 2008, which created the organisation Copenhagen Film Festivals. Copenhagen Film Festivals also manages the documentary festival CPH:DOX. The festival was founded by Jacob Neiiendam who administered the festival until the end of its 10th edition in 2018. The first edition of CPH PIX was held in April 2009 with an audience of 36,500 - the largest crowd ever recorded for a film festival in Copenhagen at the time. Since its first edition the festival has grown in size to a total of 78,000 audiences in 2017. In 2016 the festival merged with BUSTER Film Festival for Children and Youth, whereas the festival period also moved from April to October/November. Until 2018 the festival lasted for two weeks with a packed program of more than 200 films from around the world, as well as 700 film related events and activities. The festival has hosted seminars, educational workshops, artist talks, theatrical performances and film related concerts. Throughout the years well known artists such as John Carpenter, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Jean-Michel Jarre, Tangerine Dream and Jóhann Jóhannsson have performed as part of the festival. In 2018, the successful head of the documentary film festival CPH:DOX, Tine Fischer, was put in charge of CPH PIX. During her management the festival’s format relaunched in a new compressed WEEKEND edition. The first WEEKEND edition was held in 2019 with a strongly curated program consisting of 20 films in 4 days. With the new compressed edition of CPH PIX, the festival once again separated from BUSTER Film Festival for Children and Youth. In 2020, CPH PIX was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, CPH PIX returned with an expanded WEEKEND program consisting of 40 films spanning 5 days. The festival was held from 10-14 November with film screenings in both Copenhagen and Aarhus. At the festival, there were also visits from a number of leading film directors, including Mia Hansen-Løve and Eskil Vogt.