Migration Movies

The imprint of the past is made present by the return of three migrants to a community in the upper Mixteca region of Oaxaca, where the three stories...

In April 2015, two shipwrecks in the central Mediterranean resulted in over a thousand deaths. The first, on 12 April, occurred when an overcrowded...

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...

The story of Alex, who, with the help of his charismatic grandfather, embarks on a journey in search of his real self.

Over the course of thirteen years, the filmmaker and protagonist shares the experience of his binational family, taking us to his wife's country....

X-Mission explores the logic of the refugee camp as one of the oldest extra-territorial zones. Taking the Palestinian refugee camp as a case in...

Afghani refugee Ali and his brother have just arrived in Turkey where, surrounded by many other refugees, his family tries to build a new life. The...

A man and a woman in Lagos want to escape their everyday lives, but extricating themselves is no easy task. Two stories narrated with tenderness and...

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...

A little boy walks alone through a toy store, past people who speak a strange and, for him, incomprehensible language. A young mother finds a way to...

Ready for a new life abroad, a woman's last trip home forces her to confront the crushing guilt of a past tragedy.

Switzerland still carries out special flights, where passengers, dressed in diapers and helmets, are chained to their seats for 40 hours at worst....

Based on the famous novel of Milos Crnjanski, the story follows Serbian migrations from the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the XVIII century.

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

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...

The story of Masoud, who is trying to emigrate to Europe to make a better life for himself, his mother and his fiancé. After embarking on a...

On her first day of school, Sofia – a Brazilian teenager who has recently arrived in London – is bullied by a group of British students....