Three films presented at the 2025 edition of Porto/Post/Doc: Film & Media Festival have been selected for the official programme of CPH:DOX 2026, in Copenhagen. “Bulakna”, by Leonor Noivo, has been selected for the Parafictions section; “Nova ’78”, by Aaron Brookner and Rodrigo Areias, joins Highlights and the Audience Award 2026; and “Museum”, by Olivier Bienaimé and Hervé Bienaimé, has been included in Highlights and in the thematic programme Right Here, Right Now. All three titles screened at Porto/Post/Doc in 2025, within different programming contexts, confirming the continuity of their international circulation.
Screened at Porto/Post/Doc in the Human Rights in Motion / Special Screenings section, “Bulakna” arrives at CPH:DOX after a trajectory that includes presentations at FIDMarseille, Doclisboa, Caminhos do Cinema Português and SEMINCI, where it received the Alchemies Award; at FIDMarseille, the film was also honoured with the Prix Renaud Victor. At Doclisboa, it had its Portuguese premiere. Its selection in Copenhagen now coincides with the film’s commercial release in Portugal, scheduled for 19 March, with screenings in several cinemas across the country, including Lisbon, Porto, Coimbra, Maia, Guimarães, Ovar and Sintra.
Also shown at Porto/Post/Doc 2025 in Special Screenings, “Nova ’78” reaches CPH:DOX following a consistent international festival run. The film had its world premiere in Locarno, was shown in Portugal at Doclisboa, in the Portuguese Competition, and also screened at the Viennale. Built from restored, previously unseen footage of the 1978 Nova Convention, the film further confirms in Copenhagen its profile as a work of strong public appeal and cultural relevance, now featured in Highlights and among the titles competing for the Audience Award 2026.
In the case of “Museum”, its presentation at Porto/Post/Doc took place within the framework of the Training Programme for Education Professionals, extending a reflection on cinema as a pedagogical tool and on access to culture. Before screening in Porto, the film had already been included in the programme of the St. Louis International Film Festival / Robert French Film Festival, where it featured in several strands, including Fine Arts Spotlight and Documentary Spotlight. Its selection for CPH:DOX 2026, in Highlights and Right Here, Right Now, expands that trajectory and places the film once again within an international context focused on the relationship between art, education and cultural inequality.
The presence of “Bulakna”, “Nova ’78” and “Museum” at CPH:DOX 2026 confirms the strength of the selection presented at Porto/Post/Doc and underlines the festival’s ability to accompany works with distinct trajectories, from politically informed hybrid cinema to archive-based film and socially and pedagogically engaged documentary.
