Identity Movies

I was about seven years old the first time someone called me \"black\" on the street. I turned around to see who they were talking to, until I...

Serena is drawing the portrait of Enzo. In a cozy and intimate atmosphere, he tells us his story. This life is extraordinary, because it is a life of...

Best known for his work in video, Richard Fung has made the politics of gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation his central focus. Chinese...

People from different ethnic backgrounds with "difficult" names by Western standards share their experience with moving through the world with an...

The three friends Ertan, Kemal and Mehdi live in Kiel. They are foreigners, "Kanaks", as they proudly call themselves. For them, this term is an...

We see a rock. It transcends languages and cultures. It traverses time and space. Perhaps it has its own nature and memories.

Dragphoria is a short film about drag and identity, finding yourself in a noisy crowd, and slowly accepting yourself after a long-awaited denial.

Fred, a successful rockstar going through a difficult time, blows a tire on the road. In front of him, a poster reminds him of a turning point in...

Filmmaker Herbert Alfonso and musician Glenn de Randamie travel to Ghana to do some research on polyrhythm and the West-African spirituality....

A documentary about Antti Jalava, a Swedish-Finnish writer who was among the first to write about the immigrant experience in Sweden.

A short film exploring the notion of identity in relation to our actions and society's perception of individuals.

An actress finds herself trapped by an algorithm that hijacks extracts from her films for distribution on porn sites. After months with no help from...

The Metaphor That Became a Room is a psychological drama exploring identity, communication, and the struggle for self-understanding. Divided into two...

Seventeen years after their separation, Ernesto reunites with an old friend, only to realize he might be facing a complete stranger.

Steven, a pupil in a special-needs class, learns that his school has won a trip to Alcabideche, Portugal. He is overjoyed to get the chance to...

Features stories from around the globe that explore identity and relate to one another in unexpected and meaningful ways. This documentary traverses...

Identity is an experimental short film about gender fluidity, memory, and transformation.

Farida is back in her father’s native Algeria for the first me since she was a child. She discovers her grandmother’s house in the...

A restless young man roves in the gay hotspots of a metropolis. Anonymous places dressed in mirrors, intense colors and kitschy decors are the...