Migration Movies

Between 1931 to 2002, Switzerland issued some six million seasonal residence permits, known as "A" permits, to immigrant workers. This status carried...

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

Through first person narration, Tari reveals personal stories related to her decision to work in Taiwan, her strained family relationships, the risks...

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

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

A high-rise apartment built in the 1960s provides housing for 2500 people from 42 nations. Separated from the city by a river and bounded by towering...

A silent documentary which follows a branch of the Bakhtiari tribe of Persia as they and their herds make their epic seasonal journey to better...

Young people who decide to leave their home to seek opportunities for the future face different difficulties on a daily basis. The inevitable...

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...

Women from Turkey and Mecklenburg are working together side-by-side at a fish-processing factory in Lübeck. As they work, they share stories...

A US-based marine biologist travels to a remote Canadian fishing village to rescue a stranded humpback whale, only to confront long-buried emotions...

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

Struggling with the move to Australia, a father concedes that he might not be the only one having a hard time with the transition.

Five Afghan men try to reach Europe. The filmmakers followed them for over six months, filming their clandestine journey and chronicling a migration...

This film begins, so to speak, where ‘Vol spécial’ left off. The reality of migration bears its teeth: Following a scuffle,...

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

In rural Kosovo, identical houses are built for family members working abroad, in the hope that they will one day return to settle in their old...

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