unitednotions.film

About

Telling stories and creating experiences worth fighting for.

a group of people standing on top of a building
a man with his arms up in the street
a 3d model of a mexican woman with horns on her head
a person's hand holding a 3d model of a bird
three people sitting on chairs on a cnn tv show
a group of people in a room with a vr headset
a man holding a flag in front of a city
a woman smiling in front of a sxsw sign
a man standing in front of a fence at the sundance film festival
a drawing of a building
a person holding a sign in the middle of a desert
two men standing in front of a truck
a woman holding a megaphone
a group of people standing on a road with flags
three people walking on a sand dune at sunset
a man wearing a green hat and holding a sign
a group of people posing for a photo at an event
a man walking down a road with a camera on his back
a group of people in wheelchairs in front of a fence
a woman in a wheelchair on the street at night
a man taking a picture with a camera
two boys playing guitar in a classroom
a group of people standing on a balcony
a blue tarp on the ground
a group of people sitting around a table in a small room
a group of people standing in an art gallery
a man and woman posing for a selfie at a hollywood event
a man is standing in front of a chain link fence
a group of people in wheelchairs
a group of people in wheelchairs are standing in a street
a crowd of people watching a movie in a plaza
three people posing for a picture on the red carpet
a group of people watching a movie on a large screen
a painting of a woman with a cheetah on her head
a blue jaguar standing in a dark room
a girl in a green dress is standing in the dark
a woman holding up a document with a baby in front of it
a series of mugshots of a group of women
a woman is being interviewed by a group of reporters

In 2007, Violeta Ayala and Dan Fallshaw started unitednotions.film. They didn’t have a grand plan; they just wanted to create work that mattered. Their first film, Stolen, was about slavery in a UN-controlled refugee camp in the Sahara desert. They felt people needed to see it — not in an abstract way, but to really understand what it meant. After that, they made The Bolivian Case, exploring how media and justice systems can shape — and distort — reality in Norway. Then came Cocaine Prison, a film about the drug war and its effect on ordinary lives in Bolivia. Later, La Lucha followed people with disabilities in Bolivia fighting for pensions, turning the camera on the courage of those who rarely have a voice. Ultimately, people with disabilities won their pensions.


By 2021, they were making Prison X — something new, something no one was quite sure how to describe. It was the start of Neo-Andean futurism, a vision of the future rooted in the culture and aesthetics of the Andes. unitednotions.film doesn’t belong to any one genre; it’s not the kind of place where you’d say, “This is exactly what they do.” They take on stories as they come, letting each one find its own shape. Now they’re moving into what they call film futurism, bringing in game mechanics, AI, and immersive technologies. Projects like Prison X and Las Awichas aren’t just films; they’re experiences, almost like a conversation you’re having with the story itself.


With each project, unitednotions.film wants people not just to watch but to feel involved, to question things — identity, culture, climate, justice. They want you to think about the role you play in the world, about what it means to be part of a story that’s still unfolding.