Migration Movies

In an early work, video artist Dara Birnbaum records a cross section of fellow passengers aboard the Staten Island Ferry while en route to the Statue...

[poem_body_memory_voice] None of them belong to each other. All of them belong to themselves. A layered accumulation —___- a poetic exercise...

As thousands of migrants attempt to cross the French-Italian border on foot through treacherous mountain routes, the state cracks down on the local...

A meeting between two strangers sparks the desire to understand each other through the medium of cinema. They both simultaneously start recording...

In the midst of the current crisis in Venezuela, Daniel deals with the difficult decision he had to make. Leaving his family, his girlfriend and his...

Brair Kani explores an ancestral house located in Srinagar, Kashmir. Using the attic as a site of reflection, the film navigates the relationship...

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

A documentary film about men, women, and children fleeing northward from the existential threats in their home countries of Honduras, El Salvador,...

As Lil Janosch witnesses a performance of SenfMC performing a racist song he and Paul Badman decide to take matters into their own hands

I AM GOLDEN KAREN is a coming-of-age story of Thaawa, a Karen refugee in search of his identity as a migrant in Thailand. In between puberty and...

The Rezai's are keeping pigeons on their terrace in Berlin. After having their doubts in the beginning, the five sons are also taking care of the...

It’s Karla’s first birthday away from home. And music will be her way back.

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...

Liubov, a Russian lady who lives in Mexico City. During the routine of her day, Liubov will recall the experiences she had with death, from childhood...

This intimate letter from a migrant grandson about his Italian grandmother, also a migrant, unites in a trip to Italy the portrait of Venezuelan...

People who have to leave where they live, let their photo taken for the last time in front of a backdrop. The photographer gives the photographs to...

Nabil has to deal with his fear of water caused by a trauma he had, which he tries, day after day, to fight.

Stephen Tan, the youngest and the only photographer in his family, is tasked with creating his grandmother's funeral portrait. Never having taken his...