Poster design by James Ernesto Lang

Watch Mother, Country in your own time online.

Subscribe now

The ticket price includes a link to watch a recording of a Q&A with the director Pablo Navarrete, and film participants Cristina Godoy-Navarrete and Roberto Navarrete. Chaired by journalist and academic Dr Marcela Pizarro Coloma.

Click here for tickets/more info; click here for the screening info on the Alborada Films website.

Sign up to the Alborada Films newsletter here

Share this post on Facebook, X (Twitter) and Instagram

Subscribe now

Share

🏡Location: The Creative Lounge (Work Station), S1 2BX, Sheffield

🗓️Date: Thursday 24th September

🕣Time: 18:00-20:00

👤👤In-Person Speakers: British MP Jeremy Corbyn and Declassified UK’s Chief Reporter John McEvoy

Chaired by Sahar Awadallah and Pablo Navarrete

Register for tickets here.

Subscribe now

Event organised by Alborada Films.

Poster design by James Ernesto Lang

Jeremy Corbyn will be signing copies of ‘The Gaza Tribunal: Britain’s Complicity in Genocide’ (Pluto Books, 2026).

We will holding a raffle at the event to raise funds for Emergency Relief Fund, a humanitarian assistance fund in Gaza. You can also donate to this fund on their Give As You Live campaign page.

Register for tickets here.

This event supported by Sheffield Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid, Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Peace and Justice Project and Pluto Press.

The Gaza Tribunal was an independent, non-governmental public inquiry held at Church House, Westminster in London on 4-5 September, 2025. Co-chaired by Jeremy Corbyn, Professor Neve Gordon, and Dr Shahd Hammouri, the tribunal investigated and concluded that the British government was complicit in Israel's actions in Gaza. Read the final ‘The Gaza Tribunal’ report, here.

Using the September 2025 tribunal as our entry point, our 25 minute film The Gaza Tribunal: A Question of Complicity (Al Jazeera English, 2026) explores the UK government’s participation in Israel’s genocide in Gaza. We also hear about the abuse inflicted by the Israeli security services on British citizens trying to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza.

Film teaser:

Click here to watch the full film online. Join the Alborada Film newsletter here.

In this still from the ‘The Gaza Tribunal: A Question of Complicity’, Dr Shahd Hammouri, a Palestinian lecturer in International Law and Legal Theory and one of the Gaza Tribunal chairs, addresses attendees at the beginning of the tribunal on 4 September, 2025 in London, England. Credit: Alborada Films

Register for tickets here.

Share this post on Facebook, X (Twitter) and Instagram

Subscribe now

Share

The festival, founded in 2003 by legendary Cuban director Humberto Solás, runs from 14-18 July and will feature films from 20 countries.

Independent Candidate is an observational documentary following Fiona Lali and her Revolutionary Communist Party’s (RCP) 2024 parliamentary campaign in Stratford & Bow, East London. The film captures the everyday reality of grassroots politics and the determined energy of RCP’s activists. They are running to win, but the film focuses more on the campaign than the result, as Fiona and her comrades organise to bring their vision of radical change directly to the people.

Below you can read Teilo’s post (in English and Spanish) on Instagram about the film being selected for the festival.

Click here, here and here for more information about this year’s festival (in Spanish); click here for more information about the festival in English.

Independent Candidate | 44 mins | 2025 | Director Teilo Vellacott | Actual Fact in association with Alborada Films

Independent Candidate poster. Original artwork by Peter Kennard. Graphic design by Anna Shortley. Alborada Film’s Pablo Navarrete is the film’s executive producer.

Share this post on Facebook, X (Twitter) and Instagram

Teilo Vellacott & Pablo Navarrete are the co-directors of Truce (2017), a film that explores the Colombian peace negotiations through the stories of women FARC guerrillas. These women have laid down their arms, left the Colombian jungle and are now in Havana, Cuba negotiating a peace deal with the Colombian government, which they hope will not only bring an end to the world’s longest armed conflict, but will also guarantee women’s rights and social justice in Colombia. Watch the film here.

Subscribe now

Share

Subscribe now

In this still from the film, Dr Shahd Hammouri, a Palestinian lecturer in International Law and Legal Theory and one of the Gaza Tribunal chairs, addresses attendees at the beginning of the tribunal on 4 September, 2025 in London, England. Credit: Alborada Films

Using the tribunal as our entry point, our film explores the UK government’s participation in Israel’s genocide in Gaza. We also hear about the abuse inflicted by the Israeli security services on British citizens trying to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza.

Al Jazeera English broadcasts into more than 350 million households in over 150 countries. Watch Al Jazeera in the UK directly through your television aerial, satellite, or smart TV. You can tune into Freeview (channels 251 and 252), Sky (channel 511), Virgin Media (channel 622), or Freesat (channel 203). If you prefer to watch online, you can access the Al Jazeera Live Stream on their website.

3 July marked 1000 days since Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza began. We hope that the airing of our film on Al Jazeera’s channel brings increased attention to Britain’s shameful role in the genocide.

Our deepest thanks to everyone who took part in the film’s production - see film credits below.

Film teaser:

Click here to watch the full film online. The version that will air on Thursday is slightly longer than the version currently online. You can also watch Declassified UK’s excellent documentary Britain’s Gaza Spy Flights Scandal, which also investigates the UK government’s support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Click here to watch.

The Gaza Tribunal Credits:

Directors: Pablo Navarrete (Alborada Films) & Amy Anderson (Al Jazeera English)

Producers: Pablo Navarrete (Alborada Films) & Amy Anderson (Al Jazeera English)

Executive Producer: Alexandra Pauliat (Al Jazeera English)

DOPs: Ben Holt & Harry Winteringham

Offline Editors: Simón Díaz Cuffin & Pablo Navarrete

Online Editor: Simón Díaz Cuffin

Music: Cato Hoeben

Sound Mix: Cato Hoeben & Al Jazeera English

Colourist: Evo Boeck

Interviewees (in order of appearance):

- John McEvoy, Chief Reporter, Declassified UK (DCUK)

- Matt Kennard, Investigative Journalist, Palestine Deep Dive

- Geoffrey Nice, Barrister

- Evie Snedker, Global Sumud Flotilla Participant

- Kieran Andrieu, Political Economist & Novara Media Contributor

Other Film Participants (in order of appearance):

- Dr Shahd Hammouri, Palestinian Lawyer

- Jeremy Corbyn, UK Member of Parliament

- Professor Nick Maynard, Surgeon

- Abubaker Abed, Palestinian Journalist

- Dr Victoria Rose, Surgeon

- Forz Khan, Barrister

- Mark Smith, Former UK Government Civil Servant

- Professor Neve Gordon, Israeli Historian

Share this post on Facebook, X (Twitter) and Instagram

Subscribe now

Read the final ‘The Gaza Tribunal’ report, here.

A book about the tribunal will be published soon - more info here.

Related links

::: Umer Khalid & The Brize Norton Five: A Mother’s Story (Palestine Deep Dive)

Watch it here.

::: New Campaign Demands End of Impunity for British Nationals Who Fought for Israel in Gaza

Click here to read.

Share

Director, Producer & Writer: Pablo Navarrete (Alborada Films)

Subscribe now

The Colombia Connection explores Colombia’s armed and social conflict and the historic role played by the US government in supporting the violence.

The film features an interview with the leftwing politician and Colombian presidential candidate Iván Cepeda. Cepeda also features in Colombia: The Fight for Peace, the 2018 documentary we produced for redfish. Watch it here.

Director of Photography & Editor: Teilo Vellacott

Producer: Roberto Navarrete

Follow the film on Facebook, X (Twitter) and Instagram

You can also watch the film on the Alborada Films Vimeo page here.

Related:

> 🇨🇴What’s Next for Colombia? Analysing the Election Result (June 2026)

Share this post on Facebook, X (Twitter) and Instagram.

Subscribe now

Share

🗓️ Monday 15 June

🕚 6.15pm

📍The Garden Cinema, London

Directors: Florencia Santucho, Rodrigo Vazquez-Salessi, Argentina, UK, 2025, 86m, Bethnal Films

Subscribe now

Following our sold-out UK premiere of Identity (Identidad) last October we are co-hosting two more screenings of the film, the first of which will feature a live post-screening Q&A with the film’s co-directors Florencia Santucho and Rodrigo Vazquez-Salessi.

Daniel Santucho Navajas, protagonist of Identity (Identidad)

The film starts at 6.15pm and is followed by the Q&A, chaired by Abla Kandalaft.

For full event info and tickets, click here.

Click here for the event page on our website.

The film will also screen on Thursday 18 June - more info here.

The film forms part of 50 Years of Argentina on Film, a programme of Argentinian films (8 May-19 June) from the last five decades that explore how Argentinian society has grappled with the aftermath of the military coup of 1976. Co-curated by Pablo Navarrete for Alborada Films.

Identity (Identidad) UK premiere, October 2025. Pablo Navarrete (left) and Rodrigo Vázquez-Salessi (right).

Sign up to the Alborada Films newsletter here.

Click here to read Florencia Santucho & Rodrigo Vázquez-Salessi Directors’ Statement and to watch their film Argentina’s Stolen Babies (2025, 25 minutes).

Event supported by Alborada and Argentina Solidarity Campaign

Watch the film’s trailer below.

Share this post on X (Twitter), Facebook and Instagram.

Subscribe now

Share

To enter simply email info[at]alborada-films[dot]net with ‘Sosa’ in the subject line.

Subscribe now

The winner will be selected randomly and notified by 4pm, Friday 15 May.

The film will also screen on 14 May and will be followed by a Q&A with director Rodrigo H. Vila, hosted by Pablo Navarrete (Alborada Films) - event info here.

The films are part of 50 Years of Argentina on Film, a programme of Argentinian films (running from today 8 May until 19 June) from the last five decades that explore how Argentinian society has grappled with the aftermath of the military coup of 1976. Co-curated by Pablo Navarrete for Alborada Films.

As part of the season Alborada Films is also presenting two screenings of Florencia Santucho & Rodrigo Vázquez-Salessi's documentary Identity (Identidad, on 15 & 18 June.

Event supported by Alborada and the Argentina Solidarity Campaign

Share this post on X (Twitter), Facebook and Instagram.

Subscribe now

We produce and distribute social issue documentary films and video content about Latin America and beyond. This newsletter shares our latest news and events with you.

We hope you have been keeping well.

OUR NEWSLETTER SWITCHES TO SUBSTACK

Our first newsletter of 2026 sees us switching to Substack. We hope you like the new newsletter format. Our next newsletter will include more on what we’ve been up to since our last newsletter and what lies on the horizon for us, but for now we wanted to let you know about two things.

🎞️ OUR NEW AL JAZEERA DOCUMENTARY: THE GAZA TRIBUNAL

We’re delighted to announce that The Gaza Tribunal: A Question of Complicity, our new 25 minute documentary for Al Jazeera English’s People & Power strand, can now be watched online.

What role has the UK played in Israel’s war on Gaza? We meet those who say it’s complicit in atrocities committed there.

Click here to watch the film.

You can read more about the film and those that feature in it and contributed to its production on our website here. Our deepest thanks to all those who took part.

Teaser:

CHILE’S STUDENT UPRISING NEW YORK SCREENINGS

There will be two screenings of our 2014 documentary Chile’s Student Uprising on Friday 1 and Tuesday 5 May in Brooklyn, New York. The film will be screened a part of a double-bill alongside Patricio Guzmán's My Imaginary Country (2022), and forms part of the 'History as Hashtag: Revolution in the Age of Social Media' season at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM).

For more information about the screenings click here.

If you have any comments or questions, please get in touch with us via email:

info [at] alborada-films [dot] net

You can also follow us on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, Vimeo and YouTube. If anyone you know wants to sign up to the Alborada Films newsletter, they can do so here (and don't forget to add us to your safe senders list.)

Thanks for reading - until next time!

Pablo Navarrete
Founder/Managing Director, Alborada Films
www.alborada-films.net

Subscribe now