Mads Mikkelsen is a senior programmer at CPH:DOX, one of the largest and most important documentary film festivals in the world. With its unique cross-disciplinary focus that brings together film, visual art, and music, as well as pitching forums and labs, CPH: DOX is challenging perceptions of what a film festival and a market can be. Mikkelsen offers insights into the programming process and discusses his dream for CPH:DOX, and documentary festivals in general: that they become social laboratories for intellectual tolerance, curiosity, artistic boldness, and imagination.