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...

Documentary that focus on the lives of three Ecuadorian migrants. It is a portrait of the suffering, the effort and nostalgia of the Ecuadorians who...

While everyone knows the migration of wildebeest in east Africa, few have paid attention to their predecessors in this long journey: the zebras....

Charming amateur film featuring the Eisner family, who emigrated to Britain from Romania the year this film was made.

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

While millions of birds migrate freely in the skies above, Fadia, a Palestinian refugee stranded in Lebanon, yearns for the ancestral homeland she is...

Spanning 45 years, the life of the Lee family is told through home videos that reflect themes of memory formation, roles and relationships, and how...

A Lebanese migrant in The Netherlands receives a haunting voice message from his former best friend in Beirut.

A portrait of a queer HIV+ Iranian refugee in Quito.

It all started in July 2018. Groups of migrants coming from Africa endeavouring to cross the border with France started arriving at Irun train...

Three alien women with futuristic sound headgear walk around enclosed spaces engulfed in sand. They are connected by their common ability to listen...

In 2024, 82 people lost their lives crossing the English Channel while seeking safety in the UK. In the wake of grief, a poignant journey along the...

The film takes place in three nations: in Switzerland, Cuba and Bosnia. In each of these three countries we accompany persons who dream of a better...

Released from prison and terminally ill, Parvis Karimpour is determined to be reunited with his daughter, Nasrin, who fled Iran for Europe many years...

Every day dozens of decommissioned school buses leave the United States on a southward migration that carries them to Guatemala, where they are...