[1] 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.

In September 2018 it was announced that Jacob Neiiendam would be stepping down after 31 October, and that Fischer would continue as sole CEO for all three festivals.

[3] In February 2021 it was announced that Tine Fischer would be stepping down from the CEO role after the 18th edition (21 April to 2 May 2021) to take up a position as director of the National Film School of Denmark.

[3] In June 2022 it was announced that the festival would be shutting down permanently, after having had financial problems for some years in the new era of streaming services and being unable to raise the necessary funding.

[3] Over the course of its history CPH PIX awarded several different prizes, including:[citation needed] In 2021 the festival awarded only one prize: the Crystal Ball, an international competition for feature film debutants, which was selected by a jury consisting of industry professionals.