
13 Apr 1929

The Scar of Shame
An educated, upscale young black musician marries a woman from a lower socioeconomic class to get her out of the clutches of her stepfather.
A government job brings Seema Valmiki to Mumbai. On her first day, she hears two remarks: a casteist comment from a female officer and a loud “Jai Bhim” from the liftman.Trying to fit in, Seema hides her surname and avoids the liftman's greetings. But Seema is changed when the liftman is fired for wanting to celebrate Dr. Ambedkar’s birth anniversary.
Seema Valmiki

Liftman

13 Apr 1929

An educated, upscale young black musician marries a woman from a lower socioeconomic class to get her out of the clutches of her stepfather.


A rural village never wanted to be a city’s landfill or a distant blur in Reels but rather home to new imaginations. Bringing Down a Mountain dissects the intersecting themes of access, abolition and caste through the experiences of residents of a rural village and that of a hyper-urban city. The film follows the village residents’ dreams—of mobile data, digital payment and relief from menial work. What happens when the landfill is full, and dreams want to break free?

09 Dec 2019

Manja and Ravi, two dalit kids live in a tiny village in the western ghats. Vaasudeva, a kid from an orthodox brahmin family wants to be friends with them. This leaves Manja and Ravi in a conflict with their daily lives.
01 Jan 1991
A story about the childhood of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.

28 May 1983

The film is a battle between feudalism & Communism. Trouble ensues when Raja, a medical college student, falls in love with his classmate Rani, unaware of a powerful enmity existing between their families based on class differences.


“Over 500 years ago, my tribe arrived on the shores of India from Africa,” says the social worker narrator of Asha Stuart’s Lost Tribe of Africa. His ancestors fled enslavement, escaping into the forest in the Indian state of Karnataka where they live today, most of them Hindu converts. India’s 35,000 descendants of slaves from Africa’s Bantu Region are members of the Siddi tribe. Siddi means “enlightened one,” but the Siddi are “Untouchables” in India’s caste system. “How do you empower the youth in a world whose people think they’re less than human?” asks the narrator, whose life mission is to do just that.
Manjeet Sarkar is an internationally acclaimed stand-up comedian who has been performing for 7 years. He has done six national tours in India of his solo show ‘Untouchable’, performed at the United Nations, and is currently on a world tour. Co-directed by Mike Noone, Untouchable: Laughing Out Caste is Sarkar’s first documentary that covers his groundbreaking journey across India and now the world. It captures his unique perspective on rural and urban life, caste, and class. Untouchable: Laughing Out Caste highlights the universality of issues faced by marginalised communities and the transformative power of artistic expression.

12 Apr 2024

A young woman struggles to defend her Sámi heritage in a world where xenophobia is on the rise, climate change is threatening reindeer herding, and young people choose suicide in the face of collective desperation.

14 Oct 2022

A teenager who has only ever wanted to live a normal existence experiences an extraordinary night that makes her reassess what truly matters.

20 Sep 2023

When Lili, 26 years old, poor, single mother of three, is wrongly accused of abuse and the social services take away her children, she collapses. But this is without counting on the luminous meeting of other women. With them, Lili fights to rebuild her family.
26 Feb 1973
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06 Sep 2022

The near future: A couple practices their escape plan from New York City in case of nuclear attack. Their flight to safety takes them to a place even less safe. When your relationship is in trouble, it feels like the end of the world.

29 Aug 2024

Heather bumps into Carla, having not spoken to her in years, and presents her with a very unexpected proposition that could change both of their lives forever.

14 Apr 2023

Madanolsavam is a satirical tale about democracy and the struggle of Madhanan, a street hawker. After becoming the caretaker of his late friend Mohanan's family-his wife Alice and daughter Manju-he marries Alice. However, a politician with the same name drags him into a political contest, forcing him to navigate absurd politics to reclaim his identity.

02 Sep 2022

Set in the desert-weird wilds of Joshua Tree, California, Serpentine Pink is a distinctively visceral and surreal independent, female-centric film that digs into the various and rigorous ways a heart heals from trauma. Inspired by France's Grand Guignol style of horror theatre, and utilizing a lyrical language both visual and verbal to capture the strange poetry of the Mojave land and soundscape, Serpentine Pink follows a reclusive biker woman and her John Wayne-obsessed exotic dancer lover's disturbing fallout after a violent acid attack. An ethereal psychic and her aspiring healer companion converge with supernatural forces in an attempt to confront and then heal the women's - as well as their own - deep-rooted, personal pain that comes from trying to break the cycle of possessive love.

16 Dec 2022

In this drama set on Shikina Island, a far-flung island of the Japanese archipelago located more than six hours from the Japanese main islands, the young physician Kensuke Goto arrives at the island and has to deal with the island's inhabitants, not eager to accept him, at a clinic lacking sufficient medical equipment. Here's a human drama showing how Dr. Coto values the dignity of human life while unflinchingly facing disease with a serious attitude.


A-Way is a substitute civilian serviceman at physically and mentally disability Division. In this office, there are a lot of weird people and things. For A-Way, this is a bizarre but unforgettable memory…