Immigrant Movies

It's 1849 and everyone wants to make his way to San Francisco for that golden opportunity. Jorge, a poor Mexican peasant, and his son Fernando...

An immigrant worker from Bosnia falls in love with the actress Nastassia Kinski. To be able to approach her, he has to become famous himself. That's...

A desperate journey in the heart of Thessaloniki. Seven Iranians, each one for his personal reasons, leave their homeland and embark on a life...

The idea for this film comes from the encounter with two African boys who live in Rome, and is based on their music. Tunisian Afif and Senegalese...

Tales from Arab Detroit is a video documentary offering a fascinating glimpse into the lives and struggles of the Arab American community in the...

Based on a true story, teenage, Muslim refugee girls in burkinis take a fantastical swimming lesson in Idaho. The initiative for swimming lessons...

Three people looking for a better life become stranded in the desert with little hope of survival.

A colourful look into the life of Canary Islands Immigrant Montse, her journey in Australia, and the story of connecting with your culture as a...

Illegal immigrants and asylum seekers in Serbia, placed in asylum centers after their dramatic journeys from war-torn and poverty-stricken areas of...

Follows Vietnamese migrant workers, to examine the reasons behind their numerous escapes and to trace the family situations of those who were...

Yuta is an undocumented Filipino immigrant eking out an existence on the fringes of Japanese society. When his mother dies, he seeks to settle...

From humble beginnings in a small slate roofed village in Greece to the heyday of America's movie palaces, the Latchis Family built an empire of...

A group of children of different races and nationalities, visit the shoemaker before they organized to play.

'Sydney Castells: Spirit of Catalunya' is a documentary exploring Catalan climbing and culture. Bringing light to a relatively unknown community...

ICE conducted the largest immigration raids in US history at slaughterhouses in 2019, arresting and deporting undocumented workers. Despite the...

My Baba Bozorg was a professor of literature in Tehran, Iran. He moved to Canada in 2002 to live with his son, my father. He spends his days, at...

In a reimagining of a first-generation immigrant's experience, this short film follows the director's mother moving from Nigeria to Peckham.

Olivia (12), just moved with her family from New York and arrives for her first day of school. She struggles to find her place within the hierarchy...

The film tells the story of Said, an agricultural engineer , who one day decided to emigrate to Canada for improve their standard of living. But his...

João, a Portuguese performing arts student, is finishing his schooling season in Rio de Janeiro. It’s his last week this side of the...