Movies: Akka Films

  • 2022
    Under the Fig Trees

    Under the Fig Trees (2022)

    Under the Fig Trees

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    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....

    Under the Fig Trees
  • 2024
    The Shameless

    The Shameless (2024)

    The Shameless

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    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...

    The Shameless
  • 2024
    Renaissance

    Renaissance (2024)

    Renaissance

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    Servette FC experienced a historic 2023-2024 season. The immersive documentary series Renaissance, produced by AKKA Films, takes a deep dive into the daily life of the "Grenat". Through the lens of talented young Geneva-based filmmakers Dylan Taher a...

    Renaissance
  • 2009
    Buried Secrets

    Buried Secrets (2009)

    Buried Secrets

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

    Buried Secrets
  • 2024
    From Ground Zero

    From Ground Zero (2024)

    From Ground Zero

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    "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...

    From Ground Zero
  • 2021
    Radio Silence

    Radio Silence (2021)

    Radio Silence

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    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...

    Radio Silence
  • 2017
    Ghost Hunting

    Ghost Hunting (2017)

    Ghost Hunting

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    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....

    Ghost Hunting
  • 2012
    Operation Libertad

    Operation Libertad (2012)

    Operation Libertad

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    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...

    Operation Libertad
  • 2021
    A Thousand Fires

    A Thousand Fires (2021)

    A Thousand Fires

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    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...

    A Thousand Fires
  • 2018
    Beyond the Bolex

    Beyond the Bolex (2018)

    Beyond the Bolex

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    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...

    Beyond the Bolex
  • 2023
    Naître Svetlana Staline

    Naître Svetlana Staline (2023)

    Naître Svetlana Staline

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    In 1967, in the middle of the Cold War, Joseph Stalin's only daughter goes to the American embassy in New Delhi and asks for asylum. Svetlana leaves behind her country and her two children. Hunted by the press, the KGB, and many admirers, the woman, ...

    Naître Svetlana Staline
  • 2005
    L'accord

    L'accord (2005)

    L'accord

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    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...

    L'accord
  • 2023
    The Hunter's Son

    The Hunter's Son (2023)

    The Hunter's Son

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

    The Hunter's Son
  • 2020
    The Apollo of Gaza

    The Apollo of Gaza (2020)

    The Apollo of Gaza

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    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...

    The Apollo of Gaza
  • 2003
    Alinghi: The Inside Story

    Alinghi: The Inside Story (2003)

    Alinghi: The Inside Story

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    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...

    Alinghi: The Inside Story
  • 2010
    Fix Me

    Fix Me (2010)

    Fix Me

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    Living in the West Bank of Palestine, a filmmaker suffering from chronic headaches consults a psychologist in pursuit of a cure. After being treated, Raed Andoni is inspired to apply the same cure to his entire war-torn homeland. Andoni's quirky pers...

    Fix Me
  • 2011
    The Miscreants

    The Miscreants (2011)

    The Miscreants

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    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....

    The Miscreants
  • 2005
    The Last Supper - Abu Dis

    The Last Supper - Abu Dis (2005)

    The Last Supper - Abu Dis

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    An examination of a Palestinian village on the outskirts of Jerusalem that is slowly being enclosed by the Israeli apartheid wall....

    The Last Supper - Abu Dis
  • 2022
    Becoming A Black Woman

    Becoming A Black Woman (2022)

    Becoming A Black Woman

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

    Becoming A Black Woman
  • 2014
    Spartans

    Spartans (2014)

    Spartans

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    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....

    Spartans