The Alternativa Film Collection on MEGOGO features films that spotlight urgent social issues, invite reflection, and spark dialogue — including winners and nominees of the Alternativa Film Festival, as well as works created by alumni of our Film Labs. Spanning countries from Mexico and Colombia to India and Kyrgyzstan, the collection is as geographically diverse as it is thematically rich, exploring topics ranging from family dynamics and coming-of-age to migration and freedom of the press.
Alternativa Film Collection on MEGOGO
Starting February 17, the international streaming service MEGOGO presents a selection of impactful films from the Global South, curated by Alternativa for viewers across Central Asia and the South Caucasus.
17 February 2026
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17 February 2026
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The launch of the Alternativa Film Collection on MEGOGO expands the understanding of what streaming can be today — not only a space for entertainment, but also a platform for thoughtful cinema that documents reality, speaks about difficult social issues, and gives a voice to filmmakers from different countries and cultures. For viewers, it’s a rare opportunity to see films that usually exist only in a festival context — now available for home viewing, without intermediaries or compromises.
This release marks Alternativa’s second major streaming partnership. Following our collaboration with Kazakhstan-based Freedom Media, we continue to expand our distribution network to connect impactful cinema with wider audiences.
Alternativa Film Collection is available on MEGOGO in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Moldova through February 2027 — watch it here.
Alternativa Film Collection: Selected Titles
The Adamant Girl
Drama, India, 2024
Blending drama and road movie, this Nativa Award winner at the Alternativa Film Festival 2024 follows two families arranging a marriage between their children, while the bride, Meena, is secretly in love with a man from a lower caste. Forced to abandon him, she retreats into silence, which her family interprets as possession. As they take her on a journey to an exorcist, the road exposes the violence, superstition, and misogyny underpinning their notion of “tradition."
Still from The Adamant Girl
We Live Here
Documentary, Kazakhstan, 2025
In the Kazakh steppe, at a former Soviet nuclear site, over 456 nuclear tests left a legacy of radioactive contamination and suffering. As ecologists map uninhabitable zones, a nearby family struggles with the echoes of the past. Convinced their daughter’s illness stems from radiation, they search for proof, while she feels torn between love for her homeland and the looming danger it holds. Directed by Zhanana Kurmasheva, an alumna of the Alternativa Film Labs, the film explores the human cost of environmental catastrophe.
Still from We Live Here
State of Silence
Documentary, Crime, Mexico, 2024
In their quest to reveal the pain and fear the citizens endure after two decades of unbridled violence due to the so-called war on drugs, four Mexican journalists have become targets of repression. Just like hundreds of their colleagues, they are, simultaneously, researchers and victims of the Narcopolitica order. This intimate portrait exclaims with a sense of urgency that freedom of press cannot remain under siege.
Still from State of Silence
The Gift
Drama, Kyrgyzstan, 2023
Based on true events, this drama follows 7-year-old Arno, who believes that the mole on her lip is a gift from God and that all her wishes will come true. Arno lives with her family in a remote mountain pasture in Central Asia, leading a carefree life and wishing to be the son her father longs for. But as civilization encroaches, the family’s way of life is threatened. Unfulfilled desires begin to surface, leading to an unexpected tragedy.
Still image from The Gift
Deal at the Border
2024, Drama, Kyrgyzstan
Aza and Samat, two drug runners navigating the secret routes in the mountains of Central Asia, stumble upon Nazik, a young girl fleeing from slavery. When Nazik is recaptured by a local criminal, facing a grim return to captivity, Aza resolves to rescue her, whatever it takes.
Still from Deal at the Border
Saba
Drama, Bangladesh, 2024
In Dhaka, Bangladesh, 25-year-old Saba lives with her demanding mother, Shirin. As Shirin’s need for medical treatment increases, it falls on her daughter to find the money. Securing a job at a local Shisha bar, Saba befriends the free-spirited Ankur and, for the first time, begins to envision what a life of her own could look like. This moving drama, selected for the Alternativa Film Festival 2024 Competition, offers a poignant look at the realities of end-of-life care and the delicate balance between love and guilt, codependence and autonomy.
Still from Saba
And the Trees Danced Below
Experimental, Uzbekistan, 2025
This short film is based on the dreams of teenagers who participated in the Alternativa Teen Lab in Tashkent. Dreams feel both personal and distant, making them less frightening to share than speaking about oneself directly. These stories carry our fears, culture, and hopes. By discussing and transforming their dreams into images, the teens discovered entire universes within one another. Now they invite you to enter this space — where the film, like a dream or a poem, follows its own logic, distinct from everyday life.
Still from And the Trees Danced Below
Explore more films from The Alternativa Collection on MEGOGO.