Immigration Movies

  • 1970
    Gary's Story - No Second Best

    Gary's Story - No Second Best

    Gary's Story - No Second Best

    01970HD

    Gary's Story is part of a collective filmmaking project that looks at relationships between teenagers and their grandparents in families that have...

    Gary's Story - No Second Best
  • 2017
    The Bear

    The Bear

    The Bear

    02017HD

    In a closed apartment, sealed to the outside world, an aging polar bear tries unsuccessfully to communicate with his daughter.

    The Bear
  • 2019
    Prince of Paris

    Prince of Paris

    Prince of Paris

    02019HD

    A film about Princesse, a 9-year-old Cameroonian, and her father, who leaves Africa to make their dreams come true. The two keep in touch through...

    Prince of Paris
  • 2019
    Aux rythmes du monde : couleur sur fond blanc

    Aux rythmes du monde : couleur sur fond blanc

    Aux rythmes du monde : couleur sur fond blanc

    02019HD

    Aux rythmes du monde : couleur sur fond blanc
  • 1970
    Arrimage

    Arrimage

    Arrimage

    01970HD

    Arrimage
  • 2017
    Paradise

    Paradise

    Paradise

    02017HD

    The video was created during Bárbara Sánchez Barroso's stay in Tunisia and explores the dichotomy between West and East, and how it is...

    Paradise
  • 2024
    Aleya

    Aleya

    Aleya

    02024HD

    An intimate close-up on Aleya, a trans woman who has recently moved from Cairo to germany right after her transition. This portrait marks her first...

    Aleya
  • 2017
    Ces gens du pays...

    Ces gens du pays...

    Ces gens du pays...

    02017HD

    My Thu, an immigrant of Vietnamese origin who had to flee her country during the war, faces an eviction order from her Montreal apartment. In the...

    Ces gens du pays...
  • 2022
    Honeybee

    Honeybee

    Honeybee

    02022HD

    An undocumented immigrant receives a heartwarming yet heartbreaking phone call from his daughter across the border.

    Honeybee
  • 2022
    One Day One Day

    One Day One Day

    One Day One Day

    02022HD

    Thousands of undocumented migrants are illegally employed and exploited in the Italian crops to grow Italy's food. One Day One Day follows their...

    One Day One Day
  • 2018
    Nana

    Nana

    Nana

    02018HD

    Exploring the conflicts that inhabit individuals who experience immigration, Nana is a film about origins.

    Nana
  • 1978
    Surinamese in The Netherlands: The Return of the Black Gold

    Surinamese in The Netherlands: The Return of the Black Gold

    Surinamese in The Netherlands: The Return of the Black Gold

    01978HD

    In Surinamers in Nederland: De terugkeer van het zwarte goud, we see Surinamese people arriving in the Netherlands, unsure of what to expect, and...

    Surinamese in The Netherlands: The Return of the Black Gold
  • 2017
    Broken Hill

    Broken Hill

    Broken Hill

    02017HD

    Follows the history of the Cameleers, men who opened large areas of land in the Australian central desert using camels, and their struggle to be...

    Broken Hill
  • 2026
    Between the scenes, between the voices. Unseen footage of the future sound of Slovakia.

    Between the scenes, between the voices. Unseen footage of the future sound of Slovakia.

    Between the scenes, between the voices. Unseen footage of the future sound of Slovakia.

    02026HD

    In 2024, during an artistic residency at Periférne Centrá (Dúbravica, Slovakia), Cristian Estrella filmed the folkumentary...

    Between the scenes, between the voices. Unseen footage of the future sound of Slovakia.
  • 2023
    Paper Plane

    Paper Plane

    Paper Plane

    02023HD

    A girl is on the verge of immigrating and leaving her home behind, while memories of her childhood linger in every corner of the room.

    Paper Plane
  • 2023
    Immigration Story: A Video Mosaic

    Immigration Story: A Video Mosaic

    Immigration Story: A Video Mosaic

    02023HD

    A short film documenting the immigrant experience. Open-borders? Policing? Naturalizing? Etc.

    Immigration Story: A Video Mosaic
  • 2026
    20 Years Later

    20 Years Later

    20 Years Later

    02026HD

    Matsu, known as Jack, arrives by train at Spencer Street Station, heart pounding, uncertain, yet hopeful.

    20 Years Later
  • 1970
    The Price of Shelter

    The Price of Shelter

    The Price of Shelter

    01970HD

    Private-sector rented accommodation for the Surinamese and Antillean Dutch who increasingly moved to Amsterdam from these former colonies in the...

    The Price of Shelter
  • 2004
    Beyond the Sea

    Beyond the Sea

    Beyond the Sea

    02004HD

    It began with a bus crashing through the gates of an embassy in Havana and unraveled into one of the most dramatic episodes in the history of human...

    Beyond the Sea
  • 2018
    Natives of the New World

    Natives of the New World

    Natives of the New World

    82018HD

    Natives of the New World is a short documentary film shot on cell phones by the Kino Mosaik collective, which was founded in Lesbos Island, Greece,...

    Natives of the New World