Ambaradan

Dreamers

December 2025 •English

Caught without papers, Isio is relocated and trapped inside Hatchworth Removal Centre, where she learns that finding love, friendship and freedom sometimes means doing the wrong things.

Revival

Invalid date •Armenian

In 2020, when a French robotics student investigates his mother's guarded secret about his true Armenian identity, he jeopardizes his university AI competition to travel to Artsakh and gets entangled in an unexpected full-scale war where he must rely on the evolving consciousness of his AI creation to save his life and learn the truth.

Le Bougnoul

April 1975 •French

A construction worker on a construction site in the Paris suburbs, Mehdi takes the bus to return home after work. Wishing to get off while the vehicle is stationary in a traffic jam, the driver refuses: while restarting, the bus hits the car in front of it. The bus driver attacks Mehdi whom he holds responsible for the incident, claiming that it is forbidden to “talk to the stagehand”. Mehdi is implicated in court and his lawyer tries to draw attention to the living conditions of immigrant workers.

Bwana

September 1996 •Spanish

Antonio, a taxi driver, his wife, and two chidren arrive one fine afternoon at a solitary beach, looking for sea-shells. However, they will find more than expected: namely, Ombasi and Yambo, two illegal African immigrants, apparently thrown back to the ocean from where they came, in search of a better life in Spain. The sun sets, and the evening, night and morning which follow see other bizarre characters entering the scene, before the Africans' and the other characters' fates are finally decided.

Skin

February 2019 •English

In a small supermarket in a blue collar town, a black man smiles at a 10 year old white boy across the checkout aisle. This innocuous moment sends two gangs into a ruthless war that ends with a shocking backlash.

11:11

October 2025 •English

When 16-year-old Pakistani-American Noori’s wish at 11:11 to be her crush’s type goes awry, she’s magically transformed into a white, blonde, blue-eyed girl — and must undo the wish before losing herself completely.

Two Black Boys in Paradise

November 2025 •English

Edan (19) and Dula (18) navigate love, identity, and self-acceptance on a journey about coming into oneself and out to the world. Confronting fear, shame, and societal expectations, the boys rediscover a sense of belonging in their own paradise, in this celebration of queer love, vulnerability, and the power of embracing who you are.

Embajadores en el infierno

September 1956 •Spanish

Four Spanish Blue Division soldiers captured after the German invasion of Soviet territory face a choice in forced labor camps: renounce their Spanish nationality for better conditions. While two accept, Captain Adrados leads a group resisting, labeling those who comply as traitors, showcasing a struggle for loyalty to Franco's values.

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

November 2022 •English

During the rise of fascism in Mussolini's Italy, a wooden boy brought magically to life struggles to live up to his father's expectations.

The Borrower's Hypnotist

May 2023 •English

Aria, a young woman struggling with her identity, seeks out the help of a hypnotist to regain control of her life.

Fireflies

October 2018 •Spanish

Ramin flees from persecution in Iran and ends up living in the limbo of exile, far from everything he knows, in the tropical port town of Veracruz, Mexico. There his nostalgia and melancholy are confronted with new friendships, while he starts to rediscover his own desires.

Fishy

Invalid date •English

A self-proclaimed pageant queen as she vies for the crown of the local pageant. Through a series of surreal visions, she reflects on the sacrifices she's made for the sake of her onstage persona.

Rituals

January 2024 •Indonesian

A husband and wife recall an event when their love was tested amid Punjabi pre-wedding customs, as their family continued to create a scene due to cultural and racial differences, which persisted despite the customs.

Ashes

September 2021 •English

Christian, a young man from the city, travels to a town in Zaragoza, Spain of his recently-deceased father to throw his ashes and give a final farewell. He arrives to find the town abandoned years ago by everyone, leaving their houses to slowly crumble into memory, in search of better opportunities. Yet, one resident remains. An eccentric and wild man who has chosen to live alone in nature, to protect the remains of the village from the pillagers that often drive by in search of valuable artefacts. Their encounter will force Christian to confront his father's identity and perhaps finally understand why his father was the way he was.

Hammer und Flamme

Invalid date •German

John Proctor Is the Villain

Invalid date •English

A group of high school girls in rural Georgia who are studying Arthur Miller's The Crucible create a feminism club as they try to make sense of the greater #MeToo movement and their own relationships with men -- classmates, teachers, and fathers -- in their small community.

The Liberation of L.B. Jones

March 1970 •English

A successful African American businessman has a quarrel with a white policeman, suspecting that he is having an affair with his wife. The policeman's colleagues are seeking to avoid publicity.

Black Girl

March 1966 •French

Eager to find a better life abroad, a Senegalese woman becomes a mere governess to a family in southern France, suffering from discrimination and marginalization.

Business as Usual - Der Prophet fliegt mit

January 2014 •German

Voyages

July 2019 •French

A woman meets a man in a bar late in the evening and goes to his apartment. A woman picks up a girl from school and runs with the child through the park. If we see such scenes in a movie, or are we watching such situations in life, we quickly believe we know who these women are: a woman looking for a fleeting adventure in the first scene, a caring mother in the second.