Social Commentary Movies

The United States just endured a second civil war, leading to the separation of the North and the South. In Chicago 2050, three friends try to save...

As per tradition, young man shaves his head after death, but whose death is he mourning about?

This little comedy is set in a small factory come halfway home, employing only handicapped people. Ollie Rennie is the boss and sometime minder of...

A montage, using documentary material filmed during the war, shows the beginnings of an air attack and Londoners entering shelters. From the silent...

A film written and directed by Jeremy Deller which explores the social history of the UK between 1985 and 1993 through the lens of acid house and...

Tales from Napa is the remarkable story of a little village that resisted the forces of Hindu fundamentalism during the 2002 anti-Muslim riots in...

A conversation between reality and consciousness.

Drama by Henrik Ibsen (1882). Edited and instructed by Per Bronken. The action is set in a coastal town in southern Norway which is known for its...

In a city built on imbalance, a rich man and a delivery boy meet just for a moment - that moment reveals a deeper truth about class and capitalism.

The 'Film' follows a murderous teenage couple as they go about committing atrocious killings and document them on a video camera.

This film, based on the play of the same name, portrays the harsh lives of early Saskatchewan settlers and the foundation of the co-op movement on...

Unlike anything else you will see in this year or any other, 'The Decline of the West' is a groundbreaking social allegory that challenges its...

In a representation of the housing problem in Egypt, a group of friends reunited by their search for an apartment encounter different problems as...

Kuroda Island has been colonised by Thyyland for hundreds of years. In the last 30 years, many Kurodians have been granted Thyy citizenship but in...

Set against the backdrop of WW II in Calcutta, "Meri Bahen" is the story of a schoolteacher and his young sister. The film followed his rise to fame...

This is a short, privately produced animated film. While elucidating the mystery and fuzziness as well as merits and demerits of memory in idealizing...

Transport is a city’s living, beating soul, as lovingly depicted in A Way We Go, a documentary feature by Jacqui Hicks. With an unconventional...

Told via Seussian poem, the short film exhibits the bravery of a person who has faced the ultimate adversity...a tummy ache.

A social drama that deals with the tense relationship between Muslims and Christians, through the story of a young Muslim who falls in love with a...