Immigration Movies

A documentary about Italian immigration in Brazil.

A solitary man realizes that everyone else in his neighbourhood is missing - leaving tantalizing signs of sudden disappearances. But does whatever is...

The Kabyle people define themselves first and foremost through the spoken word. Every gesture, every moment of their daily lives can give rise to a...

Rosa is a Mexican woman who, at the age of 17, migrated illegally to Austin, Texas. Some years later, she was jailed under suspicion of murder and...

A short animated documentary exploring the immigration experience through the eyes of children learning how to swim with clothes on in the...

Brussels, Béguinage church. Migrants organize a hunger strike to obtain papers. A man dies. Tunisia, Libya. A border camp of Choucha refugees...

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

A film about homes on both sides of an ocean.

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

Chema is an expat architect from Spain who lives in Amsterdam. He has built up a new life there as a wind-up toy maker. He creates small pieces of...

This short film traces the journey of the first Ukrainian settlers in Canada. Seeking freedom and opportunity, they came here and became instrumental...

The only thing colder than a Canadian winter is Canadian bureaucracy (probably). Based on five real life stories, Romy Boutin St-Pierre and Joe...

This short story of immigration and forbidden love follows Lucy as she discovers her pregnancy and decides to visit her alcoholic mother for advice.

"Ellis Island Tales" - From 1892 to 1924, nearly 16 million emigrants from Europe passed through Ellis Island, a small block of land where a transit...

Four film-makers embark on a cinematic survey of Austria, documenting the political and social state of the nation and its people. An eye-opening...

In a moment of anger in a grocery store in Lausanne, a father loses patience and disciplines his disobedient child. A shocked customer immediately...

Three generations of the Nabi family flee their home in Aleppo and try to make it to safety in Germany where some members of the family have already...

Working as a cleaning lady, studying at university and maintaining a relationship with her high school sweetheart, John, is all Eugenia does to...

“Jews of the Wild West” is a feature-length documentary completed in December 2021. The independent not-for-profit project is produced by...