Migration Movies
- 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...
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- 1970

I'll Smile in September
I'll Smile in September01970HD
Kismateen, a 24-year-old brass band player in Old Delhi, tries to find his smile back with dental implants after being forcefully separated from the...
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- 2012

Escape from the World's Most Dangerous Place
Escape from the World's Most Dangerous Place102012HD
Successful model Samira Hashi makes an emotional return to Somalia, one of the most dangerous places in the world and the place she was born.
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- 2001

Lights for Gita
Lights for Gita92001HD
This animated short, based on the book by Rachna Gilmore, is the story of Gita, an 8-year-old girl who can't wait to celebrate Divali - the Hindu...
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- 2024

Enkeltje Vrijheid
Enkeltje Vrijheid02024HD
Before the eyes of the Sudanese Ahmed (25), the war broke out in full force. He decides to flee on foot to the Netherlands alone, to be able to live...
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- 2003

Home Movie: A Diary for my American-Born Son
Home Movie: A Diary for my American-Born Son102003HD
A film about homes on both sides of an ocean.
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- 2015

Si-o-se Pol
Si-o-se Pol6.32015HD
Released from prison and terminally ill, Parvis Karimpour is determined to be reunited with his daughter, Nasrin, who fled Iran for Europe many years...
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- 1972

Tonta tonta, pero no tanto
Tonta tonta, pero no tanto7.81972HD
María Nicolasa Cruz, an illiterate young Mazahua woman, travels to Mexico City in search of a better life, only to be swept into a chain of...
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- 2020

Obāchan
Obāchan02020HD
Obāchan is Japanese. She left her native archipelago in 1941 to marry one of her compatriots, 17 years older, settled in Mexico. Through...
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- 2021

The Face of a City
The Face of a City02021HD
The stories of four Iranian families who emigrate to Canada and the city they leave behind. As departure time approaches, social spaces become places...
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- 2026

I Dreamed of a Man Who Dreamed of Horses
I Dreamed of a Man Who Dreamed of Horses02026HD
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- 2026

The Sons of Ilir
The Sons of Ilir02026HD
Having fled Albania over 30 years ago, Agim and Erjon have led different lives. Their father's last wish brings them back. There they have to...
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- 2013

La Camioneta: The Journey of One American School Bus
La Camioneta: The Journey of One American School Bus5.82013HD
Every day dozens of decommissioned school buses leave the United States on a southward migration that carries them to Guatemala, where they are...
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- 1978

On a Paving Stone Mounted
On a Paving Stone Mounted91978HD
An impressionistic look at Irish emigrants in London, representing the emigrant's journey, a confusion of anticipation, memories and experience.
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- 2025

nor any memories of the turning backs
nor any memories of the turning backs02025HD
[poem_body_memory_voice] None of them belong to each other. All of them belong to themselves. A layered accumulation —___- a poetic exercise...
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- 2020

Have You Eaten?
Have You Eaten?02020HD
Living in downtown Toronto to attend school, Lina Li returns to the comfort of home in Thornhill and her mother's cooking. In this candid short,...
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- 2010

Adrift: People of a Lesser God
Adrift: People of a Lesser God02010HD
ADRIFT- People of a Lesser God is the story of an incredible odyssey made by several-times Pulitzer Prize-nominated undercover reporter Dominique C....
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- 1974

The Tribe
The Tribe61974HD
A family tribe of Cro-Magnons faces hardships, such as hunger, animal attacks, Neanderthal attacks, and death from injuries as they migrate to find a...
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- 2019

A Tale of Two Kitchens
A Tale of Two Kitchens5.9352019HD
Two countries, two restaurants, one vision. At Gabriela Cámara's acclaimed Contramar in Mexico City, the welcoming, uniformed waiters are as...
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- 1989

Migrations II
Migrations II81989HD
Screening of the synonymous Milos Crnjanski's poetic novel about the tragedy of Serbian people who scattered their energy and bones from Dnepr to...
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