Refugee Movies

The tragedy of the Syrian people: War, conflict, loss, migration, exile, asylum, detention, drowning… A deserted place. Abandoned people....

Jakop, a lone fisherman on the coast of lake Peipus has to decide whether refugees brought to his door are his way of redeeming past sins or merely a...

To cool the heat on the asylum debate - the biggest 'hot potato' in Australian politics, we took a hot potato food van around the country in the lead...

This feature documentary follows three newly arrived people in Canada and their experiences with the Canadian Refugee process. As claims are assessed...

Lauren Southern investigates what is really happening at Europe’s borders. From interviews with human traffickers in Morocco to secret...

An unusual friendship in an agitated political context.

From 1957 to 1961 170.000 Algerians flee to Tunisia because of the war. Most of them walk by feet across the mountains and the desert, carrying only...

In search of the lucrative matsutake mushroom, two former soldiers discover the means to gradually heal their wounds of war. Roger, a self-described...

Mali - Algeria - Libya - Italy. Issa’s escape from West Africa to the European mainland lasted ten years. Everything was supposed to be better...

Bhutan: The World’s Happiest Man tells the story of Mr. Bishnu, an aging Bhutanese-American in Ohio, who dreams of returning to his homeland....

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...

A Venezuelan refugee woman living in Colombia struggles through her decision to leave home with the help of some of the region's folk characters.

8-year-old Ali lives in a refugee detention centre with his mother and little sister Fatima. When his mother's precious knitting needles are...

The story of a group of Cubans who arrived in Miami during the Mariel Boatlift and were housed in an improvised camp in the heart of the city....

An actress used to playing only bit parts becomes the center of attention when a movie director buys her life story as a film project, she is now...

Powerfully and heartbreakingly detailing the challenging process that LGBTQ refugees must go through to find safety and security while starting over...

In northern Morocco lies the Spanish enclave of Melilla: Europe on African Land. On the mountain above live over a thousand hopeful African...

Refugees are captured by border patrol officers as one woman escapes to find herself surviving on her own in a foreign land.