2025 shortlist

Danny Martinez

Danny Martinez @keybored

32 movies  

Moolaadé (2004) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Moolaadé
director: Ousmane Sembène actor: Fatoumata Coulibaly / Maimouna Hélène Diarra
other title: Moolaadé – Bann der Hoffnung
2004 film directed by Ousmane Sembène
Sambizanga (1973) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Sambizanga
director: Sarah Maldoror actor: Elisa Andrade / Domingos de Oliveira
1972 film by Sarah Maldoror
Bamako (2006) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Bamako
director: Abderrahmane Sissako actor: Aïssa Maïga / Tiécoura Traoré
other title: Das Weltgericht von Bamako
Caught in the stranglehold of debt and structural adjustment, Africa is fighting for its survival. In the face of disaster, representatives of African society bring an action against international financial institutions. The trial takes place in Bamako, in the yard of a house, among its inhabitants.
I Am Not a Witch (2017) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
I Am Not a Witch
director: Rungano Nyoni actor: Maggie Mulubwa / Henry B.J. Phiri
Convicted of witchcraft, 8-year-old Shula is brought to live in a penal colony where witches do hard labour in service of the government.
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb Douban WikiData
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
director: Chiwetel Ejiofor actor: Maxwell Simba / Chiwetel Ejiofor
other title: Il ragazzo che catturò il vento / Drengen der tæmmede vinden
Against all the odds, a thirteen year old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.
Blood of the Condor (1969) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Yawar mallku
director: Jorge Sanjinés actor: Marcelino Yanahuaya / Benedicta Mendoza
other title: Sangue di condor / Yawar mallku
A community reacts against a group of foreigners who under the guise of development assistance are forcibly sterilizing the peasant women.
I Miss You (2019) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
Tu me manques
director: Rodrigo Bellott actor: Oscar Martínez / Rossy de Palma
other title: Tu me manques
Following his son Gabriel’s death, Jorge travels from conservative Bolivia to New York City to confront Gabriel’s boyfriend Sebastian. While the two battle over Jorge’s inability to accept his son, Sebastian channels his grief into a bold new play in honor of his lost love, in which Gabriel’s inner turmoil is transformed into an eye-popping gay fantasia.
Utama (2022) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Utama
director: Alejandro Loayza Grisi actor: José Calcina / Luisa Quispe
other title: Utama - Le terre dimenticate / Utama - Ein Leben in Würde
2022 film directed by Alejandro Loayza Grisi
My Straight Son (2012) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Azul y no tan rosa
director: Miguel Ferrari actor: Guillermo García / Ignacio Montes
other title: Azul e tão rosa / Tout n'est pas rose
The story of Diego, a young and successful photographer that lives in the glamorous world of fashion, shallowness and excess. A tragic accident turns his world around; his partner is now in a coma. Unexpectedly, and right at this terrible time, Diego must take care of his son, Armando. Now, both of them have to adapt to each other; Armando to the unknown, homosexual world of his father, and Diego to the closed attitude of his teenage son.
¡Las Sandinistas! (2018) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
¡Las Sandinistas!
director: Jenny Murray actor: Dora María Téllez / Daisy Zamora
¡Las Sandinistas! uncovers the disappearing stories of women who shattered barriers to lead combat and social reform during Nicaragua’s 1979 Sandinista Revolution, and who continue to lead Nicaragua’s current struggle for democracy and equality.
Cocote (2017) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Cocote
director: Nelson Carlos de los Santos Arias actor: Vicente Santos / Yuberbi de la Rosa
2017 Dominican Republic drama film directed by Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias
Goodbye Julia (2023) [Movie] IMDb Douban NeoDB WikiData TMDB
وداعًا جوليا
director: Mohamed Kordofani actor: Eiman Yousif / Siran Riak
other title: وداعًا جوليا
A retired singer from northern Sudan, Mona, burdened by guilt for covering up a man's death, hires his southern widow, Julia, as her maid. Unable to confess her role in the tragedy, she hopes to move forward, but the country's growing unrest threatens to reveal her secret.
Created date: Oct. 20, 2025