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Browse 29 movies from Apaches Films
A mother and her son are secluded in their house on an isolated island where two moments of their lives will intertwine -youth and maturity- and where the bonds of their fragile but indestructible relationship are forged.
Sep 2021
Mariam, with drawn features and rebellious eyes, is behind the wheel of her Peugeot. Ready to take on the world to get her four-year-old son back, the path she must take is not the one she expected.
Nov 2023
Jun 2023
Two Senegalese men walk through a forest in Morocco at night. As they try to find a passageway to the north, they talk about a strange dream. Two officers from the Spanish Civil Guard patrol the Spanish coast in an SUV. The car's headlights probe the darkness in search of illegal immigrants. In Paris, a young woman performs a symbolic burial in a forest on the edge of the city.
Feb 2020
One saturday morning, at the bus stop near her high school, Cécile meets Léna and helps her out. Dragged into a story that is not her own, Cécile slowly sees the trajectory of her day get shaken up.
Jean and Marina go to Athens for their summer vacation. There they are reunited with Marina's family, while preparing to spend a romantic getaway, Marina's family decides to accompany them. But nothing will go according to the plan.
Jul 2022
13-year-old Jeanne is still a child. Her only friend is a turkey, telling her that growing up is betrayal. In high school, a classmate triggers a desire for change. But will the turkey allow that to happen? Bizarre and convincing coming-of-age horror story.
Apr 2023
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The red moon threatens our existence on earth. Our only hope is the enigmatic Paul WR, the most talented astronaut of its generation. But few hours before the start of the mission, Paul disappears.
May 2021
A History of Darkness summons the figures of Nero, Dante, the Marquis de Sade and Ludwig II in the intoxication of their obsessions, between ecstasy and damnation, fascination and repulsion. A family portrait teetering on the edge of the abyss.
Oct 2025
A car drives along the French coasts. Inside, a father takes his daughter to Paris to begin her student life, a new life in an unknown city, far from her childhood and far from him. This one to one journey is their first, maybe their last. Nothing seems exceptional but both of them know they'll have to say goodbye.
Sep 2019
RIAD, a former legionnaire suffering from a post-traumatic stress disorder that destroyed his family, gets back to his son MEHDI after months of separation, in a social centerfor family meetings.
Mar 2023
Witness at her best friend's wedding, Pauline hopes to enjoy this extraordinary day and to get closer to Raphael. But it will be hard for her to take her eyes off her disabled daughter Emma, whom she could not bring herself to let keep.
Sep 2022
A new haircut. A look. And the horrendous routine of high school becomes an odyssey of love for 16-year-old Romane. But Diego is as good-looking as he is cowardly, and love is as sweet as it is cruel. Romane copes, armed with courage and humor.
Oct 2020
Inci’s mother died during the night. The five-year-old wanders alone through the vast hilly landscape by the Black Sea. She meets a young woman in a red sweater and is fascinated by her. Zeynep, who grew up here as well, has returned after many years away. Her luggage is heavy and the journey is long. Together, they walk through the sunshine and the clouds, from one father to another, from dawn until darkness.
Feb 2024
Ten-year-old Solwei and Louis, her eighteen-year-old brother, have a car accident and find themselves in the middle of the night in a small, unfamiliar town. Here they meet with Alma, a mystical woman, whose contact details had been given to them. A truly strange night then begins.
Robinson and Theresa form a couple in crisis, who are reclused in the countryside with their two children, preparing for the collapse of the thermo-industrial civilization. The lack of desire and future perspectives make their lives impossible until they find a strange mushroom in the forest, whose aphrodisiac properties lead them to reconnect to each other. Unfortunately, soon they cannot live without it.
Esther, a highly anxious 23-year-old, has accepted a second date with Romeo, her colleague at the Temple de la Gaufre.
Oct 2022
Gabriel is bad, the world is bad, everything’s bad. Hopefully, sometimes, lost souls attract each other. Thus Margot embarks into Gabriel’s night.
May 2023