Immigration Movies

Mohammed Alsaleh, a young Syrian refugee, is rebuilding his life after being granted asylum in Canada. In Vancouver, he counsels and helps resettle...

On the eve of her 65th birthday, Dolores has a premonition: her life is about to change. She will own a successful casino. However, her gambling...

Over five thousand people illegally cross the border each day. There are areas where crime is at its highest, where criminals prey upon these...

The start of the Yugoslav civil war forces freshly graduated Mina to choose between being an obedient daughter or escaping abroad with her lover so...

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...

New parents Jerry and Andrea have endured their fair share of discrimination growing up. They hope their new son can grow up identifying as something...

Having grown up within the Cuban Revolution, in 1980, Juan Carlos Zaldívar was a 13-year-old "pioneer" jeering in the streets at the thousands...

Isminaz immigrates to Canada, leaving behind two of her children, as well as her husband Turkey. She tells us about a woman's sacrifice by welcoming...

Thimbo wants to be a football player. Malik dreams of managing his own business. Demba just thinks of going to a better place.

A documentary released in 1985 about the Mothers of Place Vendôme.

A Palestinian activist's fight for freedom draws a Japanese American filmmaker into confrontation with detention regimes of past and present.

An elderly widow finds an unexpected visitor, a young asylum-seeking girl, in her home during dinner. Inspired by a 2012 event, whereby 40 Burmese...

After losing her father at an early age, Tina Duran explores the rich history of her father, the story of her ancestors who migrated from Mexico to...

The film mixes fiction, filmed documents and interviews which recounts the arrival in Paris of an Algerian immigrant lost in the metro. On December...

‘Bring Out a Briton’ was a short appeal for Australians to help the Immigration Department in its plan to form and assist a ‘Bring...

After losing her husband, 84-year-old Kristina shares personal thoughts and emotions, offering a glimpse into her life's longing for love and...

An immigration officer has a surprise revelation during a not-so-routine Green Card interview.

Teto the altar boy turns his church into a sanctuary for illegal immigrants.

Two groups of Venezuelan dancers, while preparing for a dance battle, survive at traffic lights in the streets of Medellín. A group reflection...

When Ader Ismail fled from Somalia to Sweden, she thought it would not take long for her five children to join her. But the years go by and the...