Immigration Movies

  • 2026
    au delà des hirondelles

    au delà des hirondelles

    au delà des hirondelles

    102026HD

    A young woman who has migrated to Istanbul tells her family that she has built a successful life, while secretly living a very different reality at...

    au delà des hirondelles
  • 2022
    A Portrait of Us

    A Portrait of Us

    A Portrait of Us

    02022HD

    A short documentary that follows Korean grandparents as they share their modern-day reckoning of their immigration story and grandparenthood.

    A Portrait of Us
  • 2017
    The Iron Triangle: Willets Point and the Remaking of New York

    The Iron Triangle: Willets Point and the Remaking of New York

    The Iron Triangle: Willets Point and the Remaking of New York

    12017HD

    Targeted for several failed redevelopment plans dating back to the days of Robert Moses, Willets Point, a gritty area in New York City known as the...

    The Iron Triangle: Willets Point and the Remaking of New York
  • 2006
    Straight Stories, Part 1

    Straight Stories, Part 1

    Straight Stories, Part 1

    52006HD

    Somewhere between documentary and fiction, this is an essay on questions of territory and human displacements made during an excursion from southern...

    Straight Stories, Part 1
  • 2019
    Balakrishna

    Balakrishna

    Balakrishna

    02019HD

    When an extraordinary new resident – Balakrishna, an Indian elephant – arrived in the town of East River, Nova Scotia, in 1967, no one...

    Balakrishna
  • 2026
    The Double Fight

    The Double Fight

    The Double Fight

    02026HD

    The Double Fight is a choral documentary that explores migration as an act of survival and self-affirmation: migrating in order to be. Through seven...

    The Double Fight
  • 2014
    On the Bride’s Side

    On the Bride’s Side

    On the Bride’s Side

    72014HD

    A Palestinian poet and an Italian journalist meet five Palestinians and Syrians in Milan who entered Europe via the Italian island of Lampedusa after...

    On the Bride’s Side
  • 2017
    From HK to MK

    From HK to MK

    From HK to MK

    02017HD

    What does it mean to be British? Gabriel, a dentist originally from Hong Kong, has lived in Milton Keynes for nearly 50 years. His mixed race son...

    From HK to MK
  • 2009
    Puente de la Costa Sur

    Puente de la Costa Sur

    Puente de la Costa Sur

    02009HD

    Puente de la Costa Sur, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2004 Community Leadership Awards (John R. May Award) - for its creative, grassroots...

    Puente de la Costa Sur
  • 1997
    Sambal Belacan in San Francisco

    Sambal Belacan in San Francisco

    Sambal Belacan in San Francisco

    01997HD

    “Sambal Belacan in San Francisco” is a documentary which revolves around three women from Singapore who move to San Francisco in the...

    Sambal Belacan in San Francisco
  • 2022
    One Day One Day

    One Day One Day

    One Day One Day

    02022HD

    Thousands of undocumented migrants are illegally employed and exploited in the Italian crops to grow Italy's food. One Day One Day follows their...

    One Day One Day
  • 1970
    Le Mile Notti

    Le Mile Notti

    Le Mile Notti

    01970HD

    Le Mile Notti
  • 1970
    Yelena's Story - Everything You Need to Know to Be a Jew

    Yelena's Story - Everything You Need to Know to Be a Jew

    Yelena's Story - Everything You Need to Know to Be a Jew

    01970HD

    This Ukrainian-Jewish teenager immigrated to San Francisco as a young child. Now on the brink of adulthood, she interviews her grandparents about...

    Yelena's Story - Everything You Need to Know to Be a Jew
  • 2019
    Look Away

    Look Away

    Look Away

    72019HD

    Europe, the rule of law and host countries? Look elsewhere denounces what is happening in many European cities by taking the example of Calais. From...

    Look Away
  • 2021
    Renaître

    Renaître

    Renaître

    02021HD

    Canada as a refuge for LBGTQ+ immigrants: Yazan from Iraq, Nata from Central Africa, Aida from Iran and Eilyn from Colombia all had to flee their...

    Renaître
  • 2022
    Honeybee

    Honeybee

    Honeybee

    02022HD

    An undocumented immigrant receives a heartwarming yet heartbreaking phone call from his daughter across the border.

    Honeybee
  • 2021
    Morkovcha [Korean Carrot Salad]

    Morkovcha [Korean Carrot Salad]

    Morkovcha [Korean Carrot Salad]

    02021HD

    This film tells a story of ethnic Koreans from Russia and the post-Soviet territories making their new home in New York City. The history of the...

    Morkovcha [Korean Carrot Salad]
  • 2018
    Birth on the border

    Birth on the border

    Birth on the border

    02018HD

    One million people legally cross the U.S.-Mexico border every day in both directions. Among them are women from Ciudad Juárez who cross to...

    Birth on the border
  • 2022
    Jews of the Wild West

    Jews of the Wild West

    Jews of the Wild West

    22022HD

    “Jews of the Wild West” is a feature-length documentary completed in December 2021. The independent not-for-profit project is produced by...

    Jews of the Wild West
  • 1970
    Remember When We Immigrated Here?

    Remember When We Immigrated Here?

    Remember When We Immigrated Here?

    01970HD

    This Ukrainian-Jewish teenager immigrated to San Francisco as a young child. Now on the brink of adulthood, she interviews her grandparents about...

    Remember When We Immigrated Here?