Immigrant Family Movies

A Vietnamese immigrant mother and daughter in the US argue over how to honor the late patriarch as they shop for his second death anniversary, and...

To see snow and learn German, the young Vietnamese girl Trúc Lâm (Nano Nguyen) moves to a small town in the middle of the Erzgebirge...

Roberto, a Peruvian boy in his teens, has moved to Montreal to live with his father, Bob Montoya, and his new Canadian family. While Bob tries to...

From humble beginnings in a small slate roofed village in Greece to the heyday of America's movie palaces, the Latchis Family built an empire of...

Julia Reyes, the precocious and strong-willed teenage daughter of first-generation Mexican immigrants, dreams of becoming a famous writer far away...

This short documentary chronicles the culture and arts of Cambodian Americans and the Lowell, MA community through the eyes of Sokhary Chau, the...

Sami, Joe and Leyla are ready for a truly epic summer after finishing school and ready to get out and grab their slice of life. But what is to come...

Soon Come Back is a poetic documentary about migration’s effect on Nande's relationships to “home” in Jamaica and the US, and her...

Olya, a straight-A middle school student, is experiencing her parents' break-up and her first love at the same time, all while struggling to maintain...

When a new father suddenly loses his own dad, an opportunity to travel back in time for an evening gives him a chance to end things on a better note.

The short film tells a slice-of-life story set in a family-run Chinese bakery, exploring parenting philosophies and the pressures faced by the...

After forcefully being called to their grandfather's funeral by their abusive mother, our protagonist is forced to deal with their suicidal...

A family of immigrants is chased through the woods by border patrol. But they're not alone.

Jalil is 17-year-old boy living with his Iranian family in a suburb near Helsinki. Though he has lived in Finland all his life, it seems hard for him...

Renowned Australian artist William Yang traces the labyrinthine web of his family history in this adaptation of his iconic live performance piece....

A young Filipino man learns to be the caregiver of his abusive grandmother who suffers from dementia, only to be mistaken as her old lover.

In a field surrounded and squeezed by increasing industrialization, an immigrant family, deep in financial debt, struggles to survive through...

Burmese boy Kaung and his family emigrated to Japan with the hope for a better life. They have lived in Tokyo for years, but never obtained a visum....

When Maria witnesses an accidental family tragedy, she's told it never happened and must decide what to do with the truth.

A documentary about the creative genius Eugen Semitjov and his fascinating background.