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- A Haitian demolition worker is faced with the realities of redevelopment as he is tasked with dismantling his rapidly gentrifying neighborhood.
- Freda lives with her family in a popular neighborhood in Haiti. They survive with their little street food shop. The precariousness and violence of their daily life push them to do everything they can to escape their situation.
- Bridgeport, January 2008. A teenage girl is found hanged in her room. While everything points to suicide, the autopsy report reveals something else. Ten years later, the director and cousin of the teenager examine the past causes and future consequences of this unsolved crime. Like an imagined biography, the film will explore the relationship between the security of the living space and the violence that can jeopardize it.
- Documents the violent lives of gang leaders in Haiti's worst slum, focusing on two brothers loyal to then-President Aristide.
- Doc and Zoe are just hired for the night to deliver an unknown package. At a crossroad, they stumble upon a dog. In Haiti, each crossroad requires a sacrifice.
- Documentary about the effects of market economy and globalization on director Raoul Peck's homeland, Haiti.
- The sequel of I love you Anne. Anne has grown up. Now she's allowed to see her boyfriend Kato who became a famous singer and musician. Jude is getting out of jail but has not forgotten the love of his life. Deme is still the loyal friend of Anne's father but his daughter Sofia wants to be part of the new love game. Bicha is soon unable to control the situation.
- What happens when a maid from the Haitian poor countryside meets a boy from a wealthy Port-au-Prince middle-class family? Unexpected and disturbing love in a highly conventional society. A story of tenderness and sorrow.
- A story with heart and soul, made by the new generation of Haitian filmmakers, about the hard reality of being young in a troubled country. When Jessica's father who was in the US dies, she's soon homeless and must go to her friend Joanne.
- The story of a pregnant 14-year-old girl living in a Dominican sugar plantation.
- A young Haitian philosophy student leaves his hometown behind after the death of his mother, to possibly continue his education in the capital, and soon finds himself working for a wealthy family whose daughter is rapidly falling for him.
- Children of Haiti follows three Haitian teenage boys who live on the streets as they reflect on their country, their lives, and the hope they have for a better future.
- A thinly disguised satire of the last days of the Duvalier dynasty.
- A young peasant girl goes to work as a "slave" for a rich family in Haiti's Big Apple.
- Pluie d'Espoir is a movie based on the story of a young peasant named Toussaint from the Haitian Provinces. His instinct for survival is strong. He has come to Port-au-Prince not only to survive, but also to strive with dignity and achieve a place for himself, his family and the coworkers he left behind. On the road to his destiny, he encounters many obstacles. He learns about city life, modern inventions and technology. He develops relationships that bring joy and pain to his life. Pluie d'Espoir is a picturesque tale that will capture your heart and move you beyond words.
- A sensorial film about rituals in Haiti, from ancient to modern, made in collaboration with dancers, musicians, fishermen, daredevil rollerbladers, and Vodou priests, set to poetry by Haitian author Wood-Jerry Gabriel.
- Haitian couple who work on a sugar cane plantation in the Dominican Republic escape the desperate conditions of the 'bateyes' (cane cutters' communities) and make their way back to Haiti.
- A young woman, wrestling with feelings of guilt, must make amends with her past before it's too late.
- No one is born poor, rich, servant or anything else, you simply become one of those, depending on what an omnipotent and powerful being wants to do with you. Our machinations are disturbing society, and if we wanted to, we could stop that.
- A romantic adventure set in Haiti and in the US. It tells the story of a successful Haitian-American attorney and a New York physician. His world is turned upside down by a ménage à trois and a journey to Haiti, where he finds his roots.
- Sarah 2 is the sequel to Sarah. It begins 2 years after God answers Sarah and Simon's prayer to have a child. Life is good. The troubles of Sarah's past are behind her, so she thinks. Until she finds out her mother (Elsie) has been hiding many more family secrets. Sarah will find out the price she will have to pay is beyond imaginary.
- The emblematic film of Haitian youth and the most exemplary, giving a new color to the stories of college students adapted to Haitian life. Humor, love, jealousy, hatred, rivalry and argument. It's really what corresponds to Haiti's teens.
- It is the faithful mirror of the system of rural revenge, where institutional injustice reigns, which automatically incites personal justice through the use of mystical means. Taking justice into our own hands, in our own way, is the tale.
- Directed by French documentary filmmaker Charles Najman, Royal Bonbon is the tale of a modern-day man who believes himself to be Henri Christophe, liberator of Haitian slaves during the early 1800s. King Chacha (Dominique Battraville) declares himself a ruler and his lady friend (Anne-Louise Mesadieux) a queen. When he is kicked out of Cap-Haitien, he joins up with young boy Thimothee (Benji) for a journey out of town. They end up in the abandoned palace of Sans Souci, which Chrisophe had built himself. Gathering support from the population of the next village, King Chacha lives out his dream as a ruler. Before long, he becomes a tyrant and is overthrown in a revolt.
- In the border town of Malpaso: Braulio works with his grandfather while his twin, Candido, remains secluded due to his albinism. After their grandfather passes, Braulio will look after Candido, who dreams of the return of their father.
- To reveal the culture, history, strength and resiliency of the Haitian People as seen through the optic of the January 12, 2010 earthquake. Ms. Oriol believes it is important to relate the experiences of the earthquake from a Haitian perspective. The urge to share their stories moved her to actualize a documentary exposing their life changing experiences and inform the international community about the earthquake's effects at an individual level. Consequently the documentary provides a platform to give a voice to the voiceless, reveals cultural character traits and exposes the Haitian Spirit. Filmed entirely in Haitian Creole, this project is a gift to her fellow Haitians so that a better understanding of who they are are comes from their own words.
- Shot in early 2004 during the commemoration of the bicentennial of Haiti, this film offers a unique light on the last days to the presidency of Aristide, former priest of the poor became apprentice dictator. It is a reflection on the history of the first black republic in the world, a nation shared between the memory of its glorious revolution and the tragic litany of despots that have overwhelmed it since its independence.
- "Nou Chaje ak Pwoblèm" (We Got A Lot of Problems) is a one-hour stand-up comedy performance, written and produced by Sejoe. It is rooted in Haitian folklore traditions that emphasize the politics of both Haiti and America, the importance of language and the contradictions of religion.
- Separated, with custody of his little daughter, will Fabrice manage to cope as a novice and inexperienced father? How long will his wife be able to tolerate the absence of her daughter in her life? Will they be able to save their marriage?
- Haitian filmmaker Michel Sajous is at the height of his career in cinema, when he sees his world collapsing around him. Betrayal of friendship and love ensues, mixed with discouragement, mental and physical fatigue. Will he barely recover?
- A romantic story centering on Henry, a young DJ, and his radio show called "Protège-moi".
- The women known as Madan Sara in Haiti work tirelessly to buy, distribute, and sell food and other essentials in markets through the country.
- When fair-skinned Alain falls for Minoushka, a beautiful and gorgeous black Creole woman, centuries of ancestral and familial decorum manage to creep through. As the romance blossoms, everyone turns against it.
- The story of a man's obsession with a woman, of someone who is ready to do anything to have this woman, and to keep her at all costs.
- Joseph, fleeing Haiti under the dictatorship of Baby Doc, goes to New York and becomes obsessed with hunting his torturer down.