directed by: Clio Barnard, year: 2022
actors: Adeel Akhtar, Claire Rushbrook

Ali & Ava centers on Ali, a city bus driver, and Ava, a single mother, who form an unexpected connection in a working‑class Leeds neighborhood. As they navigate family obligations, cultural differences, and loud opinions from those around them, their fragile romance quietly deepens through heartfelt conversations, shared meals, and everyday acts of kindness. Clio Barnard’s intimate, observational style frames love as humane resilience against circumstance, prejudice, and rumor.

Cross Cultural Encounter, Romance, Drama, British Cinema, Slice Of Life, Social Realism, Leeds