Movies: Akka Films

In April 1978, members of the Groupe Autonome Révolutionnaire (GAR) rob a bank in Zurich with the aim of bringing to light the covert ties between the Swiss financial system and dictatorships in Latin America. Wanting to secure concrete evidence, the...

In the dead of night, Renuka escapes from a Delhi brothel after stabbing a policeman to death. She takes refuge in a community of sex workers in northern India, where she meets Devika, a young girl condemned to a life of prostitution. Their bond deve...

On the order of their spiritual leader, three young Islamists kidnap a group of actors who are about to go on tour with their latest show....

Filmmaker Alyssa Bolsey stumbles on a treasure trove of vintage cameras, old film reels, fading photos, technical drawings and boxes of documents that belonged to her great-grandfather Jacques Bolsey. Among the many boxes, she spots an old movie came...

A teenager unwittingly reveals a terrible family secret to her new neighbors....

In 2013, a 2,000-year-old statue of Apollo was found near Gaza, only to disappear all of a sudden. Apollo, god of art, beauty and divinations, incites all sorts of rumors, even the craziest ones. The Apollo of Gaza is at once an inquiry and a meditat...

A set-up for an experiment in an empty room. Former inmates reconstruct an Israeli secret service interrogation centre. These Palestinian men use role play to come to terms with their memories and the humiliation they have experienced....

Mexico, March 2015. Carmen Aristegui, incorruptible journalist, has been fired from the radio station where she has worked for years. Supported by more than 18 million listeners, Carmen continues her fight. Her goal: raising awareness and fighting ag...

Among the trees, young women and men working the summer harvest develop new feelings, flirt, try to understand each other, find – and flee – deeper connections....

"From Ground Zero" is a compelling project that brings together 22 short films created by talented filmmakers from Gaza. Launched by Rashid Masharawi, a notable Palestinian filmmaker, the initiative emerged amid the backdrop of conflict, aiming to pr...

Samir hardly knows his father. Hoping to become closer with him, he decides to accompany a hunter on a expedition in the mountains....

South Africa, 1968. Khuthala hates the family laundry owned by his father and dreams of a life in music. But, as the apartheid government cracks down on Black business ownership, Khuthala is torn between chasing his dream of becoming a musician and f...

A documentary about black women denouncing racism in Switzerland....

The fascinating story behind the Geneva Initiative, a peace plan for the Middle East. Set up by a group of seven very different individuals – three Israelis, three Palestinians and one Swiss – united by their dedication to achieve peace in the Middle...

On a road trip, Ahmed a train conductor is torn between his loyalty to the old Tunisian railway company and his personal aspirations, while Fitati, his colleague, chooses to become a whistleblower on train accidents....

Twenty-year-old Rosa leaves her two children in Cape Verde and relocates to Lisbon in the hope of giving them a better life. Caught between the harassment of gangster bosses and daily police violence, Rosa tries to find comfort in the women of the co...

Examines the complex role of UNRWA, an "apolitical" agency that has found itself at the heart of the most political debates of the century....

Look into the heart & soul of the Alinghi campaign during the Americas Cup competition. This film documents slices of everyday life of the team & their families, the tensions & dramas as well as the joys. The team share their emotions & deepest feeli...

Using their bare hands, married couple Htwe Tin and Thein Shwe draw oil from a pit they drilled themselves on the land next to their house. There are lots of these “artisanal” oilfields dotted around Myanmar, where people have swapped crop cultivatio...

Filmmaker Nicolas Wadimoff profiles Yvan Sorel, who runs a mixed martial arts club in Marseille's Quartier nord, a district of the city mainly known for its drug trafficking and gang shootings....