Palaivana Rojakkal

When Almonds Blossomed

July 1973 •Georgian

Zura, a son of a rich businessman, steals a car of his father’s friend to amuse his classmates. When informed about it, the school principal discards him from the bike tournament. Nevertheless, Zura’s father manages to persuade her to allow his son to participate and even succeeds in bribing his championship. Zura’s classmates know that he became a champion undeservedly but can’t do anything about it. Only Khatuna, his alleged girlfriend, and Lexo, Zura’s friend, dare to protest against it. Their lack of loyalty enrages Zura and in the rush of the blood he crashes his father’s car. The accident takes Laxo’s life. Zura’s father does his best to save his son from deserved punishment but the first one against his decision is Zura himself.

The Verdict

November 2025 •Indonesian

Raka, a court security officer, and his pregnant wife, Nina, celebrate her success in passing the bar exam. But their joyous celebration is shattered when Nina is found brutally murdered. As the trial spirals towards an unjust outcome, Raka resolves to overturn the corrupt verdict and seek justice for his late wife.

Out of Step

February 1968 •

A disabled man takes on the system when his pension is tied up in a morass of red tape. His story is revealed on a television program, and the star of the show is admonished for trying to incite the public against the system. The media, the man and the television manager gather to try to talk out the misunderstandings they all experience with the system of slow-moving social injustices. The message of the film also states that the days of media scrutiny and public-opinion feedback are here to stay.

Thondan

May 2017 •Tamil

A righteous ambulance driver rubs a politician on the wrong side, and the latter decides to teach him a lesson.

David Copperfield

April 2009 •Italian

A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relationships.

Ayngaran

May 2022 •Tamil

A young mechanical engineer invents a machine that not only saves a four-year-old baby girl from a borewell pit, but also unearths a mysterious theft case in the city.

Mona & Parviz

November 2021 •German

Two employees of the immigration office pay Mona an unannounced visit to check on the marital relationship between her and her husband Parviz - who is not to be found.

Rita

July 2024 •Spanish

Rita, a 13 year old girl, runs away from her abusive father to the big city. She finds solace until she's placed in a safe house run by the State. Rita and her cellmates plots an escape that ends in a shocking act of violence.

Yuvarathnaa

March 2021 •Kannada

A government aided college, RK University, is on the verge of completing its golden jubilee but a bizarre event shuts it down indefinitely. Will RK University restore its lost glory?

Winter Brothers

December 2017 •Danish

A brother odyssey set in a workers' environment during a cold winter. We follow two brothers - their routines, habits and rituals - and a violent feud that erupts between them and another family.

La malcasada

February 1927 •Spanish

A silent film centering around bull fighting and general melodrama, which also serves nicely as a documentary with 'cameos' by many Spanish personalities of the time.

Breakpoint

April 2022 •French

Odile, a textile worker, and her colleagues are told to evaluate newly-arrived young Tunisian women over a span of four days. Although there is no good solution, Odile will try to make the right choice.

Sub

October 2012 •Spanish

Neethikku Thandanai

April 1987 •Tamil

A 1987 Indian Tamil film, directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar and produced by S. S. Neelakantan and Shoba Chandrasekhar.

The Out

October 2022 •English

A recovering heroin addict looks after his young daughter for the first time since being out of prison and getting clean.

Working But Poor - The Middle Class in Crisis

January 2023 •German

Citizens across Europe who used to belong to the lower middle class have fallen into poverty. An in-depth investigation into the precariat, a new social class of financially insecure citizens who, although they are employed, find it very difficult to make ends meet.

Dhoop Chhaon

January 1935 •Hindi

A remake of the Bengali film Bhagya Chakra, it was the first Hindi film to use playback singing. It was director Nitin Bose who came up with the idea of playback singing.

Thanneer... Thanneer...

October 1981 •Tamil

A small village in Tamil Nadu faces water scarcity. The film highlights the plight of the villagers and the sufferings they endure at the hands of bureaucrats when they try to resolve their problem.

Narappa

July 2021 •Telugu

Narappa is forced to flee into the forest with his younger son, Sinappa, after Sinappa murders an upper caste landlord to avenge his older brother’s death. And now Narappa must make more sacrifices and navigate a deeply unjust justice system to give his son a chance at future.

Ini Oru Sudhanthiram

April 1987 •Tamil

Sathyamoorthi is an Indian liberal leader. He tries to get his pension money but all his attempts end in failure. He has a daughter named Kannamma and they are very poor. The daughter gets cheated by a collector and she gives birth to a baby but the collector avoids that baby. He is going to marry another girl. The collector is killed by Sathyamoorthi and capital punishment is given to him by the court. How the lives of such a leader and his family changes due to circumstances, forms the crux of the story.