CPH:DOX to Open With Pieter-Jan De Pue’s ‘Mariinka’

Copenhagen Doc Fest CPH:DOX to Open With ‘Mariinka,’ Tracing Ukrainian Lives Shaped by War

"The film reminds us why documentary cinema matters: not to offer easy answers, but to confront us with urgency, nuance and the complex human realities behind events often reduced to headlines."

CPH:DOX to Open With Pieter-Jan De Pue’s ‘Mariinka’

The documentary “Mariinka,” directed by Belgian filmmaker Pieter-Jan De Pue, has been selected as the opening film of the 23rd edition of CPH:DOX, also known as the Copenhagen Intl. Documentary Film Festival, taking place March 11-22 in Copenhagen. The film will celebrate its world premiere at the CPH:DOX opening gala in the concert hall of […]

Pieter-Jan De Pue’s Mariinka to open CPH:DOX

28/01/2026 - The Belgian filmmaker’s long-awaited second feature-length documentary, nine years in the making, traces lives shaped by more than a decade of war in eastern Ukraine

CPH:DOX announces 2026 opening film

CPH:DOX has selected Pieter-Jan De Pue’s feature documentary MARIINKA as the opening film for its 23rd edition, running March 11–22, 2026 in Copenhagen. The title will receive its world premiere at the festival’s opening gala on March 10 at 19:00 in the concert hall of the Royal Danish Academy of Music, with De Pue and the film team expected to attend, alongside two principal protagonists. Shot on 16mm and developed over nine years, MARIINKA fol…

Pieter-Jan De Pue’s ‘Mariinka’ to open CPH: DOX as Films Boutique ...

EXCLUSIVE: The film follows the lives of several young Ukrainians in the Donbas region whose lives have been shaped by over 10 years of conflict.