Migration Movies
- 2011
Special Flight
Special Flight6.12011HD
Switzerland still carries out special flights, where passengers, dressed in diapers and helmets, are chained to their seats for 40 hours at worst....
- 2018
Frontiera
Frontiera6.32018HD
On a ferry travelling towards Lampedusa, we find a teenager on his first day of work as a gravedigger and a boy on his first mission as a diver. They...
- 2019
Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down
Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down7.72019HD
This anthology film, whose Chinese title begins with a romantic name for human excrement, premiered internationally at Rotterdam and won Best...
- 2013
Chaja & Mimi
Chaja & Mimi02013HD
Chaja Florentin and Mimi Frons have been best friends for 83 years. Born and raised in Berlin, they had to escape from the Nazis to Palestine with...
- 2024
It Was Hot That Day: A Jandiman Story
It Was Hot That Day: A Jandiman Story02024HD
Enduring 28 days of relentless construction labor, Frank struggles to prep a house for painting amidst Phoenix's scorching pandemic summer.
- 2022
Les Poulettes
Les Poulettes02022HD
- 2021
Qazi
Qazi102021HD
Qazi is the story of a young Pakistani refugee who is forced by economic and family circumstances to seek his fortune in Europe.
- 2015
Si-o-se Pol
Si-o-se Pol6.82015HD
Released from prison and terminally ill, Parvis Karimpour is determined to be reunited with his daughter, Nasrin, who fled Iran for Europe many years...
- 2023
Open Letters
Open Letters82023HD
Between 1931 to 2002, Switzerland issued some six million seasonal residence permits, known as "A" permits, to immigrant workers. This status carried...
- 2018
Beginners
Beginners52018HD
Struggling with the move to Australia, a father concedes that he might not be the only one having a hard time with the transition.
- 2015
Angelus Novus
Angelus Novus8.32015HD
Afghani refugee Ali and his brother have just arrived in Turkey where, surrounded by many other refugees, his family tries to build a new life. The...
- 2022
Köy
Köy02022HD
KÖY (Turkish for village) is about the longing for home, for belonging and the freedom of the self. Three women from three generations are...
- 1978
On a Paving Stone Mounted
On a Paving Stone Mounted01978HD
An impressionistic look at Irish emigrants in London, representing the emigrant's journey, a confusion of anticipation, memories and experience.
- 1980
The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus
The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus01980HD
The protagonists of this docudrama are old farmers who migrated to Banat after the First World War, in 1922. The film is focused on a couple of...
- 2019
The Valley
The Valley02019HD
As thousands of migrants attempt to cross the French-Italian border on foot through treacherous mountain routes, the state cracks down on the local...
- 2018
Un jour ça ira
Un jour ça ira8.32018HD
Djibi and Ange, two teenagers living on the streets, arrive at the Archipel, an emergency shelter in the heart of Paris. This documentary is a look...
- 1991
Tinpis Run
Tinpis Run5.51991HD
A man encounters colorful characters while driving a taxi in Papua New Guinea.
- 2021
Oaxacalifornia: The Return
Oaxacalifornia: The Return02021HD
The Mejia family emigrated from Oaxaca to Fresno, California 40 years ago. Filmmaker Trisha ZIff filmed the family in 1996, and returns now to see...
- 1975
House Orders
House Orders01975HD
In buildings where foreign workers lived in Germany, there were strict rules of conduct, defined by the house rules and supervised by the building...
- 1938
Derby c.1938 - Eisner Personal Film
Derby c.1938 - Eisner Personal Film01938HD
Charming amateur film featuring the Eisner family, who emigrated to Britain from Romania the year this film was made.