Migration Movies

  • 2007
    Sounds of Sand

    Sounds of Sand

    Sounds of Sand

    6.12007HD

    On the one hand, there’s the desert eating away at the land. The endless dry season, the lack of water. On the other there’s the threat...

    Sounds of Sand
  • 2015
    Prysia’s Garden

    Prysia’s Garden

    Prysia’s Garden

    102015HD

    An intimate meditation on exile and home, Prysia’s Garden portrays the quiet life of aging Ukrainian refugee Prysia through the detailed...

    Prysia’s Garden
  • 2022
    Köy

    Köy

    Köy

    02022HD

    KÖY (Turkish for village) is about the longing for home, for belonging and the freedom of the self. Three women from three generations are...

    Köy
  • 2026
    Stranded

    Stranded

    Stranded

    02026HD

    As ​Yiling, a Chinese marine biologist living overseas, travels to Newfoundland, Canada, to study a repeatedly stranded humpback whale, the...

    Stranded
  • 2019
    A Tale of Two Kitchens

    A Tale of Two Kitchens

    A Tale of Two Kitchens

    5.9352019HD

    Two countries, two restaurants, one vision. At Gabriela Cámara's acclaimed Contramar in Mexico City, the welcoming, uniformed waiters are as...

    A Tale of Two Kitchens
  • 1980
    The Wrung-Out Man

    The Wrung-Out Man

    The Wrung-Out Man

    7.21980HD

    Deraldo, a popular poet from Northeast Brazil, arrives in the capital of São Paulo, making a living only from his poetry and pamphlets. All is...

    The Wrung-Out Man
  • 1970
    I'll Smile in September

    I'll Smile in September

    I'll Smile in September

    01970HD

    Kismateen, a 24-year-old brass band player in Old Delhi, tries to find his smile back with dental implants after being forcefully separated from the...

    I'll Smile in September
  • 2012
    Escape from the World's Most Dangerous Place

    Escape from the World's Most Dangerous Place

    Escape from the World's Most Dangerous Place

    102012HD

    Successful model Samira Hashi makes an emotional return to Somalia, one of the most dangerous places in the world and the place she was born.

    Escape from the World's Most Dangerous Place
  • 2025
    nor any memories of the turning backs

    nor any memories of the turning backs

    nor any memories of the turning backs

    02025HD

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

    nor any memories of the turning backs
  • 2001
    Lights for Gita

    Lights for Gita

    Lights for Gita

    92001HD

    This animated short, based on the book by Rachna Gilmore, is the story of Gita, an 8-year-old girl who can't wait to celebrate Divali - the Hindu...

    Lights for Gita
  • 2012
    The Wildebeest Migration: Nature's Greatest Journey

    The Wildebeest Migration: Nature's Greatest Journey

    The Wildebeest Migration: Nature's Greatest Journey

    8.52012HD

    Every year, on the steppes of the Serengeti, the most spectacular migration of animals on our planet: Around two million wildebeest, Burchell's zebra...

    The Wildebeest Migration: Nature's Greatest Journey
  • 2021
    The Face of a City

    The Face of a City

    The Face of a City

    02021HD

    The stories of four Iranian families who emigrate to Canada and the city they leave behind. As departure time approaches, social spaces become places...

    The Face of a City
  • 2023
    HARRAGA – Those Who Burn Their Lives

    HARRAGA – Those Who Burn Their Lives

    HARRAGA – Those Who Burn Their Lives

    02023HD

    Imad, Nourdine, Walid and Hamza are a group of young Moroccan boys living in a cave under the lighthouse in the Spanish exclave Melilla. They wait...

    HARRAGA – Those Who Burn Their Lives
  • 2013
    La Camioneta: The Journey of One American School Bus

    La Camioneta: The Journey of One American School Bus

    La Camioneta: The Journey of One American School Bus

    5.82013HD

    Every day dozens of decommissioned school buses leave the United States on a southward migration that carries them to Guatemala, where they are...

    La Camioneta: The Journey of One American School Bus
  • 2025
    Destroy me, please

    Destroy me, please

    Destroy me, please

    02025HD

    A Lebanese migrant in The Netherlands receives a haunting voice message from his former best friend in Beirut.

    Destroy me, please
  • 1974
    The Tribe

    The Tribe

    The Tribe

    61974HD

    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...

    The Tribe
  • 2021
    Nudo Mixteco

    Nudo Mixteco

    Nudo Mixteco

    6.62021HD

    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...

    Nudo Mixteco
  • 1970
    Poly

    Poly

    Poly

    01970HD

    Forced into a legal “Limbo” status in the U.S. Paola finds herself through the day navigating a chaos she’s unable to control.

    Poly
  • 1970
    stalling

    stalling

    stalling

    01970HD

    On the night before Ashley’s flight, Ian drives her home, and they avoid the heavy roads of conflict and confrontation—stalling for time...

    stalling
  • 2026
    The Sons of Ilir

    The Sons of Ilir

    The Sons of Ilir

    02026HD

    Having fled Albania over 30 years ago, Agim and Erjon have led different lives. Their father's last wish brings them back. There they have to...

    The Sons of Ilir