Adam Ali

Acting

Adam Ali

Adam Ali is a British-Libyan actor and filmmaker.

Acting credits

Europa poster
5.9

Kamal, a young Iraqi man entering Europe on foot through the border between Turkey and Bulgaria, is captured by Bulgarian border police but escapes, finding himself to search for a way out in a seemingly interminable forest, an underworld where rules and laws don’t exist, where he is wounded and chased by Bulgarian migrant hunters. For three days and three nights Kamal must fight for his life through a journey of survival until a final life-or-death confrontation.

Europa

2021

Salt Line poster
NR

As Connolly and Tim navigate their wavering connection, Connolly's suspicion that Tim is guilty of killing his own father pushes their relationship to extremes.

Salt Line

Truckload poster
9.0

Following a near-fatal traffic accident, Lizzie's moving out of her mum's care and back to London (or as Mum calls it, the city of death). But Lizzie's going to live.

Truckload

2025

Baba poster
NR

An unexpected discovery forces Britannia, a queer Libyan teenager, to question whether to stay or flee his beloved homeland.

Baba

2021

The Call poster
NR

Amir, a prospective university student struggling with his sexuality, calls Switchboard for advice at three crucial moments. With each moment of connection, Amir takes a step further in his journey.

The Call

2023

Club Quarantine poster
NR

On the first day of the Covid-19 lockdown 4 friends hung out on a video chat. That chat somehow turned into a Nightly-Online-Queer-Dance-Party with over 60,000 followers from all corners of the world.

Club Quarantine

2020

Hamoody poster
NR

Mahmood has shackled himself to a life of shame and isolation, fixated on sin. But with University days away, the pressure proves unbearable and he must finally come face to face with a force he has long feared.

Hamoody

2021

Foraging poster
NR

A bored gay couple go cruising for the first time, but when they get lost in the woods, the cracks of their relationship become chasms.

Foraging

2024

Behind the camera