Immigration Movies

Part documentary, part personal essay, this experimental film combines archive imagery with the striking wintry landscapes of Alaska to tell the...

Carme, a gynecologist from Barcelona who has just separated from her colleague, gets involved in the problem of Shahida, one of her patients, whose...

Jonás, a teenager about to become a father, has secretly decided to escape.

An aspiring Indian tech entrepreneur in the Silicon Valley finds himself unexpectedly battling the bizarre American immigration system to keep his...

Zina left Algeria to fulfill her childhood dream of driving trucks. At every turn, her cabin becomes a space of freedom and the highway a battlefield.

Inspired by the 1930s court case Roldan vs. Los Angeles County, Filipino Salvador Roldan and English Marjorie Rogers must find a way to convince an...

Having recently moved to Montreal, Artiste, a 17-year-old African boy, infiltrates a street basketball competition for the chance to win a dream pair...

Three sisters leave Cuba in search of a better life in Madrid. While there, they encounter, among other things, other Cuban expatriates.

While living in New York, a young immigrant receives tragic news from overseas, and must choose between going home or staying in the US to maintain...

Benjamin is meant to be a great doctor, he’s certain of it. But his first experience as a junior doctor in the hospital ward where his father...

The Apple Pushers, narrated by Edward Norton, follows the inspiring stories of five immigrant pushcart vendors who are rolling fresh fruits and...

Made in Miami is the story of Camila's journey from arriving in Miami from Cuba as a kid to finding her voice and releasing her debut album. The film...

Life for refugees and migrants stuck at Calais: Filmed amidst the camps, the beaches, the sea and the sky, impressions of the lived experiences of...

Caye is a young prostitute whose family is unaware of her profession. She meets her striking Dominican neighbour Zulema, an illegal immigrant, after...

A young Mexican woman crosses the border in search of the American dream, only to instead find her worst nightmare lying within.

Nicu, a young Roma man living in a makeshift camp on the outskirts of London, discovers the body of a fellow migrant and takes his jar of cash....

Per Persson left Sweden 40 years ago. In Pakistan he fell in love and became the father of two daughters. Trouble starts when the girls grow up and...

The story of the children who work 12-14 hour days in the fields without the protection of child labor laws. These children are not toiling in the...

A bike-messenger trapped in an immigration scam finds himself in a sticky situation as things get violent.