Migration Movies Database

How does cinema shape the way we see the world? Film has long influenced how societies understand people, places, and experiences, shaping public debates, perceptions of identity, and even ideas about migration.

For decades, migration has been a central theme in film: daring journeys in search of a better life, the struggles of crossing borders, or the challenges of starting over in a new place. Yet research on how these stories are depicted has often been fragmented, focused on specific countries or genres, leaving only a partial view of how film reflects and shapes our understanding of human movement.

This Migration Movies Database brings together screen works that tell stories of migration and human movement. It includes documentaries, films, and series that are about cover topics such as crossing borders, discrimination, life in the diaspora, forced displacement, human trafficking, internal migration, integration into new societies, labour migration, lifestyle migration, return journeys, smuggling, and undocumented migration. The database begins in 1940 and runs until 2025.

The database is designed to help people understand how migration is portrayed in cinema and how films tell stories about human movement, displacement, identity, and belonging across different countries and cultures.

The database is a living resource for students, educators, and anyone interested in using movies in teaching, learning, and public discussion, offering a practical tool for introducing migration-related topics through film.

You can access the related academic article entitled “Migration representation in movies from 1940 to 2024: The spectacle of human mobility and the North-bound bias” and the database on Cadmus.

If you would like to cite this database in your work, please use the following format: “Piccoli, L., (2026), Migration Movies Database, Migration Policy Centre“.

The database will be updated periodically. If you want to suggest additional movies, please contact Lorenzo Piccoli.

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ID	Title (English)	Original Title	Year	Setting	Region	Original Language	Description	Director(s)	Type	Theme	Title (English) hidden
1	The Grapes of Wrath	The Grapes of Wrath	1940	United States	North America	English	During the Great Depression, the Joad family migrates from the Dust Bowl of Oklahoma to California in search of a better life, facing hardships and societal challenges along the way	John Ford	Movie	Internal Migration, Discrimination	The Grapes of Wrath
2	Casablanca	Casablanca	1942	Morocco	Africa	English	Set in World War II Morocco, the movie follows cynical nightclub owner Rick Blaine as he is torn between rekindling his past love with Ilsa Lund and helping her and her husband, resistance leader Victor Laszlo, escape the Nazis and flee to the United States	Michael Curtiz	Movie	Border Crossing, Smuggling	Casablanca
3	Paisan	Paisà	1946	Italy	Europe	Italian, English	Comprising six vignettes set during World War II, this film explores the interactions between Italians and Allied forces, delving into themes of displacement, cultural clashes, and the human cost of war	Roberto Rossellini	Movie	Forced Displacement, Internal Migration	Paisan
4	The Search	The Search	1948	Post-WWII Europe	Europe	English, German	A young Auschwitz survivor and his mother search for each other across post-war Europe, highlighting the situation of displaced children and the impact of war on families	Fred Zinnemann	Movie	Forced Displacement	The Search
5	Annie Was a Wonder	Annie Was a Wonder	1949	United States	North America	English	The story of Annie Swenson, who worked as a housekeeper in John Nesbitt's home when he was growing up. Annie was one of thousands of Scandinavian immigrant girls who came to America in the early 20th century in search of a better life.	Edward L. Cahn	Movie	Integration	Annie Was a Wonder
6	Border Incident	Border Incident	1949	United States, Mexico	South America	English, Spanish	A crime thriller that delves into the dangers faced by Mexican migrant workers and the law enforcement efforts to combat human trafficking along the U.S.-Mexico border	Anthony Mann	Movie	Labour Migration, Human Trafficking	Border Incident
7	Path of Hope	Il cammino della speranza	1950	Italy	Europe	Italian	A group of Sicilian miners embarks on a perilous journey to France in search of a better life	Pietro Germi	Movie	Border Crossing, Labour Migration, Discrimination	Path of Hope
8	Journey for Three	Journey for Three	1953	New Zealand	Oceania	English	Three British citizens travel and settle down in New Zealand, and the film shows their hopes, jobs, challenges, and adventures	Michael Forlong	Movie	Border Crossing	Journey for Three
9	Stazione Termini	Terminal Station	1953	Italy	Europe	Italian	The emotional transience and dislocation of postwar Europe through the fleeting encounter between an American woman and an Italian man in Rome’s main train station, capturing the atmosphere of mobility, departure, and difficult choices	Vittorio de Sica	Movie	Forced Displacement	Stazione Termini
10	The Glass Wall	The Glass Wall	1953	United States	North America	English	Peter is a refugee who wants to make a better life for himself in America, but he doesn't have the proper papers. Desperate for entry, he jumps ship and flees to New York to search for a World War II veteran whom he helped during the war.	Maxwell Shane	Movie	Border Crossing, Integration, Undocumented Migration, Discrimination	The Glass Wall
11	Salt of the Earth	Salt of the Earth	1954	United States	North America	English, Spanish	Based on a real strike by Mexican-American miners in New Mexico, the film addresses labor rights, discrimination, and the struggles of immigrant workers	Herbert J. Biberman	Movie	Labour Migration, Discrimination	Salt of the Earth
12	Espaldas Mojadas	Espaldas Mojadas	1955	United States	North America	English	Mexican worker Rafael Améndola runs from the police and cross the Mexican-American border. Once in the United States, Rafael does not adapt to his new life.	Alejandro Galindo	Movie	Border Crossing, Integration, Undocumented Migration, Discrimination	Espaldas Mojadas
13	I Live in Fear	生きものの記録	1955	Japan	Asia	Japanese	An elderly man becomes obsessed with moving to Brazil to escape the threat of nuclear war	Akira Kurosawa	Movie	Border Crossing	I Live in Fear
14	Pather Panchali	পথের পাঁচালী	1955	Bangladesh	Asia	Bengali	A poor rural Bengali family endures hardships and eventually move to the city in search of a better life	Satyajit Ray	Movie	Internal Migration, Discrimination	Pather Panchali
15	A Town Like Alice	A Town Like Alice	1956	Singapore, Australia	Oceania	English	During World War II, a British woman and an Australian soldier endure hardship as prisoners of war in Singapore, and later attempt to rebuild their lives in Australia	Jack Lee	Movie	Forced Displacement	A Town Like Alice
16	Giant	Giant	1956	United States	North America	English, Spanish	Spanning generations, this epic explores the lives of a Texas ranching family, addressing themes of wealth, racism, and the integration of Mexican-Americans into Texan society	George Stevens	Movie	Integration, Discrimination	Giant
17	Where To?	Ila Ayn	1957	Lebanon, Brazil	Middle East	Arabic	A family's struggle with poverty in a mountain village in Lebanon, leading the father to emigrate to Brazil in search of better opportunities	Georges Nasser	Movie	Internal Migration, Discrimination	Where To?
18	Exodus	Exodus	1960	Israel	Middle East	English	Following World War II, Jewish refugees aboard the ship Exodus seek to immigrate to Palestine, facing British blockades and political challenges in their quest for a homeland	Otto Preminger	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Discrimination	Exodus
19	Rocco and His Brothers	Rocco e i Suoi Fratelli	1960	Italy	Europe	Italian	Chronicles the struggles of a southern Italian family that moves to Milan in search of a better life	Luchino Visconti	Movie	Internal Migration, Discrimination	Rocco and His Brothers
20	The Cloud-Capped Star	Meghe Dhaka Tara	1960	India	Asia	Bengali	A refugee family from East Bengal (now Bangladesh) lives on the outskirts of Calcutta (now Kolkata) after the Partition of India	Ritwik Ghatak	Movie	Forced Displacement, Internal Migration, Discrimination	The Cloud-Capped Star
21	Kabuliwala	काबुलीवाला	1961	Afghanistan, India	Middle East	Hindi	A poor Afghani leaves his family behind to earn a living as a dried fruit vendor in India. Profoundly homesick, he befriends a young girl who reminds him of his own daughter. Meanwhile, the locals are distrustful of all foreigners.	Hemen Gupta	Movie	Diaspora, Integration, Labour Migration, Discrimination	Kabuliwala
22	West Side Story	West Side Story	1961	United States	North America	English, Spanish	A modern retelling of Romeo and Juliet, set in New York City, focusing on the rivalry between two gangs—the Jets and the Sharks—the latter consisting of Puerto Rican immigrants.	Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise	Movie	Integration, Discrimination	West Side Story
23	America America	The Anatolian Smile	1963	Turkey, Greece, United States	Middle East	English	Chronicles a young man's migration journey from Anatolia to the United States	Elia Kazan	Movie	Border Crossing, Labour Migration, Discrimination	America America
24	Barren Lives	Vidas Secas	1963	Brazil	South America	Portuguese	The arduous journey of a destitute family in Brazil's northeastern sertão as they migrate in search of a better life	Nelson Pereira dos Santos	Movie	Internal Migration, Discrimination	Barren Lives
25	Birds of Exile	Gurbet Kuşlar	1964	Turkey	Middle East	Turkish	Tahir Agha sells all his assets when his business in Maraş deteriorates. He immigrates to Istanbul with his wife Hatice, sons Selim, Murat, Kemal and daughter Fatoş, where he sets his mind to open a repair shop. But in the metropolis, things don’t go as planned	Halit Refiğ	Movie	Internal Migration, Discrimination	Birds of Exile
26	The Italians	Siamo Italiani	1964	Switzerland	Europe	Italian	The lives of Italian immigrants who moved to Switzerland in search of better economic opportunities, exploring their integration and the challenges they faced	Alexander Seiler	Documentary	Integration, Labour Migration, Discrimination	The Italians
27	Zorba the Greek	Αλέξης Ζορμπάς (Alexis Zorbas)	1964	Greece	Europe	English, Greek	An English writer travels to Crete to re-open a lignite mine and befriends the exuberant Zorba, who teaches him about life, love, and embracing the moment	Michael Cacoyannis	Movie	Integration, Lifestyle Migration	Zorba the Greek
28	Doctor Zhivago	Доктор Живаго	1965	Russia	Europe	English	Set during World War I and the Russian Revolution, the film follows Yuri Zhivago, a physician and poet, as he navigates the upheavals of the era, experiencing love and loss amidst political turmoil.	David Lean	Movie	Forced Displacement, Internal Migration	Doctor Zhivago
29	Black Girl	La noire de...	1966	Senegal, France	Europe	French	The story of a young woman who moves to France to work for a wealthy family, only to face isolation and racism. It's a poignant critique of post-colonial relations and the migrant experience	Ousmane Sembène	Movie	Integration, Discrimination	Black Girl
30	Oh Beautiful Istanbul	Ah Güzel İstanbul	1966	Turkey	Middle East	Turkish	The lovely Ayşe moves from her country village to Istanbul in the hope of becoming an actress	Atif Yilmaz	Movie	Internal Migration	Oh Beautiful Istanbul
31	Mandabi	Mandabi	1968	Senegal	Africa	Wolof, French	A man in Dakar receives a money order from his nephew abroad, leading to bureaucratic challenges	Ousmane Sembène	Movie	Diaspora, Bureaucracy	Mandabi
32	Katzelmacher	Katzelmacher	1969	Germany	Europe	German	Jorgos, a migrant worker from Greece, joins a group of young people in Munich usually hanging around. This foreigner incites hostility and jealousy among them, and he is insulted as a "Communist" and "Greek dog". After having been attacked, Jorgos talks to Maria of his wish to return home	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Movie	Diaspora, Integration, Return Migration, Discrimination	Katzelmacher
33	Lo Stagionale	Lo Stagionale	1970	Switzerland	Europe	Italian	The experiences of seasonal Italian workers who migrate to Switzerland for employment, highlighting issues of labor exploitation and cultural adaptation	Alvaro Bizzarri	Movie	Integration, Labour Migration, Discrimination	Lo Stagionale
34	Soleil Ô	Soleil Ô	1970	France	Europe	French, Hassaniya Arabic	An African immigrant in Paris, shedding light on the racial discrimination and identity struggles faced by migrants in post-colonial France	Med Hondo	Movie	Integration, Discrimination	Soleil Ô
35	Fiddler on the Roof	Fiddler on the Roof	1971	Soviet Union	Europe	English	Tevye, a Jewish milkman in early 20th-century Tsarist Russia, struggles to maintain his religious and cultural traditions while his daughters seek modern, independent lives and rising anti-Semitism threatens his community. Tevye and his fellow villagers are ultimately forced to leave their homes due to the persecution of Jewish communities	Norman Jewison	Movie	Diaspora, Forced Displacement, Discrimination	Fiddler on the Roof
36	The Emigrants	Utvandrarna	1971	United States, Sweden	North America	Swedish	In the 19th century, a Swedish farming family faces poverty and religious persecution, prompting them to emigrate to America in search of a better life	Jan Troell	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Discrimination	The Emigrants
37	The Dupes	المخدوعون	1972	Iraq	Middle East	Arabic	Three Palestinian refugees brought together by dispossession and hope for a better future. Hiding in the tank of a truck, the men attempt to make their way across the border into Kuwait, the “promised land.	Tawfiq Saleh	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration, Discrimination	The Dupes
38	The New Land	Nybyggarna	1972	United States	North America	Swedish	A sequel to 'The Emigrants', following the family's struggles in America	Jan Troell	Movie	Integration, Discrimination	The New Land
39	The Return	Dönüş	1972	Turkey, Germany	Middle East	Turkish	The story of a man who has gone abroad to earn money, leaving his wife behind in the village to struggle for survival, and the abandoned woman	Türkan Şoray	Movie	Diaspora, Labour Migration, Discrimination	The Return
40	The Bride	Gelin	1973	Turkey	Middle East	Turkish	The struggles of a migrant Anatolian family to adapt to and survive in the very different conditions of urban Istanbul	Ömer Lütfi Akad	Movie	Integration, Internal Migration	The Bride
41	Touki Bouki	The Journey of the Hyena	1973	Senegal	Africa	Wolof	Mory, a cowherd, and Anta, a university student, try to make money in order to go to Paris and leave their boring past behind	Djibril Diop Mambéti	Movie	Border Crossing, Discrimination	Touki Bouki
42	Ali: Fear Eats the Soul	Angst essen Seele auf	1974	Germany	Europe	German	An elderly German woman and a younger Moroccan immigrant face societal prejudice when they fall in love	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Movie	Integration, Discrimination	Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
43	Bread and Chocolate	Pane e Cioccolata	1974	Switzerland, Italy	Europe	Italian	This film chronicles the misadventures of an Italian immigrant to Switzerland and is representative of the commedia all'italiana film genre	Franco Brusati	Movie	Integration, Discrimination	Bread and Chocolate
44	The Godfather Part II	The Godfather Part II	1974	United States, Italy	North America	English	The early 20th-century immigration story of Vito Corleone, who arrives in America seeking a new life, with his son Michael's expansion of the family empire	Francis Ford Coppola	Movie	Integration	The Godfather Part II
45	Hester Street	Hester Street	1975	United States	North America	English	In 1896, a Russian Jewish woman immigrates to New York City's Lower East Side to reunite with her Americanized husband, but she has difficulty assimilating	Joan Micklin Silver	Movie	Integration, Discrimination	Hester Street
46	The Bus	Otobüs	1975	Turkey	Middle East	Turkish	A group of irregular immigrants are brought to Stockholm in a bus by a smuggler who takes all their money and passports, and then runs away	Bay Okan	Movie	Smuggling, Undocumented Migration, Discrimination	The Bus
47	Letter from my Village	Kaddu Beykat	1976	Senegal	Africa	French	Ngor is a young man living in a Senegalese village who wishes to marry Coumba. Ongoing drought in the village has affected its crop of groundnuts and as a result, Ngor cannot afford the bride price for Coumba. He goes to Senegal’s capital city, Dakar, to try to earn more money and is exploited there. He returns to the villagers and shares his experiences of the city with the other men.	Safi Faye	Movie	Internal Migration, Labour Migration, Return Migration, Discrimination	Letter from my Village
48	Pressure	Pressure	1976	United Kingdom	Europe	English	The experience of a young man from a Trinidadian family in London, grappling with his cultural identity amid societal pressures and racial tensions	Horace Ové	Movie	Integration, Discrimination	Pressure
49	Stroszek	Stroszek	1977	Germany, United States	North America	German, English	A German ex-convict, his girlfriend, and an elderly friend emigrate to Wisconsin seeking a better life	Werner Herzog	Movie	Discrimination	Stroszek
50	Safrana or Freedom of Speech	Safrana ou le droit à la parole	1978	France	Europe	French	Four young African workers attempt to break the spell of their poverty-stricken lives in Paris	Sidney Sokhona	Movie	Integration, Labour Migration, Discrimination	Safrana or Freedom of Speech
51	The Golden City	Taşı Toprağı Altın Şehir	1978	Turkey	Middle East	Turkish	The story of a family who goes to Istanbul to buy a tractor and the events that befall them during this struggle	Orhan Aksoy	Movie	Internal Migration	The Golden City
52	The Swissmakers	Die Schweizermacher	1978	Switzerland	Europe	German	A satirical look at the Swiss naturalization process through the experiences of various immigrants	Rolf Lyssy	Movie	Integration, Bureaucracy, Discrimination	The Swissmakers
53	Germany, Bitter Home	Almanya, Acı Vatan	1979	Turkey, Germany	Europe	Turkish	Follows the life of a Turkish woman living and working in Germany	Şerif Gören	Movie	Integration, Labour Migration, Discrimination	Germany, Bitter Home
54	The Herd	Sürü	1979	Turkey	Middle East	Turkish	Because of a local blood feud, a peasant family decides to sell its sheep - a most precious commodity - in far away Ankara. During their long train ride, bribes must be paid to petty officials, sheep are stolen or die in the packed, airless wagons, and the sick wife of one of the family’s sons becomes deathly ill	Zeki Ökten	Movie	Internal Migration, Discrimination	The Herd
55	Gaijin: Os Caminhos da Liberdade	Gaijin: Os Caminhos da Liberdade	1980	Brazil	South America	Brazilian	Based on fact, this is the story of the struggles of Japanese immigrants who traveled to and settled in Brazil looking for a better life	Tizuka Yamasaki	Movie	Diaspora, Integration, Discrimination	Gaijin: Os Caminhos da Liberdade
56	The Border	The Border	1980	United States	North America	English	US Border Patrol agent Frank Cooper is keeping a fine balance between doing his duty and empathising with irregular Mexican border jumpers in 1970s California	Christopher Leitch	Movie	Border Crossing, Smuggling, Undocumented Migration	The Border
57	A Dessert for Constance	Un Dessert Pour Constance	1981	France	Europe	French	Bokolo and Mamadou, sweepers in the city of Paris, are looking for a way to pay for the return home of one of their sick comrades. When they find an old book of recipes in the trash, they discover a passion for French cuisine and decide to participate in a televised cooking competition.	Sarah Maldoror	Movie	Diaspora, Integration, Labour Migration, Return Migration	A Dessert for Constance
58	...And the Pursuit of Happiness	...And the Pursuit of Happiness	1982	United States	North America	English	After acknowledging his own immigrant background, Malle tries to present the range of immigrant experiences in the US during the 1980's	Louis Malle	Documentary	Border Crossing, Diaspora, Integration, Labour Migration, Return Migration, Undocumented Migration, Discrimination	...And the Pursuit of Happiness
59	Boat People	投奔怒海	1982	Vietnam	Asia	Cantonese, Vietnamese	A Japanese photojournalist travels to post-war Vietnam to document the lives of the "boat people": refugees fleeing the country by sea	Ann Hui	Documentary	Forced Displacement	Boat People
60	Sophie's Choice	Sophie's Choice	1982	United States	North America	English	Tthe film follows a Polish Holocaust survivor who migrates to the U.S. in search of a new life, but remains haunted by the devastating choices and traumas she endured during her forced relocation in wartime Europe	Alan J. Pakula	Movie	Forced Displacement, Discrimination	Sophie's Choice
61	The Border	The Border	1982	United States	North America	English	A U.S. Border Patrol agent becomes entangled in a human-smuggling ring and, when a baby is kidnapped for illegal adoption, must confront his corrupt colleagues and attempt to redeem himself	Tony Richardson	Movie	Border Crossing, Smuggling, Human Trafficking, Undocumented Migration	The Border
62	Antar Holds Sword	عنتر شايل سيفه	1983	Egpyt, Italy	Middle East	Arabic	Antar is a poor farmer who flies to Italy after he signs a job contract with one of his relatives. After he arrives in Italy, he discovers that the contract is fake, and he gets manipulated by a director to act in porn films. He returns to Egypt and starts war against Medht, who is trying to take his wife’s piece of land.	Ahmed El-Sabawy	Movie	Labour Migration, Return Migration, Undocumented Migration	Antar Holds Sword
63	Scarface	Scarface	1983	Cuba, United States	North America	English	A Cuban refugee who arrives in Miami during the Mariel Boatlift of 1980. The film depicts his rise from a penniless immigrant to a wealthy but ruthless drug kingpin	Brian de Palma	Movie	Integration, Discrimination	Scarface
64	The North	El Norte	1983	Guatemala, Mexico, United States	South America	English, Quiché, Spanish	Two siblings flee Guatemala's civil war and embark on a perilous journey to the United States	Gregory Nava	Movie	Diaspora	The North
65	Moscow on the Hudson	Moscow on the Hudson	1984	United States	North America	English	A Russian circus musician defects to the United States	Paul Mazursky	Movie	Forced Displacement	Moscow on the Hudson
66	Once Upon a Time in America	Once Upon a Time in America	1984	United States	North America	English	The lives of Jewish ghetto youths who rise to prominence in New York's criminal underworld, reflecting on the immigrant experience and the pursuit of the American Dream	Sergio Leone	Movie	Integration, Discrimination	Once Upon a Time in America
67	Silver City	Silver City	1984	Australia	Oceania	English	After World War II, 4,000 Polish families came to Australia. They were Jews, Fascists, anti-Communists, and others dispossessed. In a large hostel, where even married men and women were housed in separate barracks, the adults lived for two years while they worked off the government’s payment of their passage	Sophia Turkiewicz	Movie	Diaspora, Forced Displacement, Integration, Discrimination	Silver City
68	My Beautiful Laundrette	My Beautiful Laundrette	1985	United Kingdom	Europe	English	An ambitious Pakistani Briton and his white boyfriend strive for success and hope when they open a glamorous laundromat	Stephen Frears	Movie	Diaspora, Discrimination	My Beautiful Laundrette
69	Out of Africa	Out of Africa	1985	Kenya	Africa	English	Karen von Blixen, a Danish baroness, establishes a coffee plantation in South Africa and falls in love with Denys Hatton, a local big-game hunter, in the process	Sydney Pollack	Movie	Lifestyle Migration	Out of Africa
70	Şaban the Expatriate	Şaban Pabucu Yarım	1985	Turkey, Germany	Europe	Turkish	Saban, a seemingly naive but cunning migrant worker from Turkey to Germany	Kartal Tibet	Movie	Diaspora, Integration, Labour Migration, Discrimination	Şaban the Expatriate
71	The Illegal Immigrant	非法移民	1985	United States	North America	Mandarin	A young man from Hong Kong struggles to survive as an undocumented immigrant in New York, facing exploitation, hardship, and an unlikely romance	Mabel Cheung	Movie	Undocumented Migration, Discrimination	The Illegal Immigrant
72	An American Tail	An American Tail	1986	United States	North America	English	This animated musical follows a young Russian-Jewish mouse as he emigrates with his family from Russia to the United States	Don Bluth	Movie	Border Crossing	An American Tail
73	Forty Square Meters of Germany	40 qm Deutschland	1986	Germany	Europe	German	The life of a Turkish woman confined to her apartment by her husband in Germany	Tevfik Başer	Movie	Integration	Forty Square Meters of Germany
74	The Girl Who Spelled Freedom	The Girl Who Spelled Freedom	1986	United States	North America	English	A Cambodian family is given sponsored immigration to the United States where one daughter becomes a spelling bee champion	Simon Wincer	Movie	Forced Displacement, Integration	The Girl Who Spelled Freedom
75	An Autumn's Tale	秋天的童话	1987	United States	North America	Mandarin	A Hong Kong woman who moves to New York City to study and reunite with her boyfriend	Mabel Cheung	Movie	Integration	An Autumn's Tale
76	Babette’s Feast	Babettes Gæstebud	1987	Denmark	Europe	Danish, Swedish, French	A French refugee transforms a Danish community through her culinary skills	Gabriel Axel	Movie	Forced Displacement, Integration, Lifestyle Migration	Babette’s Feast
77	Goodbye, Miss 4th of July	Goodbye, Miss 4th of July	1988	United States	North America	English	A Greek immigrant family who settled in Montgomery, West Virginia, in the year 1910, experiences friendship and prejudice	George Miller	Movie	Integration, Discrimination	Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
78	300 Miles to Heaven	300 mil do nieba	1989	Poland, Denmark	Europe	Polish	The true story of two young brothers who, in 1985, escaped from communist Poland by hiding under a truck, embarking on a perilous journey to seek freedom in Denmark	Maciej Dejczer	Movie	Forced Displacement	300 Miles to Heaven
79	Eight Taels of Gold	八兩金	1989	United States, China	North America	Cantonese	A Chinese expatriate taxi driver in New York who returns to his rural hometown in China	Mabel Cheung	Movie	Return Migration	Eight Taels of Gold
80	Migrations	Soebe	1989	Serbia	Europe	Serbian	Based on the famous novel of Milos Crnjanski, the story follows Serbian migrations from the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the XVIII century	Aleksandar Petrovic	Movie	Internal Migration	Migrations
81	A Little Cloud	Bir Küçük Bulut	1990	Turkey	Middle East	Turkish	A young man, his wife, and their child move to Istanbul to start a new life. Since they don’t have a home, the family starts staying with the man’s uncle’s son	Faruk Turgut	Movie	Internal Migration, Discrimination	A Little Cloud
82	Alou's Letters	Las cartas de Alou	1990	Spain	Europe	Spanish	Alou, an irregular African inmigrant, send letters to his parents talking about his new life in Spain	Montxo Armendáriz	Movie	Integration, Undocumented Migration, Discrimination	Alou's Letters
83	Avalon	Avalon	1990	Poland, United States	North America	English	This drama chronicles the experiences of a Polish-Jewish family that immigrates to Baltimore in the early 20th century, exploring themes of assimilation, family bonds, and the American Dream	Barry Levinson	Movie	Diaspora, Integration, Discrimination	Avalon
84	Farewell China	愛在別鄉的季節	1990	China, United States	North America	Mandarin	A Chinese couple emigrates to the United States, only to face unforeseen challenges and separation, highlighting the harsh realities of the immigrant experience	Clara Law	Movie	Integration, Undocumented Migration, Discrimination	Farewell China
85	Green Card	Green Card	1990	United States	North America	English	A man wanting to stay in the US enters into a marriage of convenience, but it turns into more than that	Peter Weir	Movie	Border Crossing	Green Card
86	Journey of Hope	Reise der Hoffnung	1990	Turkey, Switzerland	Middle East	Turkish, German, Italian	In a village in eastern Turkey, tales of the economic success of Turks in Switzerland inspire Haydar to convince his wife Meryem that they must go. He sells their livestock and small plot of land in exchange for passage for two. He wants to leave their seven children in the care of the eldest and his parents; his father advises him to take one son to be educated in Europe. Will anyone reach the land of promise?	Xavier Koller	Movie	Border Crossing	Journey of Hope
87	Lonely in America	Lonely in America	1990	United States	North America	English	The dreams and aspirations about America and life of Arun, a young Indian in his 20s, change as he struggles to fit into a new and alien culture	Barry Alexander Brown	Movie	Diaspora, Integration	Lonely in America
88	Pummarò	Pummarò	1990	Italy	Europe	Italian	A young Ghanaian man migrates to Italy searching for his missing brother and confronts exploitation, racism, and disillusionment in the world of migrant labor	Michele Placido	Movie	Integration, Labour Migration, Discrimination	Pummarò
89	Song of Exile	客途秋恨	1990	United Kingdom, Hong Kong	Asia	Mandarin	After going to school in London, Cheung Hueyin returns to Hong Kong for the wedding of her younger sister. It doesn't take long for the young woman to discover the vast gulf now separating her from her mother	Ann Hui	Movie	Return Migration	Song of Exile
90	The March	The March	1990	Sudan	Africa	English	A group of several thousand Africans migrate westward across northern Africa and sail across the Strait of Gibraltar to Europe. Their message is: "We are poor because you are rich."	David Wheatley	Movie	Border Crossing	The March
91	Mississippi Masala	Mississippi Masala	1991	Uganda, United States	North America	English	An Indian family expelled from Uganda resettles in Mississippi	Mira Nair	Movie	Forced Displacement, Integration, Discrimination	Mississippi Masala
92	Pushing Hands	推手	1991	United States	North America	Mandarin	A retired Chinese Tai Chi master moves to the United States to live with his son but struggles to adjust to American culture	Ang Lee	Movie	Integration, Discrimination	Pushing Hands
93	The Suspended Step of the Stork	Το Mετέωρο Bήμα Tου Πελαργού	1991	Greece	Europe	Greek	A journalist investigates a politician's disappearance, exploring themes of identity and borders	Theodoros Angelopoulos	Movie	Border Crossing	The Suspended Step of the Stork
94	Autumn Moon	秋月	1992	Hong Kong	Asia	Cantonese, Japanese	The unlikely friendship between a Hong Kong teenage girl preparing to emigrate to Canada and a Japanese tourist	Clara Law	Movie	Border Crossing, Lifestyle Migration	Autumn Moon
95	Happy Birthday, Türke!	Happy Birthday, Türke!	1992	Germany	Europe	German	This crime film follows a Turkish-German private detective in Frankfurt, delving into the experiences of the Turkish immigrant community in Germany	Doris Dörrie	Movie	Integration, Discrimination	Happy Birthday, Türke!
96	A Native of Beijing in New York	(北京人在纽约)	1993	China, United States	North America	Mandarin	A Chinese man moves to New York in search of the American Dream but struggles with cultural clashes, financial hardship, and personal relationships	Zheng Xiaolong	Series	Integration, Discrimination	A Native of Beijing in New York
97	America Abracadabra	أمريكا شيكا بيك	1993	Egypt, Hungary	Middle East	Arabic	A group of young Egyptians are planning to immigrate to the United States from Bucharest. But, when the man they hired steals their money and leave them on the Hungarian border, they are forced to work together to overcome adversity	Khairy Beshara	Movie	Border Crossing, Labour Migration, Smuggling, Discrimination	America Abracadabra
98	Bhaji on the Beach	Bhaji on the Beach	1993	United Kingdom	Europe	English, Hindi, Punjabi	A group of British-Asian women take a day trip to Blackpool, confronting personal and cultural issues	Gurinder Chadha	Movie	Diaspora, Discrimination	Bhaji on the Beach
99	The Joy Luck Club	The Joy Luck Club	1993	United States	North America	English	The lives of four Chinese-American immigrant families in San Francisco. It delves into the generational and cultural conflicts between the immigrant mothers and their American-born daughters	Wayne Wang	Movie	Diaspora, Integration, Discrimination	The Joy Luck Club
100	The Joy Luck Club	The Joy Luck Club	1993	United States	North America	English, Mandarin, Cantonese	Based on Amy Tan's novel, the film explores the relationships between Chinese-American women and their immigrant mothers, delving into generational and cultural conflicts	Wayne Wang	Movie	Diaspora, Integration	The Joy Luck Club
101	The Wedding Banquet	喜宴	1993	United States	North America	Mandarin	A gay Taiwanese man in New York arranges a fake marriage with a woman to satisfy his traditional parents. However, the deception spirals into chaos when his family insists on a lavish wedding celebration	Ang Lee	Movie	Diaspora, Discrimination	The Wedding Banquet
102	...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him	...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him	1994	United States	North America	English	The story of a Mexican family who travels to Minnesota to work as farmers	Severo Perez	Movie	Border Crossing, Diaspora, Labour Migration, Discrimination	...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him
103	Lamerica	Lamerica	1994	Albania	Europe	Italian, Albanian, English	Two Italian businessmen who travel to Albania after the fall of communism to set up a fake company, only to become entangled in the harsh realities faced by Albanian migrants seeking a better life in Italy	Gianni Amelio	Movie	Smuggling	Lamerica
104	The Emigrant	Al Mohager	1994	Egypt	Middle East	Egyptian Arabic	The biblical tale of Joseph is told from an Egyptian perspective in this character study	Youssef Chahine	Documentary	Internal Migration	The Emigrant
105	Foreign Land	Terra Estrangeira	1995	Brazil, Portugal	South America	Portuguese	Paco, a young Brazilian, after his mother's death, decides to travel to her native land of Portugal	Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas	Movie	Return Migration, Discrimination	Foreign Land
106	La Haine	La Haine	1995	France	Europe	French	Set in the aftermath of a violent riot, the film follows three young men from immigrant backgrounds living life in the underprivileged suburbs of Paris	Mathieu Kassovitz	Movie	Integration, Discrimination	La Haine
107	My Family	My Family	1995	United States	North America	English	Traces over three generations an immigrant family’s trials, tribulations, tragedies, and triumphs	Gregory Nava	Movie	Integration, Discrimination	My Family
108	Out of Ireland	Out of Ireland	1995	Ireland, United States	North America	English	This documentary chronicles the mass exodus from Ireland during the Great Famine of the 19th century, highlighting personal stories of immigrants who sought a new life in America	Paul Wagner	Documentary	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Discrimination	Out of Ireland
109	Someone Else's America	Someone Else's America	1995	United States	North America	English	The stories of immigrants in Brooklyn, focusing on the friendship between a Spanish bar owner and a Montenegrin newcomer	Goran Paskaljević	Movie	Integration, Lifestyle Migration, Discrimination	Someone Else's America
110	The Perez Family	The Perez Family	1995	United States	North America	English	In 1980, the USA opens her doors to Cuban refugees. Once in Miami, Dorita tries to create a Perez "family" of three to get a sponsor. She wants Juan to be her "husband", and wants to add either a "son" or a "dad"	Mira Nair	Movie	Integration, Bureaucracy	The Perez Family
111	Carla's Song	Carla's Song	1996	United Kingdom, Nicaragua	South America	English	A Scottish bus driver falls in love with a Nicaraguan woman and follows her to her homeland during the Contra war	Ken Loach	Movie	Return Migration, Lifestyle Migration	Carla's Song
112	Comrades: Almost a Love Story	甜蜜蜜	1996	Hong Kong	Asia	Cantonese	This movie follows two mainland Chinese immigrants in Hong Kong over a decade, exploring their evolving relationship amidst the backdrop of economic opportunity, cultural assimilation, and the pursuit of dreams	Peter Chan	Movie	Diaspora, Integration	Comrades: Almost a Love Story
113	Deadly Voyage	Deadly Voyage	1996	Ghana, United Kingdom	Africa	English	Based on a true story, this film depicts the harrowing journey of Kingsley Ofosu, a Ghanaian stowaway on a cargo ship bound for Europe	John Mackenzie	Movie	Border Crossing	Deadly Voyage
114	The Promise	La Promesse	1996	Belgium	Europe	French	When an immigrant laborer suffers a fatal accident, Igor grapples with his conscience and the promise he made to the dying man. Igor is a teenager whose father, Roger, profits from trafficking and abusing migrant workers.	Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne	Movie	Labour Migration, Human Trafficking	The Promise
115	The River of Life	河流	1996	China	Asia	Mandarin	Set in Taipei, the film portrays the life of a family that has migrated from the countryside. It examines the alienation and disconnection they experience in the bustling city environment	Tsai Ming-liang	Movie	Internal Migration, Discrimination	The River of Life
116	Vesna Goes Fast	Vesna Va Veloce	1996	Italy	Europe	Italian	A young Eastern European girl ditches the rest of her tour group to embark upon a new life in Italy. Though she writes friends and family glowing accounts of her fabulous adventures in her adopted home, the truth is much more tragic.	Carlo Mazzacurati	Movie	Integration, Labour Migration, Human Trafficking	Vesna Goes Fast
117	My Son the Fanatic	My Son the Fanatic	1997	United Kingdom	Europe	English	The generational and cultural conflicts within a Pakistani immigrant family in the United Kingdom	Udayan Prasad	Movie	Diaspora, Discrimination	My Son the Fanatic
118	The Other Shore	L'Autre côté de la mer	1997	Algeria, France	Middle East	French	Georges Montero, an Algerian-born Frenchman, manages an olive canning factory in Oran. He travels to Paris for a cataract operation. Marinette, his sister, and Belka, his friend and a recent immigrant, want him to return to France permanently.	Dominique Cabrera	Movie	Diaspora, Integration, Return Migration	The Other Shore
119	Central Station	Central do Brasil	1998	Brazil	South America	Portuguese	Dora, a retired schoolteacher, and Josué, a young boy, as they embark on a journey from Rio de Janeiro to Brazil's rural northeast in search of Josué's father, reflecting on internal migration patterns within Brazil	Walter Selles	Movie	Internal Migration	Central Station
120	Eternity and a Day	Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα	1998	Greece	Europe	Greek	This drama follows a terminally ill writer who befriends a young Albanian immigrant, highlighting challenges and human connections	Theodoros Angelopoulos	Movie	Integration, Discrimination	Eternity and a Day
121	Short Sharp Shock	Kurz und Schmerzlos	1998	Germany	Europe	German	Three friends of immigrant backgrounds in Hamburg	Fatih Akin	Movie	Diaspora	Short Sharp Shock
122	Train of Life	Train de Vie	1998	Germany	Europe	French	This tragicomedy depicts a Jewish village's attempt to escape Nazi persecution by faking a deportation train, highlighting the desperate measures taken by communities to migrate under life-threatening circumstances	Radu Mihaileanu	Movie	Forced Displacement	Train of Life
123	Beautiful People	Beautiful People	1999	United Kingdom	Europe	English	In London, during October 1993, England is playing Holland in the preliminaries of the World Cup. The Bosnian War is at its height, and refugees from the ex-Yugoslavia are arriving. Football rivals, and political adversaries from the Balkans all precipitate conflict and amusing situations	Jasmin Dizdar	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Integration	Beautiful People
124	Bolivia	Bolivia	1999	Argentina	South America	Spanish	A Bolivian immigrant working illegally as a cook in a small restaurant in Buenos Aires suffers abuse and discrimination from its customers	Israel Adrián Caetano	Movie	Integration, Discrimination	Bolivia
125	East is East	East is East	1999	United Kingdom	Europe	English	Explores the dynamics of a mixed-race family in 1970s England	Damien O'Donnell	Movie	Diaspora, Integration	East is East
126	Hammaam in Amsterdam	همام في أمستردام	1999	Egypt, Netherlands	Middle East	Arabic	Hammaam lives with his big family in a crowded Egyptian alley. As he is jobless, he loses his girl to a rich suitor. He then decides to leave for Amsterdam where his uncle has immigrated long ago. As soon as he arrives he loses his money and passport and gets assaulted in an inn	Saeed Hamed	Movie	Diaspora, Integration, Labour Migration, Return Migration, Discrimination	Hammaam in Amsterdam
127	How to Make a Refugee	How to Make a Refugee	1999	Various locations	N/A	English	Short documentary about photography and migration	Phil Collins	Documentary	Forced Displacement	How to Make a Refugee
128	Propaganda	Propaganda	1999	Turkey	Middle East	Turkish	Based on a true story set in 1948, customs officer Mehti is faced with the duty of formally setting up the border between Turkey and Syria, dividing his hometown. He is unaware of the pain that will eminently unfold, as families, languages, cultures and lovers are both ripped apart and clash head on in a village once united	Sinan Çetin	Movie	Bureaucracy	Propaganda
129	The Road Home	我的父亲母亲	1999	China	Asia	Mandarin	A man returns to his rural village in China for his father's funeral and reflects on his parents' love story, highlighting themes of rural-to-urban migration and the changes in Chinese society	Zhang Yimou	Movie	Return Migration	The Road Home
130	A Time for Drunken Horses	A Time for Drunken Horses	2000	Iran, Iraq	Middle East	Kurdish, Persian	Kurdish siblings survive through smuggling in a harsh border region	Bahman Ghobadi	Movie	Smuggling	A Time for Drunken Horses
131	Before Night Falls	Before Night Falls	2000	Cuba, United States	North America	English	The imprisonment and eventual emigration of Reinaldo Arenas to the United States during the Mariel Boatlift.	Julian Schnabel	Movie	Forced Displacement	Before Night Falls
132	Bread and Roses	Bread and Roses	2000	United States	North America	English, Spanish	The struggles of undocumented Mexican janitors in Los Angeles as they fight for fair wages and working conditions	Ken Loach	Movie	Labour Migration, Undocumented Migration	Bread and Roses
133	Durian Durian	榴槤飄飄	2000	Hong Kong	Asia	Cantonese, Mandarin	A child befriends her neighbor, a young prostitute whose permit to stay in Hong Kong is expiring	Fruit Chan	Movie	Integration, Undocumented Migration	Durian Durian
134	The Man Who Cried	The Man Who Cried	2000	United States	North America	English	A young refugee traveling from Russia to America in search of her lost father falls for a gypsy horseman.	Sally Potter	Movie	Border Crossing	The Man Who Cried
135	90 Miles	90 Miles	2001	Cuba, United States	North America	English	This personal documentary tells the story of Juan Carlos Zaldívar’s family, who fled Cuba to the United States when he was a child	Juan Carlos Zaldívar	Documentary	Forced Displacement, Integration	90 Miles
136	A Hungarian Passport	Un passeport Hongrois	2001	Brazil, Hungary	Europe	French, English, Hungarian, Portuguese	Explores the bureaucratic hurdles for a Brazilian woman claiming Hungarian citizenship	Sandra Kogut	Documentary	Integration	A Hungarian Passport
137	Africano	افريكانو	2001	Egypt, South Africa	Africa	Arabic	Badr, a young veterinarian, and his brother in law ‘Essaam, get news that they have inherited a Zoo from Badr’s uncle in South Africa. Badr and ‘Essaam fly to South Africa where they meet Gameela, Badr’s niece, they find that the zoo is facing many problems.	Amr Arafa	Movie	Integration, Labour Migration, Discrimination	Africano
138	An American Rhapsody	An American Rhapsody	2001	United States	North America	English	A young Hungarian girl struggles to find her place in the world when she's reunited with her parents in the USA years after she was left behind during their flight from the communist country in the 1950s	Éva Gárdos	Movie	Forced Displacement, Integration	An American Rhapsody
139	L'Eldorado de Plastique	L'Eldorado de plastique	2001	Spain	Europe	French	The documentary examines the exploitation of Moroccan migrant laborers working in the extensive plastic-covered greenhouses of southern Spain	Arlette Girardot and Philippe Baqué	Documentary	Labour Migration, Undocumented Migration, Discrimination	L'Eldorado de Plastique
140	Mirabella	Mirabella	2001	Italy, Germany	Europe	Italian	A documentary exploring Sicilian families commuting between two contrasting worlds, prosperous Sindelfingen in Germany and a struggling Sicilian village	Andreas Pichler	Documentary	Diaspora	Mirabella
141	Moonsoon Wedding	Moonsoon Wedding	2001	India	Asia	Hindi, English, Punjabi	An Indian family prepares for an arranged marriage in Delhi, dealing with personal secrets and cultural expectations. The film touches on migration themes through family members who have moved abroad, exploring issues of tradition versus globalisation and the emotional ties between homeland and diaspora	Mira Nair	Movie	Diaspora	Moonsoon Wedding
142	Sunday God Willing	Inch'Allah Dimanche	2001	France	Europe	French	Zouina is a woman who is torn from her home in Algeria. With her 3 children and her mother-in-law, she rejoins her husband in a foreign, unaccommodating land.	Yamina Benguigui	Movie	Diaspora, Integration	Sunday God Willing
143	Tar Angel	L'ange de goudron	2001	Canada	North America	French	Newly-arrived Ahmed tries to integrate his family to the Canadian society, while attempting to control his son's life orientation	Denis Chouinard	Movie	Diaspora, Integration	Tar Angel
144	The Story of Woo Viet	胡越的故事	2001	Hong Kong, Philippines	Asia	Cantonese, Vietnamese	Woo Viet, an overseas Chinese from Vietnam, smuggles himself into Hong Kong after multiple attempts. He plans to immigrate to the United States but becomes entangled in dangerous circumstances in the Philippines	Ann Hui	Movie	Smuggling	The Story of Woo Viet
145	When Men Cry	Quand les hommes pleurent	2001	Morocco, Spain	Europe	French	Four young Moroccans, like thousands of others, cross the sea illegally to work in Spain	Yasmine Kassari	Documentary	Border Crossing, Labour Migration, Undocumented Migration	When Men Cry
146	Bend It Like Beckham	Bend It Like Beckham	2002	United Kingdom	Europe	English, Punjabi, Hindi, German	Jesminder "Jess" Bhamra, a British-Indian teenager, defies her traditional Sikh family's expectations to pursue her passion for soccer	Gurinder Chadha	Movie	Diaspora	Bend It Like Beckham
147	City of God	Cidade de Deus	2002	Brazil	South America	Portuguese	The rise of crime in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro through the lives of young residents who moved there, particularly Rocket, who aspires to escape the violence through photography	Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund	Movie	Internal Migration	City of God
148	Dirty Pretty Things	Dirty Pretty Things	2002	United Kingdom	Europe	English	Exposes the hidden world of undocumented immigrants in London focusing on a Nigerian doctor and a Turkish chambermaid	Stephen Frears	Movie	Integration, Undocumented Migration	Dirty Pretty Things
149	In America	In America	2002	United States	North America	English	A family adjusts to life in New York City	Jim Sheridan	Movie	Integration	In America
150	In America	In America	2002	United States	North America	English	A family of Irish immigrants adjust to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child	Jim Sheridan	Movie	Integration	In America
151	In This World	In This World	2002	Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, United Kingdom	Middle East	Dari, Pashto, Italian, English	Follows two Afghan refugees on their overland journey from a Pakistani refugee camp to London	Michael Winterbottom	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement	In This World
152	Lilya 4-ever	Lilja 4-ever	2002	Eastern Europe, Sweden	Europe	Russian, Swedish	A teenage girl from the former Soviet Union is abandoned by her mother and lured to Sweden with promises of a better life, only to find herself trapped in human trafficking and exploitation	Lukas Moodysson	Movie	Border Crossing, Human Trafficking, Discrimination	Lilya 4-ever
153	Mafia	مافيا	2002	Egypt	Middle East	Arabic	After his expulsion from the Military Academy, Hussain gets involved in mafia crimes abroad. Upon being deported to an Egyptian prison, and in order to give him a second chance to live a well meaning life, the Egyptian Intelligence Agency assign him with a secret mission	Sherif Arafa	Movie	Diaspora, Return Migration	Mafia
154	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	2002	United States, Greece	North America	English	Toula Portokalos, a Greek-American woman, struggles to balance her family's deep-rooted Greek traditions with her desire for independence and love outside her ethnic community, ultimately falling for a non-Greek man	Joel Zwick	Movie	Diaspora	My Big Fat Greek Wedding
155	Rabbit-Proof Fence	Rabbit-Proof Fence	2002	Australia	Oceania	English	Based on a true story, three Aboriginal girls escape from a government settlement in 1930s Australia and embark on a 1,500-mile journey home, using the rabbit-proof fence to guide them	Phillip Noyce	Movie	Forced Displacement, Internal Migration	Rabbit-Proof Fence
156	Rafters	Balseros	2002	Cuba, United States	North America	Spanish	The stories of Cuban "balseros" (rafters) who fled Cuba during the 1994 economic crisis by building makeshift rafts to reach the United States	Carles Bosch and Josep Maria Domènech	Documentary	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration	Rafters
157	Solino	Solino	2002	Italy, Germany	Europe	German, Italian	The story of an Italian family that migrates to Germany in the 1960s, focusing on their challenges and cultural integration	Fatih Akin	Movie	Integration, Labour Migration	Solino
158	The Spanish Apartment	L'Auberge Espagnole	2002	France, Spain	Europe	English	A French student who moves to Barcelona as part of the Erasmus exchange program, sharing an apartment with other international students	Cédric Klapisch	Movie	Integration, Internal Migration, Lifestyle Migration	The Spanish Apartment
159	The Way Home	집으로...	2002	South Korea	Asia	Korean	A young boy from Seoul is sent to live with his mute grandmother in a rural village. The film explores the cultural and generational differences between them, highlighting internal migration within South Korea and the contrasts between urban and rural life	Lee Jeong-hyang	Movie	Integration, Internal Migration	The Way Home
160	Waiting For Happiness	Heremakono	2002	Mauritania	Africa	Hassaniya Arabic, French, Mandarin	The film is set in Nouadhibou, a coastal village in Mauritania, which serves as a transit point for many West African migrants aspiring to reach Europe. It follows Abdallah, a 17-year-old who returns to visit his mother before emigrating to Europe	Abderrahmane Sissako	Movie	Border Crossing, Return Migration	Waiting For Happiness
161	A Touch of Spice	Πολίτικη Κουζίνα	2003	Turkey, Greece	Middle East	Greek, Turkish	A Greek boy grows up to become a talented cook after political turmoil forces his family to leave Turkey	Tassos Boulmetis	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Return Migration	A Touch of Spice
162	A Touch of Spice	Πολίτικη Κουζίνα	2003	Greece, Turkey	Europe	Greek	“A Touch of Spice” is a story about Fanis, a young Greek boy growing up in Istanbul, whose grandfather, a culinary philosopher and mentor, teaches him that both food and life require a little salt to give them flavor	Tasos Boulmetis	Movie	Diaspora, Integration, Return Migration	A Touch of Spice
163	Bride Flight	Bride Flight	2003	New Zealand	Oceania	English	Bride Flight is a 2008 romantic drama film about three women and one man from the Netherlands, who all start new lives in New Zealand. It starts with the victory of the KLM flight in the 1953 London to Christchurch air race	Ben Sombogaart	Movie	Integration	Bride Flight
164	Cuban America	Cuban America	2003	Cuba, United States	North America	English	The history of Cuban emigration to the United States, particularly to Miami	Adelin Gasana	Documentary	Border Crossing, Diaspora, Forced Displacement, Integration	Cuban America
165	Lost in Translation	Lost in Translation	2003	Japan	Asia	English	An American actor Bob, lands in Tokyo for an ad film and ends up meeting Charlotte, who's left behind by her photographer husband. Gradually, the two discover a friend within each other.	Sofia Coppola	Movie	Lifestyle Migration	Lost in Translation
166	Mambo Italiano	Mambo Italiano	2003	Canada	North America	English	A comedic portrayal of an Italian-Canadian family's experiences, focusing on cultural clashes, generational differences, and the immigrant pursuit of identity and acceptance in a new country	Émile Gaudreault	Movie	Diaspora, Integration	Mambo Italiano
167	A Day Without a Mexican	A Day Without a Mexican	2004	United States	North America	English	When a mysterious fog surrounds the boundaries of California, there is a communication breakdown and all the Mexicans disappear, affecting the economy and the state stops working missing the Mexican workers and dwellers.	Sergio Arau	Movie	Integration, Labour Migration	A Day Without a Mexican
168	Alexandria…New York	إسكندرية نيويورك	2004	Egypt	Middle East	Arabic	The story of Yehia, a renowned Egyptian filmmaker whose life has been shaped by a pair of disrupted love affairs, one with an American woman named Ginger, the other with America itself.	Youssef Chahine	Movie	Integration, Lifestyle Migration	Alexandria…New York
169	Border	Border	2004	France	Europe	French	In 2002, Laura Waddington spent months in the fields around Sangatte Red Cross camp, France with Afghan and Iraqi refugees, who were trying to cross the channel tunnel to England	Laura Waddington	Documentary	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Smuggling, Undocumented Migration, Bureaucracy	Border
170	Exiles	Exils	2004	Algeria	Africa	French	One day Zano suggest a crazy idea to his companion Naïma: travel across France and Spain down to Algeria, where they might ultimately come to know the land their parents once had to flee	Tony Gatlif	Movie	Border Crossing, Return Migration	Exiles
171	Gegen die Wand	Head-on	2004	Germany	Europe	Turkish, German	Two German Turks struggles with their cultural identities and personal demons	Fatih Akin	Movie	Diaspora, Integration	Gegen die Wand
172	Hotel Rwanda	Hotel Rwanda	2004	Rwanda, South Africa	Africa	English	Based on the true story of a hotel manager who sheltered refugees during the Rwandan genocide	Terry George	Movie	Forced Displacement	Hotel Rwanda
173	Mojados: Through the Night	Mojados: Through the Night	2004	Mexico, United States	South America	Spanish, English	Four Mexican migrants attempt to cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, highlighting the dangers, motivations, and socio-political issues surrounding undocumented migration	Tommy Davis	Documentary	Border Crossing, Smuggling, Undocumented Migration	Mojados: Through the Night
174	Sangam	Sangam	2004	United States	North America	Hindi, English	An Indian immigrant in New York grapples with isolation and homesickness, forming a connection with a fellow countryman that leads to unexpected consequences	Prashant Bhargava	Movie	Diaspora, Integration, Labour Migration	Sangam
175	Spanglish	Spanglish	2004	United States	North America	English	A woman and her daughter leave Mexico for a better life in America, where they start working for a family whose patriarch is a newly-celebrated chef with an insecure wife.	James L. Brooks	Movie	Integration	Spanglish
176	Take Out	Take Out	2004	United States	North America	English	A day-in-the-life of an undocumented Chinese immigrant working as a deliveryman for a Chinese take-out shop in New York City	Shih-Ching Tsou and Sean Baker	Movie	Undocumented Migration	Take Out
177	The Terminal	The Terminal	2004	United States	North America	English	Inspired by a true story, this film follows Viktor Navorski, who becomes stranded in a New York airport terminal when his home country undergoes political turmoil, rendering his passport invalid	Steven Spielberg	Movie	Border Crossing, Bureaucracy	The Terminal
178	Under the Tuscan Sun	Under the Tuscan Sun	2004	Italy	Europe	English	Frances Mayes, a 35-year-old San Francisco writer, gets a divorce that leaves her with terminal writer's block and depression. Later, she decides to buy a house in Tuscany in order to change her life.	Audrey Wells	Movie	Lifestyle Migration	Under the Tuscan Sun
179	Aji-Bi: Les Femmes de l'Horloge	Aji-Bi	2005	France	Europe	Wolof	Hesitating between regularisation in Morocco or crossing to Europe, Sub-saharan women of all ages organise themselves to survive in a Moroccan society that is both generous and hostile	Djamila Sahraoui	Documentary	Border Crossing, Diaspora, Integration, Undocumented Migration	Aji-Bi: Les Femmes de l'Horloge
180	Havana Blues	Habana Blues	2005	Cuba	South America	Spanish	The film follows two Cuban musicians grappling with the choice between pursuing international fame, which requires leaving their homeland, and staying true to their roots	Benito Zambrano	Movie	Labour Migration	Havana Blues
181	Human Trafficking	Human Trafficking	2005	Various locations	N/A	English	A television miniseries that delves into the global underworld of sex trafficking, portraying the harrowing experiences of women and children who become victims of this illicit trade	Christian Duguay	Series	Human Trafficking	Human Trafficking
182	Live and Become	Va, vis et deviens	2005	Ethiopia, Israel	Middle East	French, Amharic	An Ethiopian boy is airlifted to Israel during Operation Moses, posing as a Jew to escape famine and persecution	Radu Mihăileanu	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement	Live and Become
183	Man Push Cart	Man Push Cart	2005	United States	North America	English	A night in the life of a former Pakistani rock star who now sells coffee from his push cart on the streets of Manhattan	Ramin Bahrani	Movie	Labour Migration	Man Push Cart
184	Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide	Quando Sei Nato Non Puoi Più Nasconderti	2005	Italy	Europe	Italian	This drama tells the story of a young boy who, after falling overboard during a sailing trip, is rescued by a boat carrying immigrants	Marco Tullio Giordana	Movie	Border Crossing, Undocumented Migration	Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide
185	The Forgotten Refugees	The Forgotten Refugees	2005	Israel	Middle East	English	Mizrahi Jews remember their lives in Arab countries, their expulsion, and their coming to Israel	Michael Grynszpan	Documentary	Diaspora, Forced Displacement, Integration	The Forgotten Refugees
186	The Wind Blows Round	Il Vento Fa il Suo Giro	2005	Italy	Europe	Italian	The film tells the story of a French shepherd who moves his family to a remote Italian village, exploring the dynamics of European migration and the challenges of cultural integration	Giorgio Diritti	Movie	Integration, Internal Migration	The Wind Blows Round
187	A Good Year	A Good Year	2006	France	Europe	English	Max, an investment broker, inherits his uncle's vineyard estate in France. When he prepares to sell it, his superior calls him back to London urgently, but he falls into a pool and misses his flight.	Ridley Scott	Movie	Lifestyle Migration	A Good Year
188	Africa Paradise	Africa Paradis	2006	France, Benin	Africa	French	In a world where Africa has become a land of prosperity, Olivier and Pauline decide to migrate to the "United States of Africa." Upon arrival, their visa applications are rejected, leading them to attempt illegal entry	Sylvestre Amoussou	Movie	Border Crossing, Labour Migration	Africa Paradise
189	Children of Men	Children of Men	2006	United Kingdom	Europe	English	In a dystopian world where the United Kingdomis a totalitarian police state in which refugees are arrested and either imprisoned, deported, or executed in concentration camps, a pregnant refugee is a symbol of hope	Alfonso Cuarón	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Smuggling, Undocumented Migration	Children of Men
190	Fast Food Nation	Fast Food Nation	2006	United States	North America	English	The dark side of the fast-food industry in the United States, including the exploitation of migrant workers in meatpacking plants, highlighting issues of labor rights and immigration	Richard Linklater	Documentary	Labour Migration, Undocumented Migration, Discrimination	Fast Food Nation
191	Golden Door	Nuovomondo	2006	Sicily, United States	North America	Italian	Chronicles a Sicilian family's migration to America in the 1900s	Emanuele Crialese	Movie	Diaspora, Integration	Golden Door
192	Half Moon	نیوەمانگ	2006	Iran, Iraq	Middle East	Kurdish	An aging Kurdish musician travels to Iraq to perform, facing numerous obstacles along the way	Bahman Ghobadi	Movie	Border Crossing	Half Moon
193	Journey From the Fall	Vượt Sóng	2006	Vietnam	Asia	Vietnamese	After the fall of Saigon in 1975, a South Vietnamese Army officer is sent to a re-education camp, while his family escapes by boat to the United States. The film portrays the harrowing experiences of Vietnamese "boat people" and the challenges of resettlement	Ham Tran	Movie	Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration	Journey From the Fall
194	Loin du 16ème	Paris, I Love You	2006	France	Europe	French	Paris: a young immigrant mother from Latin America leaves her child in daycare to care for a wealthy Parisian family's baby, reflecting on the sacrifices and emotional toll of immigrant domestic workers	Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas	Movie	Integration	Loin du 16ème
195	The Namesake	The Namesake	2006	United States, India	North America	English, Bengali	Chronicles the cultural assimilation and identity struggles of a Bengali family in the U.S.	Mira Nair	Movie	Diaspora, Integration	The Namesake
196	The Unknown Woman	La Sconosciuta	2006	Italy	Europe	Italian	A Ukrainian woman on the run fonds a job with an Italian family. She becomes the trusted maid and nanny to their young daughter, risking everything to uncover the truth about the family	Giuseppe Tornatore	Movie	Border Crossing, Labour Migration, Human Trafficking	The Unknown Woman
197	Brick Lane	Brick Lane	2007	Bangladesh, United Kingdom	Europe	English	A Bangladeshi woman moves to London for an arranged marriage	Sarah Gavron	Movie	Diaspora, Integration	Brick Lane
198	Couscous	Couscous	2007	France	Europe	French	In southern France, a Franco-Arabic shipyard worker along with his partner's daughter pursues his dream of opening a restaurant.	Abdellatif Kechiche	Movie	Diaspora, Integration	Couscous
199	Ezra	Ezra	2007	Nigeria, Sierra Leone	Africa	English, Krio	A former child soldier from Sierra Leone struggles to reintegrate into society and confronts his traumatic past, highlighting the displacement caused by civil war	Newton Aduaka	Movie	Forced Displacement, Integration	Ezra
200	I, The Other	Io, L'Altro	2007	Italy, Mediterranean Sea	Europe	Italian	Giuseppe, a Sicilian fisherman, and Yousef, an exiled Tunisian, share a friendship, a fishing business and “Medea,” the vessel on which they ply their trade. Then, while they are at sea, the fears of the post-9/11 world shatter their idyllic relationship	Mohsen Melliti	Movie	Integration	I, The Other
201	Import/Export	Import/Export	2007	Austria, Ukraine, Germany	Europe	German	A nurse from Ukraine searches for a better life in the West, while an unemployed security guard from Austria heads East for the same reason. Both are looking for work, a new beginning, an existence, struggling to believe in themselves, to find a meaning in life	Ulrich Seidl	Movie	Labour Migration	Import/Export
202	It's a Free World…	It's a Free World…	2007	United Kingdom	Europe	English	The drama delves into the exploitation of migrant workers in the UK, following a woman who, after losing her job, establishes an unlicensed recruitment agency, thereby highlighting the precarious conditions faced by immigrants seeking employment	Ken Loach	Movie	Labour Migration, Undocumented Migration, Discrimination	It's a Free World…
203	La misma luna	Under the Same Moon	2007	Mexico, United States	South America	Spanish, English	A young Mexican boy who embarks on a journey to cross the U.S. border to reunite with his mother	Patricia Riggen	Movie	Border Crossing	La misma luna
204	Made in L.A.	Made in L.A.	2007	United States	North America	English	This movie follows the remarkable story of three Latina immigrants working in Los Angeles garment sweatshops as they embark on a three-year odyssey to win basic labor protections from a mega-trendy clothing retailer	Almudena Carracedo	Movie	Integration	Made in L.A.
205	Partition	Partition	2007	India	Asia	English	Set during the partition of India in 1947, this film depicts the forced migration and sectarian violence that erupted during the division of British India	Vic Sarin	Movie	Forced Displacement, Internal Migration	Partition
206	Persepolis	Persepolis	2007	France, Iran	Europe	French	An animated autobiographical film depicting a young girl's experiences during and after the Iranian Revolution	Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud	Movie	Diaspora, Forced Displacement	Persepolis
207	The City	The City	2007	United States	North America	English	Explores the human condition, now, in New York City, through the unique eyes of non-native New Yorkers, exiles, immigrants, refugees, eccentrics, and a Ghost.	Vladan Nikolic	Movie	Integration	The City
208	The Edge of heaven	Auf der anderen Seite	2007	Germany, Turkey	Europe	German, Turkish	The lives of German and Turkish individuals, exploring themes of cultural identity, displacement	Fatih Akin	Movie	Diaspora, Integration	The Edge of heaven
209	The Kite Runner	The Kite Runner	2007	Afghanistan, United States	North America	English	A young man confronts his past after fleeing from war-torn Afghanistan to the U.S.	Marc Forster	Movie	Forced Displacement	The Kite Runner
210	The Price of Sugar	De prijs van suiker	2007	Suriname	South America	Dutch	The film is set in Suriname during the 18th century and follows the lives of two half-sisters, exploring themes of slavery and colonialism	Jean van de Velde	Movie	Diaspora	The Price of Sugar
211	The Secret of the Grain	La Graine et le Mulet	2007	France	Europe	French, Arabic	A North African immigrant in France attempts to open a couscous restaurant, facing cultural and familial challenges	Abdellatif Kechiche	Movie	Diaspora, Internal Migration	The Secret of the Grain
212	The Visitor	The Visitor	2007	United States	North America	English	A widowed college professor discovers a young immigrant couple living in his New York apartment, leading to an unexpected friendship that exposes the challenges faced by undocumented immigrants in post-9/11 America	Tom McCarthy	Movie	Undocumented Migration, Bureaucracy	The Visitor
213	Trade	Trade	2007	Mexico, United States	North America	English, Spanish	A young Mexican boy searches for his kidnapped sister, who has been trafficked into the U.S. as part of a human trafficking ring	Marco Kreuzpaintner	Movie	Border Crossing, Human Trafficking	Trade
214	American Harvest	American Harvest	2008	United States	North America	English	A journey from Florida to New York, including a trip to the Mexican border, reveals the lives and issues of legal and illegal migrants and farmers working toward a better life	Angelo Mancuso	Documentary	Labour Migration	American Harvest
215	Frozen River	Frozer River	2008	United States	North America	English	A financially strapped mother joins a Mohawk woman to smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States	Courtney Hunt	Movie	Border Crossing, Smuggling, Undocumented Migration	Frozen River
216	Gitmek: My Marlon and Brando	Gitmek: Benim Marlon ve Brandom	2008	Turkey	Middle East	Turkish	Ayça and Hama Ali are together in spirit, but divided by geography. With the outbreak of the Iraq War leaving him stranded, she embarks on an odyssey from Turkey to be reunited with him	Hüseyin Karabey	Movie	Border Crossing, Diaspora	Gitmek: My Marlon and Brando
217	Gran Torino	Gran Torino	2008	United States	North America	English	A war veteran forms an unlikely bond with Hmong immigrants in his Detroit neighborhood	Clint Eastwood	Movie	Integration	Gran Torino
218	La Forteresse	La Forteresse	2008	Switzerland	Europe	French	An in-depth look into the lives of asylum seekers at the Vallorbe reception center in Switzerland, highlighting the challenges and bureaucratic processes they face while awaiting decisions on their asylum applications	Fernand Melgar	Documentary	Forced Displacement	La Forteresse
219	Like a Man on Earth	Come un uomo sulla terra	2008	Italy	Europe	Italian	This documentary provides a harrowing account of Ethiopian migrants' perilous journey through the Sahara Desert and Libya, exposing the brutal realities and human rights abuses faced en route to Europe	Andrea Segre	Documentary	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration	Like a Man on Earth
220	Lorna's Silence	Le Silence de Lorna	2008	Belgium	Europe	French	An Albanian woman in Belgium enters a sham marriage to obtain citizenship, becoming entangled in crime and moral dilemmas	Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne	Movie	Integration, Undocumented Migration	Lorna's Silence
221	Salt of this Sea	ملح هذا البح	2008	Palestine	Middle East	Arabic	A Palestinian-American woman returns to her ancestral homeland	Annemarie Jacir	Movie	Forced Displacement, Integration, Return Migration	Salt of this Sea
222	Sugar	Sugar	2008	United States	North America	English	Like many young men in the Dominican Republic, 19-year-old Miguel “Sugar” Santos dreams of winning a slot on an American baseball team	Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden	Movie	Labour Migration, Lifestyle Migration	Sugar
223	Those Who Stay	Los Que Se Quedan	2008	Mexico	South America	Spanish	An intimate and discerning depiction of the impact of migration on families and villages left behind by loved ones who have traveled North for work	Juan Carlos Rulfo, Carlos Hagerman	Documentary	Diaspora, Labour Migration	Those Who Stay
224	Amanecer	Amanecer	2009	Australia	Oceania	English	A young South American man struggles to build a new life for his wife and children in Australia. Dreams turn to lies. Lies become reality. Does he have the will to see the light of Amanecer?	Alvaro D. Ruiz	Movie	Diaspora, Integration	Amanecer
225	Amreeka	Amreeka	2009	Palestine, United States	North America	English, Arabic	A Palestinian single mother who immigrates to the U.S. with her son	Cherien Dabis	Movie	Border Crossing, Integration	Amreeka
226	Cairo Time	Cairo Time	2009	Egypt	Middle East	English	A Canadian woman explores cultural differences while waiting for her husband in Cairo	Ruba Nadda	Movie	Diaspora, Integration, Bureaucracy	Cairo Time
227	Colonial Gods	Colonial Gods	2009	United Kingdom	Europe	English	A complicated friendship between a young Somali and Nigerian man unfolds against the chaos of gentrification and displacement in the small immigrant community in Cardiff known as Tiger Bay	Dee Rees	Movie	Diaspora, Integration, Discrimination	Colonial Gods
228	Con nombre de flor	Con nombre de flor	2009	Argentina	South America	Spanish	The life of a Bolivian immigrant in Buenos Aires	Carina Sama	Movie	Diaspora, Integration, Labour Migration	Con nombre de flor
229	Crossing Borders	Crossing Borders	2009	Morocco	Africa	English	A documentary exploring cultural exchanges between Moroccan and American students	Arnd Wächter	Documentary	Integration	Crossing Borders
230	Crossing Over	Crossing Over	2009	United States	North America	English	Special Agent Brogan sees the ugly side of life while working with the immigration agency. He deals with illegal immigrants who are willing to go to any lengths to keep themselves from being deported	Wayne Kramer	Movie	Smuggling, Human Trafficking, Undocumented Migration	Crossing Over
231	Dance of Time	시간의 춤	2009	Cuba	South America	Korean	A documentary about Korean Cubans, whose ancestors arrived to Cuba 100 years ago	Song Il-gon	Documentary	Diaspora, Integration	Dance of Time
232	District 9	District 9	2009	South Africa	Africa	English	An allegory for forced migration, xenophobia, and refugee crises. The film depicts an alien species that becomes stranded on Earth and is confined to a slum-like area in Johannesburg, South Africa. The aliens, derogatorily called "Prawns," face discrimination, government oppression, and forced evictions, mirroring the treatment of refugees, apartheid-era displacement, and broader themes of segregation and migration policies	Neill Blomkamp	Movie	Forced Displacement, Discrimination	District 9
233	Fahim	Fahim	2009	Bangladesh, France	Europe	French, Bengali	A young Bangladeshi boy who flees his homeland with his father to seek asylum in France, where his exceptional talent for chess becomes a pathway to integration and hope	Pierre-François Martin-Laval	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Integration	Fahim
234	Last Train Home	归途列车	2009	China	Asia	Mandarin	A Chinese family joins the annual migration of workers traveling home for the New Year	Lixin Fan	Documentary	Return Migration	Last Train Home
235	Northless	Northless	2009	Mexico	South America	Spanish	Andres reaches the Mexican border to cross into the United Sates. There between each attempt, he discovers that Tijuana is a troubled city. As he waits there, Andres is not only confronted with his feelings and what he left behind, but also with those he meets.	Rigoberto Pérezcano	Movie	Border Crossing, Smuggling	Northless
236	Sin Nombre	Sin Nombre	2009	Honduras, Mexico, United States	South America	Spanish	Explores Central American migrants’ dangerous journey aboard "The Beast" train to the U.S. border	Cary Joji Fukunaga	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Human Trafficking, Undocumented Migration	Sin Nombre
237	The Concert	Le Concert	2009	France	Europe	French, Russian	A former Bolshoi conductor, demoted under Soviet rule, seizes an opportunity to reunite his orchestra in Paris	Radu Mihăileanu	Movie	Diaspora, Labour Migration	The Concert
238	The Milk of Sorrow	La Teta Asustada	2009	Peru	South America	Spanish, Quechua	Fausta is a young woman suffering from 'the milk of sorrow,' a condition transmitted through breast milk by mothers traumatized by experiences of violence and displacement experienced by indigenous populations	Claudia Llosa	Movie	Forced Displacement, Internal Migration	The Milk of Sorrow
239	The Other Side of Immigration	The Other Side of Immigration	2009	Mexico	South America	Spanish, English	Through interviews with families in Mexican rural communities, the documentary examines why so many Mexicans leave for the US	Roy Germano	Documentary	Border Crossing, Diaspora, Labour Migration, Undocumented Migration	The Other Side of Immigration
240	Welcome	Welcome	2009	France	Europe	French	A French swimming instructor helps a Kurdish refugee train to swim the English Channel	Philippe Lioret	Movie	Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration	Welcome
241	Which Way Home	Which Way Home	2009	Mexico	South America	English, Spanish	This documentary follows unaccompanied child migrants from Central America as they journey through Mexico atop freight trains, aiming to reach the United States, shedding light on the dangers and motivations behind their perilous trek	Rebecca Cammisa	Documentary	Border Crossing, Undocumented Migration	Which Way Home
242	Anchor Baby	Anchor Baby	2010	Nigeria, United States	Africa, North America	English	An immigrant couple from Nigeria on a quest to create a better life for their unborn child in the United States	Lonzo Nzekwe	Movie	Undocumented Migration	Anchor Baby
243	As Estátuas de Fortaleza	As Estátuas de Fortaleza	2010	Brazil	South America	Portuguese	Tthe lives of street performers in Fortaleza, Brazil, many of whom have migrated from rural areas in search of better opportunities	Miguel de Almeida	Documentary	Internal Migration	As Estátuas de Fortaleza
244	Biutiful	Biutiful	2010	Spain	Europe	Spanish	A terminally ill man in Barcelona tries to secure a future for his children while interacting with undocumented immigrants	Alejandro González Iñárritu	Movie	Undocumented Migration	Biutiful
245	Demolition	拆·迁	2010	China	Asia	Mandarin	The impact of urbanisation in China, focusing on the demolition of neighborhoods and the displacement of residents: the documentary sheds light on internal migration issues, as communities are uprooted to make way for new developments	J.P. Sniadecki	Documentary	Forced Displacement, Internal Migration	Demolition
246	Eat Pray Love	Eat Pray Love	2010	United States	North America	English	Elizabeth Gilbert's perfect world comes shattering down when she gets divorced. She then embarks on a journey across the world in an attempt to rediscover her true self.	Ryan Murphy	Movie	Lifestyle Migration	Eat Pray Love
247	Human Resources Manager	Human Resources Manager	2010	Israel	Middle East	English	An Israeli human resources manager is tasked with repatriating the body of a deceased Romanian immigrant worker, delving into themes of cultural disconnect and the often-overlooked lives of migrant laborers	Eran Riklis	Movie	Labour Migration, Return Migration, Bureaucracy	Human Resources Manager
248	Illégal	Illégal	2010	Belgium	Europe	French	A young Russian woman living illegally in Belgium for eight years with her 13-year-old son is denied permanent residence	Olivier Masset-Depasse	Movie	Undocumented Migration	Illégal
249	Incendies	Incendies	2010	Jordan, Canada	Middle East	Arabic, French	A couple of twin siblings, after their mother's death, travel to the Middle East to uncover her hidden past amidst a backdrop of civil war	Denis Villeneuve	Movie	Forced Displacement, Return Migration	Incendies
250	Les Larmes de l'Émigration	Les Larmes de l'Émigration	2010	Senegal	Africa	French	Alassane Diago's documentary centers on his mother, who has awaited her husband's return for 20 years after he migrated. The film explores the emotional toll of migration on families left behind in Senegal.	Alassane Diago	Documentary	Return Migration	Les Larmes de l'Émigration
251	Mirages	Mirages	2010	Morocco	Africa	French	The lives of Sub-Saharan African migrants in Morocco who are attempting to reach Europe	Olivier Dury	Documentary	Border Crossing, Undocumented Migration	Mirages
252	Naples to New York	Napoli-New York	2010	Italy, United States	North America	Italian	Italian immigrants from Naples to New York, highlighting their experiences and contributions to American society	Marco Bertozzi	Documentary	Diaspora, Integration, Labour Migration	Naples to New York
253	The Journals of Musan	무산일기	2010	South Korea	Asia	Korean	A North Korean defector struggles to adapt to life in South Korea, facing discrimination and economic hardship while trying to find his place in a new society	Park Jung-bum	Movie	Forced Displacement, Integration, Discrimination	The Journals of Musan
254	West is West	West is West	2010	Pakistan	Asia	English	This sequel to East is East continues the story of George Khan and his family: after struggling to reconcile his British and Pakistani identities in Salford, George takes his youngest son, Sajid, on a journey to Pakistan, hoping to reconnect him with their cultural roots	Andy De Emmony	Movie	Diaspora, Return Migration	West is West
255	A Better Life	A Better Life	2011	United States	North America	English	Carlos Galindo, an undocumented Mexican immigrant works as a gardener in East Los Angeles. As a single father, Carlos strives to provide a better future for his teenage son, Luis, keeping him away from gang influences and immigration authorities	Chris Weitz	Movie	Integration, Undocumented Migration	A Better Life
256	Almanya: Willkommen in Deutschland	Almanya: Willkommen in Deutschland	2011	Turkey, Germany	Europe	German, Turkish	This comedy-drama follows a Turkish guest worker's family in Germany, exploring themes of cultural identity, integration, and the generational differences within immigrant families	Yasemin Şamdereli	Movie	Diaspora, Integration, Labour Migration	Almanya: Willkommen in Deutschland
257	Chinese Take-Out	Un cuento chino	2011	Argentina	South America	Spanish	An Argentine shopkeeper forms an unlikely bond with a Chinese immigrant, highlighting the cultural barriers and human connections that migration brings	Sebastián Borensztein	Movie	Integration	Chinese Take-Out
258	Memories of Underdevelopment	Memorias del Subdesarrollo	1968	Cuba	South America	Spanish	In the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs Invasion, Sergio, an affluent writer, chooses to stay behind in Cuba while his wife and family escape to neighboring Miami	Tomás Gutiérrez Alea	Movie	Diaspora, Forced Displacement	Memories of Underdevelopment
259	Pressure	Pressure	1976	United Kingdom	Europe	English	The teenage travails of London-born Tony, who keeps getting rejected for clerical jobs despite being more than qualified. He’s chided by hard-working, church-going Trinidadian parents	Horace Ové	Movie	Diaspora, Integration, Discrimination	Pressure
260	The Leaving of Liverpool	The Leaving of Liverpool	1992	Australia, United Kingdom	Oceania	English	The series was about the Home Children, the migration scheme which saw over 100,000 British children sent to Commonwealth realms such as Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa	Michael Jenkins	Series	Border Crossing, Integration, Discrimination	The Leaving of Liverpool
261	Bhaji on the Beach	Bhaji on the Beach	1993	United Kingdom	Europe	English	An all-ages, multi-faith group of British Asian women from Birmingham taking a day trip to Blackpool	Gurinder Chadha	Movie	Diaspora, Integration, Discrimination	Bhaji on the Beach
262	The Joy Luck Club	The Joy Luck Club	1993	United States	North America	English	In San Francisco, a group of aging Chinese women meet regularly to trade familial stories while playing Mahjong. In a series of sixteen vignettes that spans generations and continents, this movie explores cultural conflict and the often-turbulent relationships between four first-generation Chinese-American women and their mothers	Wayne Wang	Movie	Diaspora	The Joy Luck Club
263	I Can't Sleep	J'ai Pas Sommeil	1994	France	Europe	French	Ninon is a spirited hotel-manager who teaches self-defense classes to her terrified eldery neighbors. Daiga, an aspiring Lithuanian actress newly arrived to Paris, becomes fascinated with the life of a mysteriously beautiful drag performer	Claire Denis	Movie	Integration, Discrimination	I Can't Sleep
264	Last Resort	Last Resort	2000	United Kingdom	Europe	English	Tanya, a young Russian who has flown over to England with her 10-year-old son to meet up with her fiancé. When the latter fails to show, she claims asylum, and the pair are placed in a run-down holding centre on the desolate south-east coast	Pawel Pawlikowski	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Integration, Bureaucracy	Last Resort
265	Le Havre	Le Havre	2011	France	Europe	French	A shoeshiner tries to help an undocumented immigrant child in the French port city Le Havre	Aki Kaurismäki	Movie	Smuggling, Undocumented Migration	Le Havre
266	Lonely Swallows: Living as the Children of Immigrant Workers	Lonely Swallows: Living as the Children of Immigrant Workers	2011	Japan	Asia	Japanese	The struggles of Japanese-Brazilian kids living in Japan: in Hamamatsu, the city of automobile factories, there are over hundred thousand young Japanese-Brazilians who came to Japan when they were very young with their immigrant parents	N/A	Documentary	Diaspora, Integration, Labour Migration, Discrimination	Lonely Swallows: Living as the Children of Immigrant Workers
267	Monsieur Lazhar	Monsieur Lazhar	2011	Canada	North America	French	Bachir Lazhar, an Algerian immigrant, becomes a substitute teacher in a Montreal elementary school following a tragic incident. As he helps his students cope with grief, his own past as a refugee seeking asylum unfolds	Philippe Falardeau	Movie	Forced Displacement, Integration	Monsieur Lazhar
268	My Grandfather’s People	Dedemin İnsanları	2011	Turkey	Middle East	Turkish	A feature film that tells the story of the director’s grandfather who was forced to leave Crete in the 1920s during the Greek-Turkish population exchange.	Çağan Irmak	Movie	Forced Displacement	My Grandfather’s People
269	Shun Li and the Poet	Io Sono Li	2011	Italy	Europe	Italian	A study of the friendship between a Chinese woman and a fisherman who came to Italy from Yugoslavia many years ago, who live in a small city-island in the Veneto lagoon.	Andrea Segre	Movie	Integration	Shun Li and the Poet
270	Terraferma	Terraferma	2011	Italy	Europe	Italian	Explores African migration and its impact on the Italian island of Lampedusa	Emanuele Crialese	Movie	Border Crossing	Terraferma
271	The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	2011	India	Asia	English	A decrepit hotel hosts seven British tourists who come to Jaipur on a holiday. Each one has a past and a new ambition. Their lives intertwine with their host, who is also trying to get a grip on life.	John Madden	Movie	Lifestyle Migration	The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
272	The Harvest	La Cosecha	2011	United States	North America	Spanish	Documents the lives of child migrant laborers working in American agricultural fields	Robin Romano	Documentary	Labour Migration, Undocumented Migration	The Harvest
273	The Whistelblower	The Whistelblower	2011	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	English	Based on a true story, this film follows a UN peacekeeper in Bosnia who uncovers a human trafficking ring involving international diplomats	Larysa Kondracki	Movie	Human Trafficking	The Whistelblower
274	Vol Spécial	Vol Spécial	2011	Switzerland	Europe	French	A portrayal of undocumented migrants detained at the Frambois detention center in Switzerland, focusing on their experiences and the emotional toll of awaiting forced deportation via "special flights"	Fernand Melgar	Documentary	Return Migration, Undocumented Migration, Bureaucracy	Vol Spécial
275	Where Do We Go Now?	وهلّأ لوين؟	2011	Lebanon	Middle East	Arabic	In a Lebanese village, women unite to ease religious tensions, highlighting internal displacement	Nadine Labaki	Movie	Forced Displacement, Internal Migration	Where Do We Go Now?
276	A World Not Ours	A World Not Ours	2012	Lebanon	Middle East	English	A personal glimpse into the lives of three generations of Palestinian refugees residing in the Ein el-Helweh camp in southern Lebanon	Mahdi Fleifel	Documentary	Forced Displacement	A World Not Ours
277	Bekas	بێکەس	2012	Iraq	Middle East	Kurdish	Two orphaned brothers, Dana and Zana, who, inspired by glimpses of the outside world, embark on a journey to America in hopes of finding a better life	Karzan Kader	Movie	Border Crossing, Undocumented Migration	Bekas
278	Closed Sea	Closed Sea	2012	Libya, Italy, Mediterranean Sea	Africa	Italian	During a perilous journey by boat from Libya to Italy, our protagonists become adrift, facing near certain death on the waves	Stefano Liberti and Andrea Segre	Documentary	Border Crossing, Undocumented Migration	Closed Sea
279	Eden	Eden	2012	United States	North America	English	The true story of a Korean-American girl abducted and forced into human trafficking	Megan Griffiths	Movie	Human Trafficking	Eden
280	Girl Model	Girl Model	2012	Russia, Japan	Asia	English	This documentary follows the journey of young girls from Siberia recruited as models for Japan's fashion industry, exposing the exploitation and precarious conditions faced by migrant workers	David Redmon and Ashley Sabin	Documentary	Labour Migration, Human Trafficking, Discrimination	Girl Model
281	Halima’s Path	Halima’s Path	2012	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	English	A Bosnian woman searching for her son, who was taken from her during the war and sent abroad as part of an illegal adoption	Arsen A. Ostojić	Movie	Forced Displacement, Human Trafficking	Halima’s Path
282	Immigrants	Immigrants	2012	United States	North America	English	This action Drama series unfolds the thrillingly intense and sometime harsh lives of a few dispersed Israelis, trying to make it in the city of Miami	Gal Ziv	Series	Diaspora, Integration	Immigrants
283	One Night	Una Noche	2012	Cuba	South America	Spanish	In Havana, Raul dreams of escaping to Miami. Accused of assault, he appeals to Elio to help him reach the forbidden world 90 miles across the ocean. One night, full of hope, they face the biggest challenge of their lives	Lucy Mulloy	Movie	Border Crossing, Undocumented Migration	One Night
284	The Pirogue	La Pirogue	2012	Senegal	Africa	French, Wolof	This drama follows a group of African men who undertake a perilous journey across the Atlantic in a wooden boat, seeking a better life in Europe	Moussa Touré	Movie	Border Crossing, Undocumented Migration	The Pirogue
285	The Reluctant Fundamentalist	The Reluctant Fundamentalist	2012	Pakistan, United States	North America	English	A young Pakistani man who moves to the United States to pursue corporate success but becomes disillusioned and faces identity conflicts in the post-9/11 era	Mira Nair	Movie	Diaspora, Integration	The Reluctant Fundamentalist
286	When I Saw You	لما شفتك	2012	Iraq	Middle East	Arabic	Tarek and his mother Ghaydaa number among the tens of thousands of refugees crossing the border from Palestine, having been separated from Tarek’s father amidst the chaos of the Six Day War	Annemarie Jacir	Movie	Forced Displacement	When I Saw You
287	I Learn America	I Learn America	2013	United States	North America	English	Set in a New York City high school dedicated to newly arrived immigrants, this documentary follows five teenagers from different countries as they navigate the challenges of adolescence and assimilation in a new land	Jean-Michel Dissard and Gitte Peng	Documentary	Integration	I Learn America
288	Paris à tout prix	Paris à tout prix	2013	France, Morocco	Africa	French	This comedy follows a Moroccan-born fashion designer living in Paris who, after an expired visa leads to her deportation, must reconnect with her roots and face the cultural contrasts between her homeland and adopted country	Reem Kherici	Movie	Diaspora, Undocumented Migration	Paris à tout prix
289	The First Snow	La Prima Neve	2013	Italy	Europe	Italian	Set in the Italian Alps, this film explores the relationship between a young Togolese refugee and an Italian boy, delving into themes of loss, integration, and the search for belonging in a new land	Andrea Segre	Movie	Integration, Undocumented Migration	The First Snow
290	The Golden Dream	La Jaula de Oro	2013	Guatemala, Mexico	South America	Spanish	Three teenagers from Guatemala journey through Mexico, escaping poverty and violence, towards the promised land of California.	Diego Quemada-Díez	Movie	Border Crossing, Undocumented Migration	The Golden Dream
291	The Immigrant	The Immigrant	2013	United States	North America	English	Ewa Cybulska, a Polish immigrant, arrives in New York City in 1921 with her sister. Facing hardship and exploitation, Ewa becomes entangled with a man who forces her into prostitution until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island	James Gray	Movie	Human Trafficking, Discrimination	The Immigrant
292	The Stopover	L'Escale	2013	Greece	Europe	Persian, French	An inside look into the lives of Iranian migrants stranded in Athens. Living in a cramped apartment, they await forged passports and grapple with the uncertainty of their future, depicting the limbo many face during their migration journeys	Kaveh Bakhtiari	Movie	Border Crossing, Undocumented Migration	The Stopover
293	Transit	Transit	2013	Israel	Middle East	Tagalog, Hebrew, English	Moises, a single Filipino dad, comes home to celebrate his son’s fourth birthday and learns that the Israeli government is going to deport the children of foreign workers	Hannah Espia	Movie	Labour Migration	Transit
294	A Requiem for Syrian Refugees	A Requiem for Syrian Refugees	2014	Iraq	Middle East	Kurdish	A wrenching portrait of survival, resilience and empowerment in the camps of Northern Iraq	Richard Wolf	Documentary	Forced Displacement	A Requiem for Syrian Refugees
295	Abrazos	Abrazos	2014	United States, Guatemala	South America	English	Abrazos tells the transformational journey of a group of U.S. Citizen Children, sons and daughters of undocumented immigrants, who travel from Minnesota to Guatemala to meet their grandparents -and in some instances their siblings - for the first time	Luis Argueta	Documentary	Diaspora, Integration, Return Migration, Undocumented Migration	Abrazos
296	Frontera	Frontera	2014	United States	North America	English	A former Arizona sheriff's wife is killed while riding on their ranch property. It would appear a Mexican man illegally crossing into the US is at fault. As the former and the current sheriff search for answers, lives are changed forever.	Michael Berry	Movie	Border Crossing	Frontera
297	Girlhood	Bande de Filles	2014	France	Europe	French	A teenage girl, Marieme, grapples with poor grades, a dysfunctional family and a teenage crush while growing up in the suburbs of Paris. Her story is about the generational impacts of migration, centring on the experience of a child of immigrants as she experiences culture clashes alongside teenage qualms	Céline Sciamma	Movie	Integration	Girlhood
298	Hope	Hope	2014	Nigeria	Africa	English	A young Nigerian woman named Hope as she embarks on a perilous journey across the Sahara Desert, aiming to reach Europe. Along the way, she meets Léonard, a man from Cameroon, and together they advance on the treacherous path, facing numerous challenges and forming a complex relationship	Boris Lojkine	Movie	Border Crossing, Undocumented Migration	Hope
299	La Barque N'Est Pas Pleine	La Barque N'est Pas Pleine	2014	Switzerland	Europe	French	This Swiss documentary delves into Switzerland's response to the influx of Chilean refugees following the 1973 military coup, examining the country's policies and the personal stories of those seeking asylum	Daniel Wyss	Documentary	Forced Displacement	La Barque N'Est Pas Pleine
300	Macondo	Macondo	2014	Austria	Europe	German	Set in a refugee settlement on the outskirts of Vienna, the film centers on an 11-year-old Chechen boy named Ramasan. As the eldest son, he grapples with the responsibilities thrust upon him after his father's death, balancing the challenges of his new environment while adhering to his cultural traditions	Sudabeh Mortezai	Movie	Forced Displacement	Macondo
301	Memories of a Bright Future	Souvenirs d'un Futur Radieux	2014	France	Europe	French	With mixed images of the past and the nowadays, this documentary shows the construction of two poor districts around Paris, first by the portuguese immigrants and now by the romanian.	José Vieira	Documentary	Labour Migration	Memories of a Bright Future
302	On the Bride's Side	Io Sto con la Sposa	2014	Italy, Sweden	Europe	Italian	This documentary follows a group of Syrian and Palestinian refugees who, with the help of Italian and Syrian friends, stage a fake wedding to clandestinely traverse Europe from Milan to Sweden, highlighting the desperate measures migrants undertake to seek asylum and the solidarity that transcends borders.	Antonio Augugliaro, Gabriele Del Grande, and Khaled Soliman Al Nassiry	Documentary	Forced Displacement, Smuggling, Undocumented Migration	On the Bride's Side
303	Paddington	Paddington	2014	United Kingdom	Europe	English	An animated movie about an anthropomorphised child-bear who is sent by his loving carers from Peru to England as a stow-away on a ship, in hopes of securing a safer better future for the bear. Upon arriving to England the child-bear quickly learns that the idealised images of England he grew up with are not quite reflective of reality	Paul King	Movie	Integration	Paddington
304	Samba	Samba	2014	France	Europe	French	Senegalese Samba has worked 10 years in France. He's arrested and befriends the woman helping him with legal matters as volunteer after a burnout at work. He's released after being told to leave France	Olivier Nakache et al.	Movie	Integration, Labour Migration, Bureaucracy	Samba
305	Samira	Samira	2014	France	Europe	French	An ethnographic account of the life history of Karim, an Algerian migrant man selling sex as a travesti at night in Marseille	Nicola Mai	Documentary	Integration, Labour Migration, Undocumented Migration	Samira
306	The Good Lie	The Good Lie	2014	Sudan, United States	North America	English	Sudanese refugees, known as the "Lost Boys of Sudan", are given the opportunity to resettle in the United States after fleeing the Second Sudanese Civil War. The movie narrates their harrowing journey from Sudan to a Kenyan refugee camp and eventually to the U.S., where they face the challenges of adapting to a new culture while coping with past traumas	Philippe Falardeau	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement	The Good Lie
307	The Hand That Feeds	The Hand That Feeds	2014	United States	North America	English	Shy sandwich-maker Mahoma López unites his undocumented immigrant coworkers to fight abusive conditions at a popular New York restaurant chain	Robin Blotnick, Rachel Lears	Movie	Integration, Labour Migration	The Hand That Feeds
308	The Hundred-Foot Journey	The Hundred-Foot Journey	2014	France	Europe	English	The story of an Indian family that relocates to a quaint village in France, where they open a restaurant across the street from a Michelin-starred French establishment	Lasse Hallström	Movie	Diaspora, Integration, Lifestyle Migration	The Hundred-Foot Journey
309	The Land Between	The Land Between	2014	Morocco	Africa	Wolof, English	An intimate portrayal of Sub-Saharan African migrants living in the mountains of northern Morocco	David Fedele	Documentary	Undocumented Migration	The Land Between
310	The Shelter	L'Abri	2014	Switzerland	Europe	French	It is winter at an emergency shelter for the homeless in Lausanne. Every night at the door of this little-known basement facility the same entry ritual takes place, resulting in confrontations which can sometimes turn violent. Those on duty at the shelter have the difficult task of “triaging the poor”: the women and children first, then the men	Fernand Melgar	Documentary	Undocumented Migration	The Shelter
311	The Storm Makers	The Storm Makers	2014	Cambodia	Asia	Khmer, English	Human trafficking in Cambodia, focusing on the experiences of women sold into slavery and the recruiters, known as "storm makers," who profit from their exploitation	Guillaume Suon	Documentary	Human Trafficking, Discrimination	The Storm Makers
312	Timbuktu	Timbuktu	2014	Mali	Africa	French	Set during the occupation of Timbuktu by jihadist forces, the film portrays the impact of extremism on local communities, forcing many to flee their homes	Abderrahmane Sissako	Movie	Forced Displacement, Internal Migration	Timbuktu
313	Xenos	Xenos	2014	Lebanon and Greece	Europe	Arabic	The experiences of young men who leave a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, seeking a new life in Greece, and confronts the harsh realities of xenophobia and survival in a foreign land	Mahdi Fleifel	Documentary	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration	Xenos
314	A Tale of Three Cities	三城记	2015	China, Hong Kong	Asia	Mandarin, Cantonese	Based on a true story, this film follows a couple fleeing war-torn China to Hong Kong	Mabel Cheung	Movie	Forced Displacement	A Tale of Three Cities
315	A Ticket to Your Life	A Ticket to Your Life	2015	Australia	Oceania	Spanish, English	The experiences of Spanish migrants who relocated to Australia following the European financial crisis	Esther Lozano	Documentary	Border Crossing	A Ticket to Your Life
316	All Three of Us	Nous trois ou rien	2015	Iran, France	Europe	French	The true story of Hibat Tabib and his family's escape from political repression in Iran to start a new life in France	Kheiron	Movie	Forced Displacement, Integration	All Three of Us
317	Asmarina	Asmarina	2015	Italy	Europe	Italian, Tigrinya	The Eritrean and Ethiopian community in Milan, exploring their migration stories, struggles with racism, and contributions to Italian society	Alan Maglio, Medhin Paolos	Documentary	Diaspora, Integration	Asmarina
318	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	2015	Ireland, United States	North America	English	In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries	John Crowley	Movie	Diaspora, Integration	Brooklyn
319	Callshop Istanbul	Callshop Istanbul	2015	Turkey	Middle East	English	Istanbul, a crossroads of Europe and Asia, serves as a gateway for migrants from Africa and the Middle East to Europe	Sami Mermer, Hind Benchekroun	Documentary	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement	Callshop Istanbul
320	Desierto	Desierto	2015	Mexico, United States	North America	English, Spanish	A group of migrants crossing the U.S. border is hunted down	Jonás Cuarón	Movie	Border Crossing, Smuggling, Undocumented Migration	Desierto
321	Dheepan	Dheepan	2015	France	Europe	French	A former Tamil Tiger fighter flees Sri Lanka to France, posing as a family with two strangers to obtain asylum	Jacques Audiard	Movie	Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration	Dheepan
322	Fatima	Fatima	2015	France	Europe	French, Arabic	The film portrays the life of Fatima, a Moroccan-born cleaning lady in France, as she navigates work, language barriers, and raising her two teenage daughters	Philippe Faucon	Movie	Integration	Fatima
323	I Was in Lisbon and Remembered You	Estive em Lisboa e Lembrei de Você	2015	Brazil, Portugal	South America	Portuguese	Sérgio de Souza Sampaio lives in Cataguases, Minas Gerais, Brazil. One day, one of his girlfriends gets pregnant and his life is turned upside down. He decides to immigrate to Portugal, in search for a better life	José Barahona	Movie	Border Crossing, Labour Migration	I Was in Lisbon and Remembered You
324	Logbook Serbistan	Logbook Serbistan	2015	Serbia	Europe	English	An intimate look into the lives of asylum seekers and migrants in Serbia	Želimir Žilnik	Documentary	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration	Logbook Serbistan
325	Mediterranea	Mediterranea	2015	Burkina Faso, Italy, Mediterranean Sea	Africa	Italian	This drama follows two friends from Burkina Faso as they undertake a dangerous journey across the Mediterranean to Italy	Jonas Carpignano	Movie	Border Crossing, Undocumented Migration	Mediterranea
326	Remember	Remember	2015	United States	North America	English	Zev Guttman, an elderly holocaust survivor suffering from dementia, embarks on a mission to seek justice and avenge his family from a Nazi officer who lives in America under an assumed name. The movie shows how the Holocaust forced both victims and perpetrators to migrate, and that displacement enables survival, anonymity, and moral evasion	Atom Egoyan	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement	Remember
327	The Boat	那艘船	2015	China	Asia	Mandarin	This Taiwanese documentary follows the journey of a group of fishermen who migrate to the city in search of better opportunities. It delves into the struggles of adapting to urban life and the loss of traditional livelihoods	Shen Ko-Shang	Movie	Integration, Internal Migration	The Boat
328	The Crossing	The Crossing	2015	Norway, Mediterranean Sea	Africa	English	A group of Syrian refugees recounts their perilous journey across the Mediterranean	George Kurian	Documentary	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement	The Crossing
329	The Newton’s Cradle	The Newton’s Cradle	2015	United States, Syria	Middle East	English	Hala, a Syrian woman, returns to Syria from the U.S., only to discover that she no longer fully belongs in either place	Lana Sultan	Movie	Diaspora, Forced Displacement, Return Migration	The Newton’s Cradle
330	The Romanians Are Coming	The Romanians Are Coming	2015	United Kingdom	Europe	English	The lives of poor Romanian people who seek work in Great Britain, seen through the eyes of the British people	N/A	Documentary	Integration, Internal Migration, Discrimination	The Romanians Are Coming
331	The Second Mother	Que Horas Ela Volta?	2015	Brazil	South America	Portuguese	A live-in housekeeper's life is disrupted when her estranged daughter arrives, questioning class barriers	Anna Muylaert	Movie	Return Migration	The Second Mother
332	0,03	0,03	2016	Brazil	South America	Portuguese	Set in a future Brazil, society is starkly divided between the impoverished "Inland" and the affluent "Offshore." At the age of 20, individuals from the Inland are given a single opportunity to undergo "The Process," a rigorous and often perilous series of tests designed to select the most worthy candidates for migration to the Offshore	Pedro Aguilera	Series	Border Crossing	0,03
333	4.1 Miles	4.1 Miles	2016	Greece, Mediterranean Sea	Europe	Greek	A Hellenic Coast Guard captain on the Greek island of Lesbos charged with the task of saving thousands of migrants crossing the Aegean Sea	Daphne Matziaraki	Documentary	Border Crossing, Smuggling, Undocumented Migration	4.1 Miles
334	A Man Returned	A Man Returned	2016	Lebanon	Middle East	Arabic	After a failed attempt to seek asylum in Europe, Reda, a Palestinian refugee, returns to the Ein el-Helweh camp in Lebanon, shedding light on the cyclical nature of migration and the challenges of reintegration	Mahdi Fleifel	Documentary	Forced Displacement, Return Migration	A Man Returned
335	Between Fences	בין גדרות	2016	Israel	Middle East	Hebrew	Two people start a theatre programme for asylum seekers in a detention centre	Avi Mograbi	Documentary	Forced Displacement, Bureaucracy	Between Fences
336	Chasing Asylum	Chasing Asylum	2016	Australia; Nauru; Manus Island, Papua New Guinea	Oceania	English	The realities of Australia's offshore detention centers for asylum seekers, featuring firsthand accounts and covert footage to shed light on the human cost of the country's immigration policies	Eva Horner	Documentary	Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration	Chasing Asylum
337	Fire at Sea	Fuocoammare	2016	Italy, Mediterranean Sea	Europe	Italian	A documentary capturing the lives of Lampedusa island residents and African migrants crossing the Mediterranean	Gianfranco Rosi	Documentary	Border Crossing	Fire at Sea
338	For A Son	පුතෙකුට	2016	Italy	Europe	Sinhalese, Sinhala	Sunita, a middle-aged Sri Lankan woman, lives with her teenage son on the outskirts of a northern Italian city where she works as a caregiver. The relationship between mother and son is fraught with tension and silence. Having grown up in Italy, the boy is a cultural hybrid his mother struggles to understand, as she fights to live in a country to which she does not want to belong.	Suranga Deshapriya Katugampala	Movie	Diaspora, Integration	For A Son
339	Ghetto PSA	Ghetto PSA	2016	Italy	Europe	Italian	The daily lives of African migrants living in a ghetto in Italy. It highlights their struggles, resilience, and the socio-economic challenges they face in a foreign land	Rossella Schillaci	Documentary	Integration, Labour Migration	Ghetto PSA
340	Land of Good. Seeking Asylum in Germany and Finding Hatred	Land of Good. Seeking Asylum in Germany and Finding Hatred	2016	Germany	Europe	German	This documentary investigates the experiences of asylum seekers in Germany, uncovering the xenophobia and challenges they face upon arrival.	Ainara Tiefenthäler	Documentary	Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration	Land of Good. Seeking Asylum in Germany and Finding Hatred
341	Lion	Lion	2016	India, Australia	Asia	English	Saroo, a young Indian boy who becomes separated from his family and is later adopted by an Australian couple; as an adult, he embarks on a journey to rediscover his origins	Garth Davis	Movie	Return Migration	Lion
342	On Call	La Permanence	2016	France	Europe	French	At the consulting service for immigrants at the Avicenne Hospital in suburban Paris, we observe the sorrow and powerlessness of the immigrants who come here	Alice Diop	Documentary	Forced Displacement, Bureaucracy	On Call
343	Refugee	Refugee	2016	Several locations	N/A	English, Arabic	This documentary provides a look into the lives of refugees fleeing war-torn countries	Alexander J. Farrell and Joyce Chen	Documentary	Forced Displacement	Refugee
344	Refugee	Refugee	2016	Various locations	N/A	English	Five acclaimed photographers travel the world to provide detailed insight into the difficult conditions faced by refugees who dream of a better life	Clementine Malpas, Leslie Knott	Documentary	Forced Displacement	Refugee
345	Strangers in Paradise	Strangers in Paradise	2016	Netherlands	Europe	English	A documentary exploring the interactions between refugees and Europeans, highlighting differing perspectives	Guido Hendrikx	Documentary	Forced Displacement, Integration, Undocumented Migration	Strangers in Paradise
346	The Cambridge Squatters	Era o Hotel Cambridge	2016	Brazil	South America	Portuguese	The story of refugees, recently arrived in Brazil who, together with a group of low-income workers, occupy an old abandoned building in downtown São Paulo	Eliane Caffé	Movie	Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration	The Cambridge Squatters
347	The Citizen	The Citizen	2016	Hungary	Europe	Hungarian	An African immigrant in Hungary faces challenges integrating into society while seeking citizenship	Roland Vranik	Movie	Integration, Bureaucracy	The Citizen
348	The Future Perfect	Un Futuro Perfecto	2016	Argentina	South America	Spanish	A smart and innovative look at the possible futures of a young Chinese immigrant to Buenos Aires, told in the stilted language of an elementary Spanish textbook	Nele Wohlatz	Movie	Integration	The Future Perfect
349	The kitchen of Las Patronas	La Cocina de las Patronas	2016	Mexico	South America	Spanish	This documentary focuses on "Las Patronas," a group of Mexican women who prepare and deliver food to Central American migrants traveling atop the freight train known as "La Bestia," showcasing acts of solidarity and humanitarian aid amidst perilous migration journeys	Javier García	Documentary	Border Crossing, Smuggling, Human Trafficking	The kitchen of Las Patronas
350	The Other Land	البر التاني	2016	Egypt, Mediterranean Sea	Middle East	Arabic	A group of young men who live in a poverty-stricken village aspire to migrate to Italy seeking a better life. In their journey towards their dream life, they are faced with the treacherous waves of the Mediterranean Sea while boarding an old, worn-out boat and carrying no legal documents.	Ali Adris	Movie	Border Crossing, Smuggling, Undocumented Migration	The Other Land
351	The Road to Mandalay	再見瓦城	2016	Thailand	Asia	Southwestern Mandarin, Burmese, Thai	Two Burmese immigrants flee their country's civil war in search of a new life in Thailand.	Midi Z	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement	The Road to Mandalay
352	Those Who Jump	Les Sauteurs	2016	Morocco	Africa	French	Refugee Abou Bakar Sidibé records his daily routine, his surroundings, and the mind-numbing wait for the next attempt at jumping the border fence	Moritz Siebert, Abou Bakar Sidibé, Estephan Wagner	Documentary	Border Crossing, Undocumented Migration	Those Who Jump
353	Un franco, 14 pesetas	Un franco, 14 pesetas	2016	Spain, Switzerland	Europe	Spanish	The experiences of two friends who migrate from Spain to Switzerland in search of better economic opportunities	Carlos Iglesias	Movie	Border Crossing, Integration, Labour Migration	Un franco, 14 pesetas
354	Unknown Refugee	Tuntematon pakolainen	2016	Finland	Europe	Finnish	In the autumn of 2015, Finnish-Iranian Ali Jahangiri wanted to personally experience the reality faced by refugees in Europe. Ali travelled across Europe to Finland with refugees who had landed in Greece.	Hamy Ramezan	Documentary	Forced Displacement	Unknown Refugee
355	Volt	Volt	2016	Germany	Europe	German	Germany in a parallel world: The borders are closed, refugees are collected in camps and turned away or accepted	Tarek Ehlal	Movie	Border Crossing, Smuggling, Human Trafficking, Undocumented Migration, Bureaucracy	Volt
356	Where I Grow Old	A Cidade Onde Envelheço	2016	Brazil, Portugal	South America	Portuguese	Two young Portuguese women try to put down roots in Brazil	Maríla Rocha	Movie	Lifestyle Migration	Where I Grow Old
357	A Season in France	Une Saisone en France	2017	France	Europe	French	An African high school teacher who flees the war in the Central African Republic and seeks asylum in France. The film delves into the bureaucratic challenges and personal struggles faced by asylum seekers from the Global South	Mahamat-Saleh Haroun	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Integration, Undocumented Migration	A Season in France
358	Abu: Father	Abu: Father	2017	Canada	North America	English	Arshad Khan shares his story of self-discovery and family reconciliation that resulted from his migration from Pakistan to Canada	Arshad Khan	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Integration	Abu: Father
359	Beyond Borders	Beyond Borders	2017	Various locations	N/A	English	A documentary that follows the journeys of refugees from the Middle East and Africa as they seek safety and a better life in Europe.	Various	Documentary	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration	Beyond Borders
360	Borders	Frontières	2017	Senegal, Nigeria	Africa	French	Four women from different West African countries travel together by bus across borders from Senegal to Nigeria. The film highlights their solidarity and the challenges they face, from corruption to exploitation	Apolline Traoré	Movie	Border Crossing, Smuggling, Discrimination	Borders
361	Chauka, Please Tell Us the Time	Chauka, Please Tell Us the Time	2017	Manus Island, Papua New Guinea	Oceania	English, Persian, Kurdish	Filmed clandestinely on a mobile phone by detainee Behrouz Boochani, this documentary provides an intimate look into life inside the Manus Island detention center	Behrouz Boochani and Arash Kamali Sarvestani	Documentary	Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration	Chauka, Please Tell Us the Time
362	Djam	Djam	2017	Greece, Turkey	Europe	French, Greek, Turkish	Djam, a young Greek woman, embarks on a journey from Greece to Istanbul. Along the way, she meets Avril, a French woman volunteering with refugees	Tony Gatlif	Movie	Diaspora	Djam
363	El Mar La Mar	El Mar La Mar	2017	Mexico, United States	South America	English	In the Sonoran Desert on the U.S.-Mexico border, El Mar La Mar weaves together harrowing oral histories from the area with hand-processed 16mm images of flora, fauna and items left behind by travelers	J.P. Sniadecki, Joshua Bonnetta	Documentary	Border Crossing	El Mar La Mar
364	Fedra	Fedra	2017	France	Europe	French	A young woman is trying to get in touch with her father, who is being held in custody in a center for irregular immigrants	Bara Malo	Documentary	Undocumented Migration, Bureaucracy	Fedra
365	God's Own Country	God's Own Country	2017	United Kingdom	Europe	English	Set in the Yorkshire countryside, this romantic drama explores the relationship between a young British farmer and a Romanian migrant worker	Francis Lee	Movie	Integration, Internal Migration	God's Own Country
366	Human Flow	Human Flow	2017	Various locations	N/A	English	A documentary exploring the global refugee crisis across 23 countries	Ai Weiwei	Documentary	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration	Human Flow
367	Immigration Game	Immigration Game	2017	Germany	Europe	English	Germany refuses to receive any more refugees. The only way to obtain citizenship is to survive the popular TV show 'Immigration Game'. Whoever participates as a 'Runner' will be abandoned on the outskirts of Berlin and must make their way to the television tower at Alexanderplatz. For a prize money every German citizen may chase and eventually kill the refugees entirely unpunished	Krystof Zlatnik	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration	Immigration Game
368	Journey from Greece	Djam	2017	Turkey	Middle East	French	Djam, a young Greek woman, is sent to Istanbul by her uncle Kakourgos, a former sailor with a passion for Rebetiko, to find a rare part that will repair their boat. In Istanbul, she encounters Avril, a nineteen-year-old French girl, alone and without any money, who came to Turkey as a voluntary worker with refugees	Tony Gatlif	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Lifestyle Migration	Journey from Greece
369	Kalès	Kalès	2017	France	Europe	French	The lives of migrants residing in the makeshift camp known as "The Jungle" in Calais, France	Laurent van Lancker	Documentary	Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration	Kalès
370	Liyana	Liyana	2017	Eswatini	Africa	English	Liyana follows a number of orphaned Swazi children as they develop a story under the guidance of South African author and activist Gcina Mhlope. Their narrative stars a fictional young girl, Liyana, as she embarks on a journey to rescue her younger twin brothers from kidnapping	Aaron Kopp, Amanda Kopp	Documentary	Border Crossing, Human Trafficking	Liyana
371	Most Beautiful Island	Most Beautiful Island	2017	United States	North America	English	An irregular Spanish immigrant struggles to start a new life in New York City and at the same time tries hard to escape her past	Ana Asensio	Movie	Undocumented Migration	Most Beautiful Island
372	Nobody's Watching	Nadie Nos Mira	2017	United States	North America	Spanish	Nico is a famous actor in Argentina, but in New York, nobody takes notice. He needs to juggle bartending, babysitting and odd jobs to keep himself afloat. But when old friends from Buenos Aires come to visit, he needs to juggle the image of his old life with the reality of the struggling actor in New York City	Julia Solomonoff	Movie	Diaspora, Integration, Lifestyle Migration	Nobody's Watching
373	Obscure	Obscure	2017	Lebanon	Middle East	Arabic	Ahmad is a Syrian child living in Lebanon who doesn't want to remember that he is Syrian. Half traumatized, half trying to escape his reality, he prefers to be silent and asleep	Soudade Kaadan	Movie	Forced Displacement	Obscure
374	Passage of Life	僕の帰る場所	2017	Japan	Asia	Japanese	Burmese boy Kaung and his family emigrated to Japan with the hope for a better life. They have lived in Tokyo for years, but never obtained a vista. The daily strain of their illegal residence eventually starts to tear the family apart.	Akio Fujimoto	Movie	Integration, Labour Migration, Undocumented Migration, Discrimination	Passage of Life
375	The Big Sick	The Big Sick	2017	United States	North America	English, Urdu	Based on a true story, this romantic comedy-drama follows a Pakistani-American comedian as he navigates cultural differences, family expectations, and a medical crisis involving his girlfriend	Michael Showalter	Movie	Diaspora, Integration	The Big Sick
376	The Breadwinner	The Breadwinner	2017	Afghanistan	Middle East	English	This animated film tells the story of Parvana, an 11-year-old girl in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan who disguises herself as a boy to support her family after her father's arrest. The movie highlights the struggles of living under oppressive regimes, a factor that often leads to forced migration	Niota Twomey	Movie	Forced Displacement	The Breadwinner
377	The Departures	さよなら、バンドアパート	2017	Japan	Asia	Japanese	The film follows a young Japanese man who moves to Tokyo to pursue his dream of becoming a musician. As he enters urban life and the music industry, he grapples with the personal costs of his migration from a rural area	Yoshihiro Mori	Movie	Internal Migration	The Departures
378	The Insult	قضية رقم ٢٣ (	2017	Lebanon	Middle East	Arabic	The tensions between Lebanese Christians and Palestinian refugees	Ziad Doueiri	Movie	Diaspora, Forced Displacement	The Insult
379	The Order of Things	L'ordine delle cose	2017	Italy, Libya	Europe	Italian	An Italian immigration officer faces moral dilemmas while managing migration flows from Libya	Andrea Segre	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration	The Order of Things
380	The Other Side of Hope	Toivon tuolla puolen	2017	Finland	Europe	Finnish	A Syrian refugee and a Finnish restaurateur form an unlikely bond	Aki Kaurismäki	Movie	Diaspora, Forced Displacement, Integration	The Other Side of Hope
381	The Staging Post	The Staging Post	2017	Indonesia	Asia	English	Two Afghan Hazara refugees stranded in Indonesia after Australia's policy change showcases their efforts in building a community and establishing a school, which inspired a refugee education movement	Jolyon Hoff	Documentary	Forced Displacement	The Staging Post
382	Wajib	واجب	2017	Israel	Middle East	Arabic	A father and his estranged son hand-deliver wedding invitations, exploring the dynamics of diaspora, return, and the generational differences	Annemarie Jacir	Movie	Diaspora, Return Migration	Wajib
383	What Will People Say	Hva vil folk si	2017	Norway, Pakistan	Europe	Norwegian, Urdu	A teenager navigates cultural expectations in a Pakistani-Norwegian family	Iram Haq	Movie	Diaspora, Integration	What Will People Say
384	A Place of Absence	A Place of Absence	2018	Mexico	South America	English	Decades after the disappearance of her uncle during Argentina's Dirty War, a filmmaker joins the Caravan of Mothers, a group of brave Central American women who embark on an annual bUnited Statetrek through Mexico in desperate search of their children who disappeared trying to reach the US	Marialuisa Ernst	Documentary	Border Crossing, Smuggling, Human Trafficking, Undocumented Migration	A Place of Absence
385	Amin	Amin	2018	France	Europe	French	After moving to France, Amin starts working in a construction company so that he can support his wife and children living in Senegal	Philippe Faucon	Movie	Diaspora, Integration, Labour Migration	Amin
386	And Breathe Normally	Andið eðlilega	2018	Iceland	Europe	Icelandic	At the edge of Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula, two women’s lives will intersect – for a brief moment – while trapped in circumstances unforeseen. Between a struggling Icelandic mother and an asylum seeker from Guinea-Bissau, a delicate bond will form as both strategize to get their lives back on track	Ísold Uggadóttir	Movie	Integration, Bureaucracy	And Breathe Normally
387	Ayka	Ayka	2018	Kazakhstan, Russia	Europe	Russian	A Kyrgyz migrant woman struggling to survive in Moscow, abandoned by the system and forced into extreme hardship	Sergey Dvortsevoy	Movie	Discrimination	Ayka
388	Border	Gräns	2018	Sweden	Europe	Swedish	A customs officer with a peculiar sense of smell encounters a mysterious man, leading to self-discovery	Ali Abbasi	Movie	Border Crossing	Border
389	Capernaum	کفرناحوم	2018	Lebanon	Middle East	Arabic	A 12-year-old stateless boy sues his parents for neglect after fleeing his abusive home and surviving on the streets	Nadine Labaki	Movie	Forced Displacement, Internal Migration	Capernaum
390	Chez Jolie Coiffure	Chez Jolie Coiffure	2018	Belgium	Europe	French	A Cameroonian hairdresser in Brussels. It offers insights into the lives of African women migrants, their struggles, and the sense of community they build in foreign lands	Rosine Mfetgo Mbakam	Documentary	Diaspora, Integration	Chez Jolie Coiffure
391	Crazy Rich Asians	Crazy Rich Asians	2018	United States, Singapore	Asia	English, Mandarin, Cantonese	Rachel Chu, a Chinese-American professor, travels to Singapore with her boyfriend Nick, only to discover his family is extremely wealthy and deeply rooted in local traditions	Jon M. Chu	Movie	Diaspora, Lifestyle Migration	Crazy Rich Asians
392	Ghost Fleet	Ghost Fleet	2018	Thailand, Indonesia	Asia	English	Exposes slavery in the fishing industry in Southeast Asia	Shannon Service et al.	Documentary	Labour Migration, Human Trafficking	Ghost Fleet
393	Gülizar	Gülizar	2018	Turkey, Kosovo	Middle East	Turkish	The journey of a Turkish woman who migrates alone to Kosovo for an arranged marriage	Çağan Irmak	Movie	Border Crossing, Diaspora	Gülizar
394	Heartbound	Hjertelandet	2018	Denmark, Thailand	Europe	Danish, Thai	Explores the lives of Thai women married to Danish men, examining cross-cultural marriages	Janus Metz, Sine Plambech	Documentary	Diaspora	Heartbound
395	I Used To Like The Sea	Je N'Aime Plus la Mer (2018)	2018	Belgium, Mediterranean Sea	Europe	French	The lives of children from Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Eritrea who have fled war and persecution, now residing in a Belgian Red Cross reception center	Idriss Gabel	Documentary	Forced Displacement	I Used To Like The Sea
396	Icebox	Icebox	2018	United States, Honduras	North America	Spanish, English	A young Honduran boy flees gang violence and ends up in a U.S. immigration detention center	Daniel Sawka	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration	Icebox
397	Island of Hungry Ghosts	Island of Hungry Ghosts	2018	Australia	Oceania	English	Contrasts asylum seekers’ experiences with local rituals on Christmas Island	Gabrielle Brady	Documentary	Forced Displacement	Island of Hungry Ghosts
398	Joy	Joy	2018	Austria, Nigeria	Europe	German	A Nigerian woman in Vienna is caught in a cycle of sex trafficking and struggles for freedom	Sudabeh Mortezai	Movie	Human Trafficking	Joy
399	Les Dessins de Fatima	Fatima's Drawings	2018	Syria	Middle East	French	This animated short tells the story of Fatima, a young girl who fled Syria with her family. Through her drawings, she recounts her journey and the challenges of adapting to a new life in Europe	Félix Rehm	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration	Les Dessins de Fatima
400	One Day We Arrived in Japan	One Day We Arrived in Japan	2018	Japan	Asia	Japanese	Spanning 10 years and 10,000 miles, this movie shows the stories of three Brazilian families who set off to Japan in search of a better future	Ana Paula Kojima Hirano, Aaron Litvin	Documentary	Border Crossing, Integration, Labour Migration	One Day We Arrived in Japan
401	Ramen Shop	家族のレシピ	2018	Japan, Singapore	Asia	Japanese	Masato is a young ramen chef in Japan. When he finds his late mother’s journal after the sudden death of his emotionally distant father, he takes it with him to her native country, Singapore, hoping to piece together the story of his family and his life.	Eric Khoo	Movie	Return Migration	Ramen Shop
402	Roma	Roma	2018	Mexico	South America	Spanish	Cleo, an indigenous live-in housekeeper for a middle-class family, highlighting themes of class disparity, indigenous identity, and internal migration within Mexico	Alfonso Cuarón	Movie	Internal Migration, Labour Migration	Roma
403	Safe Harbour	Safe Harbour	2018	Australia	Oceania	English	This miniseries centers on a group of friends who encounter a stranded asylum seeker boat during a sailing trip, leading to moral dilemmas and unforeseen consequences	Glendyn Ivin	Series	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Smuggling, Undocumented Migration	Safe Harbour
404	Saint Judy	Saint Judy	2018	United States	North America	English	Based on a true story, the movie follows immigration attorney Judy Wood as she takes on a case that changes U.S. asylum law. She fights to secure asylum for a persecuted Afghan woman, highlighting the challenges within the immigration legal system and the impact of dedicated advocacy on refugees' lives	Sean Hanish	Movie	Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration, Bureaucracy	Saint Judy
405	Sicario: Day of the Soldado	Sicario: Day of the Soldado	2018	United States, Mexico	North America	English	U.S. federal agents as they escalate a covert war against Mexican drug cartels, using the smuggling of migrants across the border as a pretext to justify violent intervention	Stefano Sollima	Movie	Smuggling	Sicario: Day of the Soldado
406	Styx	Styx	2018	Mediterranean Sea	Europe	German	An emergency doctor takes her yacht and decides to go sailing for the holidays. During her journey, she comes across a damaged trawler with refugees on board and scrambles to rescue them somehow	Wolfgang Fischer	Movie	Forced Displacement, Smuggling, Undocumented Migration	Styx
407	Temporada	Temporada	2018	Brazil	South America	Portuguese	The film follows Juliana, a woman who moves from the Brazilian countryside to the city of Contagem for a new job in the public health sector	André Novais Oliveira	Movie	Internal Migration	Temporada
408	The Border Fence	Die bauliche Maßnahme	2018	Austria, Italy	Europe	German	A documentary about the impact of Austria's border fence on its society and migrant policies	Nikolaus Geyrhalter	Documentary	Border Crossing	The Border Fence
409	This Is Home: A Refugee Story	This Is Home: A Refugee Story	2018	United States	North America	English	The lives of four Syrian families, resettled in Baltimore and under a deadline to become self-sufficient in eight months	Alexandra Shiva	Documentary	Forced Displacement, Bureaucracy	This Is Home: A Refugee Story
410	Tiempo de lluvia	Tiempo de lluvia	2018	Mexico	South America	Spanish	The life of Soledad, an indigenous woman who migrates to the city to care for her grandson	Itandehui Jansen	Movie	Internal Migration	Tiempo de lluvia
411	Transit	Transit	2018	Germany	Europe	German	This German-French drama follows a man fleeing Nazi-occupied France who assumes another person's identity	Christian Petzold	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration	Transit
412	Waiting for Barcelona	Waiting for Barcelona	2018	Spain	Europe	Spanish	Love affairs, friendships and the police on his heels. One of Europe's young, undocumented, homeless men lets us into his life on Barcelona's streets	Juho-Pekka Tanskanen	Documentary	Undocumented Migration	Waiting for Barcelona
413	Atlantics	Atlantique	2019	Senegal, Mediterranean Sea, France, Spain	Africa	Wolof, French	A young woman, Ada, in Dakar, Senegal, whose lover, Souleiman, disappears after embarking on a perilous migration journey to Europe in search of a better future	Mati Diop	Movie	Border Crossing	Atlantics
414	Aurora	Aurora	2019	Finland	Europe	Finnish	Aurora, a party-loving woman, meets Darian, an Iranian asylum seeker: she helps him find a Finnish wife to secure his residency	Miia Tervo	Movie	Forced Displacement, Integration, Undocumented Migration	Aurora
415	Bangla	Bangla	2019	Italy	Europe	Italian	A lighthearted look at a second-generation Bangladeshi immigrant in Italy balancing his Muslim identity, family expectations, and romantic relationships	Phaim Bhuiyan	Documentary	Diaspora, Integration	Bangla
416	Border South	Border South	2019	United States	North America	English	This documentary reveals the resilience, ingenuity, and humor of Central American immigrants while exposing a global migration system that often renders human beings invisible in life as well as death	Raúl O. Paz Pastrana	Movie	Border Crossing, Smuggling, Human Trafficking, Undocumented Migration	Border South
417	Carnival Row	Carnival Row	2019	United States	North America	English	Set in a world where mythological creatures flee their war-torn homelands and seek refuge in a human-dominated city	René Echevarria and Travis Beacham	Series	Forced Displacement	Carnival Row
418	For Sama	For Sama	2019	Syria, Turkey	Middle East	Arabic, English	This documentary provides an intimate portrayal of Waad al-Kateab's life during the Syrian civil war, capturing her experiences as a mother and journalist, and the eventual displacement of her family	Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts	Documentary	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement	For Sama
419	I'm No Longer Here	Ya No Estoy Aquí	2019	Mexico, United States	South America	Spanish	After a misunderstanding with a local cartel, a teenager from Monterrey is forced to migrate to the U.S.	Fernando Frías de la Parra	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration	I'm No Longer Here
420	Jeronimo	Jeronimo	2019	South Korea	Asia	English	Born to Korean immigrant parents freed from indentured servitude in early twentieth century Mexico, Jerónimo Lim Kim joins the Cuban Revolution with his law school classmate Fidel Castro and becomes an accomplished government official in the Castro regime, until he rediscovers his ethnic roots and dedicates his later life to reconstructing his Korean Cuban identity	Joseph Juhn	Documentary	Labour Migration, Return Migration	Jeronimo
421	Life Overtakes Me	Life Overtakes Me	2019	Sweden	Europe	Swedish	Chronicles refugee children suffering from resignation syndrome in Sweden	John Haptas et al.	Documentary	Forced Displacement	Life Overtakes Me
422	Lingua Franca	Lingua Franca	2019	United States	North America	English	Olivia, an undocumented Filipina immigrant paranoid about deportation, works as a caregiver to a Russian-Jewish grandmother in New York	Isabel Sandoval	Movie	Integration, Labour Migration, Undocumented Migration	Lingua Franca
423	Mama Agatha	Mama Agatha	2019	Netherlands	Europe	English	“Mama Agatha”, a sociable and warm Ghanaian woman living in Amsterdam who founded a school that teaches weekly cycling lessons	Fada Hindash	Documentary	Diaspora, Integration	Mama Agatha
424	Midnight Traveler	Midnight Traveler	2019	Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey	Middle East	Dari, English	A family documents their own journey fleeing the Taliban	Hassan Fazili	Documentary	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration	Midnight Traveler
425	Monsoon	Monsoon	2019	Vietnam	Asia	English	Kit can’t remember much of his native Vietnam. When he returns to the Land of the Golden Star for the first time in over thirty years, he takes in his local surroundings as any Western tourist would	Hong Khaou	Movie	Return Migration	Monsoon
426	No Man’s Law	No Man’s Law	2019	United States	North America	English	A disgraced border patrol agent becomes the subject of a manhunt after rescuing a trafficked Mexican girl and taking her back to her family	Richard Douglas Jensen	Movie	Border Crossing, Human Trafficking	No Man’s Law
427	Non Far Rumore	Non Far Rumore	2019	Italy	Europe	Italian	The stories of Italian children who were sent abroad during World War II to escape the conflict, exploring themes of displacement, identity, and the long-term effects of forced migration	Alessandra Rossi	Documentary	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement	Non Far Rumore
428	Our Mothers	Nuestras Madres	2019	Guatemala	South America	Spanish	A Guatemalan forensic anthropologist investigates the past as he searches for his missing father	César Díaz	Movie	Border Crossing	Our Mothers
429	Ramy	Ramy	2019	United States	North America	English	A first-generation Egyptian-American Muslim navigating the challenges of faith, identity, and cultural expectations in his New Jersey community	Ramy Youssef, Ari Katcher, Ryan Welch	Movie	Diaspora, Integration	Ramy
430	Saili	Saili	2019	Nepal	Asia	Nepalese	The film delves into the lives of Nepali youths who migrate abroad for employment, exploring the personal and societal costs of labor migration	most	Movie	Labour Migration	Saili
431	Strangers in Town	Strangers in Town	2019	United States	North America	English	This documentary explores how global migration transformed Garden City, Kansas, highlighting the experiences of immigrant families and the community's efforts to adapt to its new diversity	Steve Lerner	Documentary	Integration	Strangers in Town
432	Synonyms	Synonyms	2019	France	Europe	French, Hebrew	A young Israeli man absconds to Paris to flee his nationality, aided by his trusty Franco-Israeli dictionary	Nadav Lapid	Movie	Diaspora, Integration	Synonyms
433	The Adventure	The Adventure	2019	Ivory Coast, Greece	Africa	English	Three young men from Ivory Coast entered Europe illegally crossing the Greek-Turkish border. They want to continue westward but European Union rules require them to stay in the country where they first set foot in the EU: Greece	Grégory Lassalle	Documentary	Border Crossing, Undocumented Migration	The Adventure
434	The Farewell	The Farewell	2019	United States	North America	English, Mandarin	A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis	Lulu Wang	Movie	Diaspora, Return Migration	The Farewell
435	The Illegal	The Illegal	2019	United States	North America	English	A young Indian man moves to Los Angeles to attend film school but ends up working illegally in a restaurant to survive	Danish Renzu	Movie	Undocumented Migration	The Illegal
436	The Red Sea Diving Resort	The Red Sea Diving Resort	2019	Sudan	Africa	English	Inspired by true events, this film portrays a group of international agents and Ethiopians who use a deserted holiday retreat in Sudan as a front to smuggle thousands of Ethiopian refugees to Israel in the early 1980s	Gideon Raff	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Smuggling	The Red Sea Diving Resort
437	The Twelve Thousands	Les Douze Mille	2019	France	Europe	French	This film portrays the struggles of undocumented immigrants in France, focusing on their daily lives, aspirations, and the socio-political challenges they face	Nadine Otsobogo	Movie	Undocumented Migration	The Twelve Thousands
438	Unsettled	Unsettled	2019	United States	North America	English	The journeys of LGBTQ+ refugees and asylum seekers from Africa and the Middle East who have fled persecution and are seeking safety and a new life in the United States	Tom Shepard	Documentary	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration	Unsettled
439	Veyilmarangal	വെയിൽമരങ്ങൾ	2019	India	Asia	Malayalam	After a village in Kerala is flooded, A scheduled caste family which doesn’t get any support from government migrates to Himachal Pradesh in search of job and struggles to adapt in a totally new environment conditions	Bijukumar Damodaran	Movie	Internal Migration	Veyilmarangal
440	Vitalina Varela	Vitalina Varela	2019	Portugal	Europe	Portuguese	A Cape Verdean woman navigates her way through Lisbon, following the scanty physical traces her deceased husband left behind and discovering his secret, illicit life	Pedro Costa	Movie	Border Crossing, Bureaucracy	Vitalina Varela
441	3 Logical Exits	3 Logical Exits	2020	Lebanon	Middle East	Arabic	The life of a Palestinian refugee in Lebanon, exploring the limited options available to him and the impact of prolonged displacement on personal choices	Mahdi Fleifel	Documentary	Forced Displacement	3 Logical Exits
442	Adú	Adú	2020	Spain, Morocco, Cameroon	Africa	Spanish	The film interweaves three stories connected to African migration: a young boy and his sister's perilous journey from Cameroon to Europe, an activist confronting poaching and personal issues in Africa, and Spanish civil guards dealing with border challenges in Melilla	Salvador Calvo	Movie	Border Crossing, Undocumented Migration	Adú
443	After Love	After Love	2020	United Kingdom, France	Europe	English	A widow uncovers her late husband’s hidden life across the Channel	Aleem Khan	Movie	Border Crossing	After Love
444	Beyond is the Day	Beyond is the Day	2020	Poland	Europe	Polish	This short film portrays Paweł, a lonely Polish man whose life changes when he meets Mohammad, an undocumented immigrant	Damian Kocur	Movie	Undocumented Migration	Beyond is the Day
445	Farewell Amor	Farewell Amor	2020	United States	North America	English, Portuguese	The story of an Angolan immigrant family in the United States, with a father, mother, and daughter, finally reconnecting after living apart for 17 years due to a series of failed visa applications	Ekwa Msangi	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement	Farewell Amor
446	His House	His House	2020	United Kingdom	Europe	English	A refugee couple from South Sudan who, after escaping war, seek asylum in England. As they adjust to their new life, they are tormented by a sinister force lurking in their assigned housing, symbolizing the haunting traumas of displacement	Remi Weekes	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement	His House
447	I Carry You With Me	Te Llevo Conmigo	2020	Mexico, United States	South America	Spanish	An epic love story spanning decades is sparked by a chance encounter between two men in provincial Mexico. Based on a true story, ambition and societal pressure propel an aspiring chef to leave his soulmate and make the treacherous journey to New York, where life will never be the same	Heidi Ewing	Movie	Integration, Labour Migration	I Carry You With Me
448	I Never Cry	Jak najdalej stąd	2020	Ireland	Europe	Polish	Ola sets off to Ireland to bring her father’s body back to Poland after he dies in a building site accident	Piotr Domalewski	Movie	Return Migration, Bureaucracy	I Never Cry
449	Identifying Features	Sin Señas Particulares	2020	Mexico	South America	Spanish	A mother searches for her missing son who disappeared while trying to cross the U.S. border	Fernanda Valadez	Movie	Border Crossing, Undocumented Migration	Identifying Features
450	Immigration Nation	Immigration Nation	2020	United States	North America	English	An in-depth look at the U.S. immigration system, capturing the experiences of immigrants and the actions of enforcement agencies	Christina Clusiau and Shaul Schwarz	Documentary	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration	Immigration Nation
451	Limbo	Limbo	2020	United Kingdom	Europe	English	Omar, a Syrian musician seeking asylum, finds himself on a remote Scottish island awaiting the results of his application. The film portrays the isolation and uncertainty faced by refugees, blending humor with reflections on displacement and identity	Ben Sharrock	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement	Limbo
452	Minari	Minari	2020	United States	North America	Korean, English	The film tells the story of a Korean-American family that moves to rural Arkansas in the 1980s to start a farm	Lee Isaac Chung	Movie	Integration	Minari
453	No Hard Feelings	Futur Drei	2020	Germany	Europe	German	Parvis, the son of exiled Iranians in Germany, copes with life in his small hometown by indulging himself with pop culture, Grindr dates, and raves. After being caught shoplifting, he is sentenced to community service at a refugee shelter where he meets siblings Banafshe and Amon, who have fled Iran	Faraz Shariat	Movie	Diaspora, Forced Displacement, Bureaucracy	No Hard Feelings
454	Samos – The Faces of Our Border	Samos – The Faces of Our Border	2020	Greece	Europe	English	This documentary delves into the lives of individuals residing in and around the migrant camp on the Greek island of Samos	Shams Abou El Enein	Documentary	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration	Samos – The Faces of Our Border
455	Small Axe	Small Axe	2020	United Kingdom	Europe	English	An anthology series of five stories looking at the lives of a group of friends and their families in London’s West Indian community from the late 1960s to the early 80s	Steve McQueen	Movie	Diaspora, Integration	Small Axe
456	Stateless	Stateless	2020	Australia	Oceania	English	This Australian series delves into the lives of four strangers whose paths cross at an immigration detention center	Cate Blanchett, Tony Ayres, and Elise McCredie	Series	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration, Bureaucracy	Stateless
457	Tenere	Tenere	2020	Niger, Libya, Europe	Africa	Hausa	The arduous journey of Bachir and his companions in a truck resembling Noah's ark. We see how they struggle both physically and emotionally with harsh natural conditions, thirst and many other problems	Hasan Söylemez	Movie	Border Crossing, Undocumented Migration	Tenere
458	The Crossing	La Frontera	2020	Colombia, Venezuela	South America	Spanish	The documentary starts with the 2019 humanitarian aid delivery attempt across the Colombia-Venezuela border and continues following the story of the Venezuelan refugee crisis, one of the largest migration crises in Latin America and the world, told by refugees and activists in Cúcuta	Juliana Peñaranda-Loftus	Documentary	Forced Displacement	The Crossing
459	The Donut King	The Donut King	2020	United States	North America	English	Ted Ngoy, a Cambodian refugee, fled the Khmer Rouge regime and resettled in California in 1975. Through hard work and entrepreneurship, he built a multi-million-dollar donut empire, assisting fellow Cambodian immigrants by sponsoring their visas and helping them establish their own donut shops	Alice Gu	Documentary	Diaspora, Forced Displacement, Integration	The Donut King
460	The Man Who Sold His Skin	The Man Who Sold His Skin	2020	Tunisia, Belgium, France	Middle East	Arabic, English, French	Sam Ali, a Syrian refugee, agrees to have his back tattooed by a contemporary artist to gain European visas	Kaouther Ben Hania	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Labour Migration, Smuggling	The Man Who Sold His Skin
461	The Milky Way	Nessuno Si Salva da Solo	2020	Italy, France	Europe	Italian	A documentary on the migrant route through the Alps between Italy and France	Luigi D'Alife	Documentary	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Smuggling, Undocumented Migration	The Milky Way
462	This is My Desire	Eyimofe	2020	Nigeria	Africa	English	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 restraint that only fleetingly touch, the dream of migrating to Europe floating above them all the while.	Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri	Documentary	Border Crossing	This is My Desire
463	Tigertail	Tigertail	2020	United States	North America	English, Mandarin	Pin-Jui, a Taiwanese immigrant who moves to America seeking better opportunities	Alan Yang	Movie	Border Crossing, Integration	Tigertail
464	Transplant	Transplant	2020	Canada	North America	English	This series follows a Syrian refugee and skilled emergency medicine doctor as he rebuilds his career in Canada, navigating the challenges of immigration and integration into a new healthcare system	Joseph Kay	Series	Forced Displacement, Integration	Transplant
465	Blind Ambition	Blind Ambition	2021	South Africa, France	Europe	English	The story of four Zimbabwean refugees who, after fleeing their homeland, become top sommeliers in South Africa and form Zimbabwe's first national wine tasting team to compete in the World Wine Tasting Championships in France.	Warwick Ross and Robert Coe	Movie	Forced Displacement, Integration	Blind Ambition
466	Blue Bayou	Blue Bayou	2021	United States	North America	English	As a Korean-American man raised in the Louisiana bayou works hard to make a life for his family, he must confront the ghosts of his past as he discovers that he could be deported from the only country he has ever called home	Justin Chon	Movie	Diaspora, Smuggling, Bureaucracy	Blue Bayou
467	Caught	Caer	2021	United States	North America	Spanish	In this innovative blend of documentary and fiction, Rosa and Paloma, two trans Latina sex workers in Queens, New York, fight transphobic violence, persecution from the police, and defend their cases of trafficking in an increasingly anti-migration political environment in the United States	Nicola Mai	Documentary	Human Trafficking, Undocumented Migration, Discrimination	Caught
468	Encanto	Encanto	2021	Colombia	South America	English	This animated film tells the story of a Colombian family forced to flee their home due to violence and build a new life in a magical valley, reflecting themes of displacement, generational trauma, and preservation of identity	Byron Howard and Jared Bush	Movie	Forced Displacement, Internal Migration	Encanto
469	Europa	Europa	2021	Iraq, Italy	Middle East	Arabic, English	A young Iraqi man attempts a dangerous migration journey to Europe through treacherous terrain	Haider Rashid	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration	Europa
470	Expelled from the Top: A Story of Tibetan Refugees	Expelled from the Top: A Story of Tibetan Refugees	2021	India	Asia	English	A Tibetan refugee woman is looking back on her life in India through conversations with The 14th Dalai Lama about the fate of the nation in exile	Irina Volkova	Documentary	Forced Displacement	Expelled from the Top: A Story of Tibetan Refugees
471	Flee	Flee	2021	Afghanistan, Denmark	Middle East	Danish, Dari	An Afghan refugee shares his story of escape and secrets as he builds a new life in Denmark	Jonas Poher Rasmussen	Documentary	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration	Flee
472	Hit the Road	جاده خاکی,	2021	Iran	Middle East	Persian	An Iranian family drives to the Turkish border to smuggle their young adult son out of the country	Panah Panahi	Movie	Border Crossing, Human Trafficking, Undocumented Migration	Hit the Road
473	Honor Thy Mother	Honor Thy Mother	2021	Canada	North America	English	The untold story of Aboriginal women from Canada who married Filipino immigrants, leading to the emergence of the "Indipino" community on Bainbridge Island	Lucy Ostrander	Documentary	Diaspora	Honor Thy Mother
474	Mediterraneo: The Law of the Sea	Mediterraneo: Cada Vida Cuenta	2021	Greece, Mediterranean Sea	Europe	Spanish	Two lifeguards, Óscar and Gerard, travel to Lesbos, shocked by the photograph of a drowned child in the Mediterranean. Upon arrival, they discover an overwhelming reality: thousands of people risk their lives crossing the sea in precarious boats	Marcel Barrena	Movie	Border Crossing	Mediterraneo: The Law of the Sea
475	One Day One Day	One Day One Day	2021	Italy	Europe	Italian	Captures the lives of migrant workers exploited in the fields in the south of Italy	Olmo Parenti, Matteo Keffer	Documentary	Labour Migration, Undocumented Migration, Discrimination	One Day One Day
476	Shadow Game	Shadow Game	2021	Various locations	N/A	English	Teenage refugees journey through Europe, navigating dangerous routes and borders in search of safety and a better life	Eefje Blankevoort and Els van Driel	Documentary	Border Crossing, Undocumented Migration	Shadow Game
477	Songs of the Living	Le Chant des Vivants	2021	Various locations	Africa	French	Composed of songs and memories, this musical film traces the traumatic experience of young survivors of migration from different parts of Africa. In the village of Conques in France, they found a therapeutic space where they learn to overcome their past and, through song, to imagine a new future.	Cécile Allégra	Documentary	Border Crossing, Undocumented Migration	Songs of the Living
478	The Emigrants	Utvandrarna	2021	Norway	Europe	Swedish	The journey of Norwegian emigrants to the United States in the 19th century	Erik Poppe	Movie	Border Crossing	The Emigrants
479	The Last Shelter	The Last Shelter	2021	Mali	Africa	French, Bambara	The House of Migrants in Gao, Mali, is a refuge for West African migrants who are either on their way to Europe or returning home	Ousmane Samassékou	Documentary	Border Crossing, Return Migration, Undocumented Migration	The Last Shelter
480	Ushiku	比類なき不正義	2021	Japan	Asia	Japanese	Exposes the harsh realities faced by asylum detainees in Japan	Thomas Ash	Documentary	Border Crossing, Undocumented Migration	Ushiku
481	White Paradise	Les Survivants	2021	France, Italy	Europe	French	The journey of migrants attempting to cross the Alps in search of safety	Guillaume Renusson	Movie	Border Crossing, Undocumented Migration	White Paradise
482	Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths	Bardo, Falsa Crónica De Unas Cuantas Verdades	2022	Mexico	South America	Spanish	The film offers the existential reflections of a Mexican journalist and documentarian who, after years in the U.S., returns to his homeland	Alejandro G. Iñárritu	Movie	Return Migration	Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
483	Behind the Haystacks	Πίσω από τις θημωνιές	2022	Greece	Europe	Greek	The impact of the refugee crisis on a Greek family living near the border, delving into themes of xenophobia, compassion, and moral dilemmas	Asimina Proedrou	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement	Behind the Haystacks
484	Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo	Dounia et la Princesse d'Alep	2022	Syria	Middle East	French	Six-year-old Dounia, who, accompanied by her grandparents and guided by the mythical Princess of Aleppo, flees war-torn Syria in search of a new home	André Kadi and Marya Zarif	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement	Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo
485	Home Again	Home Again	2022	Gambia	Africa	English	Her journey to Europe has twice ended in failure. Back home in Gambia, 20 year-old Paabi is now set to establish a life for herself with the support of the International Organization for Migration	Babucarr Manka	Documentary	Border Crossing, Return Migration, Undocumented Migration	Home Again
486	Ils Sont Vivants	Ils Sont Vivants	2022	France	Europe	French	Béatrice, a recent widow living with her son and mother, whose life is transformed upon meeting Mokhtar, an Iranian teacher who arrived in Europe clandestinely	Jérémie Elkaïm	Movie	Undocumented Migration	Ils Sont Vivants
487	In the Sea There Are Crocodiles	Nel Mare Ci Sono i Coccodrilli	2022	Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Mediterranean Sea, Greece, Italy	Middle East	Italian	This animated adaptation narrates the true story of Enaiatollah Akbari, a young Afghan boy who embarks on a perilous journey across multiple countries, highlighting the challenges faced by child refugees	Rosalba Vitellaro	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration	In the Sea There Are Crocodiles
488	Les Engagés	Les Engagés	2022	France	Europe	French	After accidentally hitting a young migrant with his car near Briançon, David decides to hide him in his home, delving into themes of solidarity and challenges by migrants in France	Emilie Frèche	Movie	Undocumented Migration	Les Engagés
489	Manodopera	No Dogs or Italians Allowed	2022	Italy, France	Europe	French	The animated story of a Piedmontese family of farmers who emigrates to France to improve their living conditions and escape the rise to power of the fascist party	Alain Ughetto	Movie	Border Crossing, Labour Migration	Manodopera
490	Mo	Mo	2022	United States	North America	English, Arabic	A Palestinian refugee in Houston, Texas, navigates the complexities of seeking asylum and citizenship in the United States	Mo Amer and Ramy Youssef	Series	Forced Displacement, Integration	Mo
491	Mother and Son	Un Petit Frère	2022	France	Europe	French	In the late 1980s, Rose moves from the Ivory Coast to the Paris suburbs with her two young sons, Ernest and Jean. Spanning 20 years from their arrival in France to the present day, the film is the moving chronicle of the construction and deconstruction of a family	Léonor Serraille	Movie	Integration	Mother and Son
492	Name Me Lawand	Name Me Lawand	2022	United Kingdom	Europe	English, Kurdish	Follows a Kurdish deaf boy adapting to life in the United Kingdom	Edward Lovelace	Documentary	Integration	Name Me Lawand
493	No Bears	خرس نیست	2022	Iran	Middle East	Farsi	Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who has been barred from leaving the country, arrives at a village on the Iran-Turkey border to supervise a film based on a real-life couple seeking passports to Europe being shot in Turkey, but both his stay and the production run into trouble.	Jafar Panahi	Documentary	Border Crossing, Undocumented Migration, Bureaucracy	No Bears
494	No U-Turn	No U-Turn	2022	Nigeria	Africa	English, French, Igbo, Bambara, Pidgin	Nigerian filmmaker Ike Nnaebue retraces his own migration attempt from 27 years prior, traveling from Nigeria through West Africa towards Europe. The documentary offers insights into the motivations and challenges faced by West African migrants	Ike Nnaebue	Documentary	Border Crossing, Undocumented Migration	No U-Turn
495	R.M.N.	R.M.N.	2022	Romania	Europe	Romanian	This film explores the complexities of ethnic tensions and migration in a small Romanian village, delving into the societal challenges that arise with the arrival of foreign workers	Cristian Mungiu	Movie	Integration, Labour Migration	R.M.N.
496	Return to Seoul	Retour à Séoul	2022	South Korea	Asia	Korean	After an impulsive travel decision to visit friends, Freddie, 25, returns to South Korea for the first time, where she was born before being adopted and raised in France	Davy Chou	Movie	Return Migration	Return to Seoul
497	Riceboy Sleeps	Riceboy Sleeps	2022	Canada	North America	English	In the 1990s, an immigrant single mother raises her teenage son in the Canadian suburbs, determined to provide a better life for him than the one she left behind in South Korea	Anthony Shim	Movie	Diaspora, Integration	Riceboy Sleeps
498	Rise	Rise	2022	Nigeria, Greece	Africa	English	The Antetokounmpo family emigrates from Nigeria to Greece and faces numerous challenges as undocumented immigrants, ultimately leading to the rise of brothers Giannis, Thanasis, and Kostas as NBA champions	Akin Omotoso	Documentary	Undocumented Migration	Rise
499	Sun	Sonne	2022	Austria	Europe	German	Yesmin is Kurdish and wears a headscarf. She shoots a cheeky burqa video with Bella and Nati which makes the trio famous in the Muslim community in Austria. Controversy and alienation ensue.	Kurdwin Ayub	Movie	Diaspora, Integration, Discrimination	Sun
500	The Beasts	As Bestas	2022	Spain	Europe	Spanish, French	The film is loosely inspired by real events involving a Dutch couple in Santoalla, a semi-abandoned hamlet of the Spanish municipality of Petín, from 2010 to 2014. It follows a married French couple settled in the Galician countryside, exploring issues of xenophobia and escalating hostility between neighbors	Rodrigo Sorogoyen	Movie	Internal Migration	The Beasts
501	The Swimmers	The Swimmers	2022	Syria,Turkey, Greece, Mediterranean Sea, United Kingdom	Europe	English, Arabic	Tells the story of two Syrian sisters fleeing war and aiming for the Olympics	Sally El Hosaini	Movie	Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration	The Swimmers
502	The Valet	The Valet	2022	United States	North America	English	The film portrays the life of Antonio, a Mexican-American valet living in Los Angeles, highlighting the immigrant experience, cultural assimilation, and the challenges faced by migrant communities in the U.S.	Richard Wong	Movie	Integration	The Valet
503	Tori and Lokita	Tori and Lokita	2022	Belgium	Europe	French	Two African migrants, Tori and Lokita, form a strong bond while experiencing the hardships of undocumented life in Europe	Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne	Movie	Border Crossing, Undocumented Migration, Discrimination	Tori and Lokita
504	Trieste is Beautiful in the Night	Trieste É Bella di Notte	2022	Italy	Europe	Italian	A documentary about migrants entering Italy through Trieste	Matteo Calore et al.	Documentary	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration	Trieste is Beautiful in the Night
505	Upon Entry	Upon Entry	2022	United States	North America	English	Diego, a Venezuelan urbanist, and Elena, a contemporary dancer from Barcelona, move to the United States, but upon entering New York airport’s immigration area, they are taken to the secondary inspection room, where border officers will subject them to an unpleasant inspection process and a psychologically grueling interrogation	Alejandro Rojas and Juan Sebastián Vásquez	Movie	Border Crossing, Undocumented Migration, Bureaucracy	Upon Entry
506	Bye Bye Tiberias	Bye Bye Tiberias	2023	Palestine, France	Middle East	French, Arabic	The life of actress Hiam Abbass, who left her Palestinian village to pursue an acting career in France. Through her journey, the film delves into themes of exile, separation, and the intergenerational impact of migration on women in her family	Lina Soualem	Documentary	Diaspora, Integration	Bye Bye Tiberias
507	Christmas as Usual	Så var det jul igjen	2023	Norway	Europe	Norwegian	A family of immigrants celebrating Christmas in their new homeland. It highlights the blending of cultural traditions and the challenges of preserving one's heritage while embracing new customs	Petter Holmsen	Movie	Diaspora, Integration	Christmas as Usual
508	Crashing Eid	Crashing Eid	2023	United Kingdom	Europe	Arabic	The four-episode series follows the story of Razan, an independent young Saudi woman who fled her old life and built a new one in London along with her teenage daughter Lamar — only to find herself in love with a Pakistani Brit, Sameer	Nora Aboushousha and Ali Alattas	Series	Diaspora, Integration	Crashing Eid
509	Die Anhörung	Die Anhörung	2023	Switzerland	Europe	German	An in-depth look into the asylum-seeking process by having four rejected asylum seekers reenact their hearings	Lisa Gerig	Documentary	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Bureaucracy	Die Anhörung
510	Disco Boy	Disco Boy	2023	Various locations	N/A	French	After a painful journey through Europe, Aleksei, a Belarusian, joins the Foreign Legion in France and clings to a confused hope of a European identity. Jomo, a Nigerian, fights for the survival and durability of his people in the Niger Delta and is ready to die to defend his ideas. These two young people who are sacrificed and smashed together will, against all odds, meet and their destinies will merge to continue across borders, bodies, life and death…	Giacomo Abruzzese	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Internal Migration	Disco Boy
511	Drift	Drift	2023	Greece	Europe	Greek	After fleeing civil war in Liberia, a formerly-privileged refugee is barely scraping by in her new life in Greece when she strikes up an unexpected friendship with a rootless tour guide	Anthony Chen	Movie	Forced Displacement, Integration	Drift
512	Dunki	Dunki	2023	India	Asia	Hindi	A comedy-drama film that depicts the struggles and aspirations of four friends from Punjab who want to immigrate to London through illegal means. The film is based on the concept of “donkey flight,” which is a term used to describe the risky and often fatal journeys of undocumented migrants across borders	Shah Rukh Khan	Movie	Border Crossing, Undocumented Migration	Dunki
513	Fremont	Fremont	2023	United States	North America	English	Donya, an Afghan refugee and former U.S. military translator,spends her twenties drifting through a meager existence in Fremont, California. Shuttling between her job writing fortunes for a fortune cookie factory and sessions with her eccentric therapist, Donya suffers from insomnia and survivor’s guilt over those still left behind in Kabul as she desperately searches for love	Babak Jalali	Movie	Forced Displacement, Integration	Fremont
514	Gefangene des Schicksals	Gefangene des Schicksals	2023	Switzerland	Europe	German	The film follows Afghan and Iranian refugees in Switzerland as they strive to rebuild their lives. It portrays their encounters with the asylum system and their personal histories	Mehdi Sahebi	Documentary	Forced Displacement, Integration	Gefangene des Schicksals
515	Goodbye Julia	وداعاً جوليا	2023	Sudan	Africa	Arabic	Mona, a northern Sudanese retired singer, wracked by guilt after covering up a murder, takes in the deceased's southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son	Mohamed Kordofani	Movie	Internal Migration	Goodbye Julia
516	Io Capitano	Io Capitano	2023	Senegal, Niger, Libya, Mediterranean Sea	Africa	Italian	Follows two Senegalese teenagers on a harrowing journey to Europe	Matteo Garrone	Movie	Border Crossing, Undocumented Migration	Io Capitano
517	L'audience	L'audience	2023	Canada	North America	French	This documentary follows Peggy, Simon, and their three children, who fled political repression in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and sought asylum in Canada, capturing their journey through the sylum process and their efforts to rebuild a peaceful life in Montreal amidst the constant threat of deportation	Émilie B. Guérette and Peggy Nkunga Ndona	Documentary	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Bureaucracy	L'audience
518	La Tête Froide	La Tête Froide	2023	France, Italy	Europe	French	The meeting of two solitudes, a French woman who smuggles cigarettes into Italy and a young African who wants to reach England	Stéphane Marchetti	Movie	Smuggling, Undocumented Migration	La Tête Froide
519	Life Is Beautiful	الحياه حلوه	2023	Palestine, Norway	Middle East	Arabic	This documentary follows the director over seven years, detailing his separation from his family in Gaza, his support system and challenges as a stateless person in Norway, and the making of his debut documentary, Ambulance	Mohamed Jabaly	Documentary	Forced Displacement, Integration	Life Is Beautiful
520	Mes Amis Espagnols	Mes Amis Espagnols	2023	Switzerland	Europe	French	The lives of Spanish immigrants in Switzerland, delving into their experiences of integration, cultural identity, and the challenges they face in a foreign land	Adrien Bordone	Documentary	Diaspora, Integration	Mes Amis Espagnols
521	Migration	Migration	2023	Australia	Oceania	English	A young African immigrant struggles to find his sense of place in Blacktown, Western Sydney	Levi Lamour	Movie	Diaspora, Integration	Migration
522	Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway	Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway	2023	Norway	Europe	Norwegian, Hindi	Based on a true story, this legal drama depicts an Indian immigrant mother's battle against the Norwegian foster care system to regain custody of her children	Ashima Chibber	Movie	Integration	Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway
523	Past Lives	Past Lives	2023	South Korea, United States	North America	English	Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends who are separated when Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Years later, they reunite, prompting reflections on their divergent paths shaped by migration and the enduring impact of their shared past	Celine Song	Movie	Diaspora	Past Lives
524	Refugee Girls	Refugee Girls	2023	Italy	Europe	Italian	The life of Robina, Bozhena and Sofia, three refugee university students in Italy	Leonardo Cinieri Lombroso	Documentary	Forced Displacement	Refugee Girls
525	Simón	Simón	2023	Venezuela, United States	South America	Spanish	A young Venezuelan protester who, after being arrested and tortured during demonstrations in his homeland, flees to Miami to seek asylum	Diego Vicentini	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement	Simón
526	The End We Start From	The End We Start From	2023	United Kingdom	Europe	English	A young family forced to flee London due to catastrophic flooding	Mahalia Belo	Movie	Forced Displacement	The End We Start From
527	The Green Border	The Green Border	2023	Poland	Europe	Polish, Arabic	Interweaves the experiences of Syrian refugees, volunteers, and border guards at the frontier between Belarus and Poland	Agnieszka Holland	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration	The Green Border
528	The Old Oak	The Old Oak	2023	United Kingdom	Europe	English	The Old Oak is a drama about a struggling pub owner in a declining British village who forms an unexpected bond with newly arrived Syrian refugees, sparking unity in a divided community	Ken Loach	Movie	Integration, Bureaucracy	The Old Oak
529	The Quiet Migration	Stille Liv	2023	Denmark	Europe	Danish	A coming-of-age story about two adolescents facing racism in their adopted families, while confronting a society where immigration has become a divisive issue	Malene Choi	Movie	Integration	The Quiet Migration
530	The Wall	The Wall	2023	Belarus, Poland	Europe	English	The construction of a wall along the Polish-Belarusian border intended to prevent migrants from entering	Kasia Smutniak	Documentary	Border Crossing	The Wall
531	There are People in the Forest	There are People in the Forest	2023	Belarus, Poland	Europe	English	This animated short film depicts the humanitarian crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border, illustrating the experiences of refugees hiding in the forest	Szymon Ruczyński	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration	There are People in the Forest
532	To Paradise	To Paradise	2023	Poland	Europe	English	This short film tells the story of Mila, a teenager discontented with her life, who encounters a young refugee fighting for survival	Marta Szymanek	Movie	Diaspora, Forced Displacement	To Paradise
533	Transatlantic	Transatlantic	2023	France	Europe	English	An American journalist helps Jewish refugees escape Nazi-occupied Europe	Anna Winger et al.	Series	Forced Displacement, Smuggling	Transatlantic
534	Unwanted	Unwanted	2023	Libya, Mediterranean Sea	Africa	English	A cruise ship full of tourists rescues a group of desperate refugees from a sinking boat in the Mediterranean, but the already dire situation worsens when the new passengers discover that the captain of the Orizzonte has received orders to return them to Libya	Oliver Hirschbiegel	Series	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration	Unwanted
535	We Dare to Dream	We Dare to Dream	2023	Various locations	N/A	English	Refugee athletes from countries like Iran, Syria, South Sudan, and Cameroon train to compete on the world stage	Waad Al-Kateab	Documentary	Forced Displacement, Integration	We Dare to Dream
536	Anywhere, Anytime	Anywhere, Anytime	2024	Italy	Europe	Italian	A young undocumented immigrant, struggling to survive in a large city in Italy. Thanks to a friend who lends him his identity, he starts to work as a rider	Milad Tangshir	Movie	Undocumented Migration	Anywhere, Anytime
537	Cabrini	Cabrini	2024	United States	North America	English	Italian immigrant Francesca Cabrini arrives in 1889 New York City and is greeted by disease, crime, and impoverished children. Cabrini sets off on a daring mission to convince the hostile mayor to secure housing and healthcare for society’s most vulnerable.	Alejandro Monteverde	Movie	Integration	Cabrini
538	Cidade; Campo	Cidade; Campo	2024	Brazil	South America	Portuguese	Two tales of migration between urban and rural settings. The first story follows Joana, who relocates to São Paulo after her hometown is devastated by floods, exploring the challenges she faces in the bustling metropolis. In the second tale: Flavia moves to farm in the country with her wife Mara, following the death of her estranged father	Juliana Rojas	Movie	Internal Migration	Cidade; Campo
539	Elbow	Ellbogen	2024	Germany	Europe	German	Hazal is 17 and lives in Berlin. Her biggest wish: to be given a chance. For her 18th birthday she wants to escape the everyday grind and party with her friends. But an incident changes everything. Hazal is forced to flee.	Aslı Özarslan	Movie	Border Crossing, Integration	Elbow
540	Fight Like a Girl	Fight Like a Girl	2024	Democratic Republic of Congo	Africa	English, Swahili, Lingala	A young Congolese woman forced to work in an illegal mineral mine, escapes her captors and finds a new life for herself as a professional boxer	Matthew Leutwyler	Movie	Integration, Human Trafficking, Undocumented Migration, Discrimination	Fight Like a Girl
541	Greice	Greice	2024	Portugal, Brazil	Europe	Portuguese	Greice, a Brazilian girl studying in Lisbon, gets involved with a mysterious guy and ends up getting accused of a strange incident that occurs at the students’ welcoming party, which forces her to return to her hometown to renew her residence permit	Leonardo Mouramateus	Movie	Lifestyle Migration	Greice
542	Jumping the Fence	El Salto	2024	Morocco, Spain	Africa	Spanish	This documentary examines the perilous attempts of migrants to cross the heavily guarded Spanish border, particularly focusing on those fleeing violence and poverty in Africa. Through first-hand testimonies, it highlights the dangers of the journey, the role of border patrol, and the humanitarian crisis unfolding at Europe’s doorstep	Benito Zambrano	Documentary	Border Crossing, Undocumented Migration	Jumping the Fence
543	Meet the Barbarians	Meet the Barbarians	2024	France	Europe	French, Arabic	A French-Algerian woman confronts her dual identity and the prejudices of society, delving into the complexities of cultural integration and acceptance	Julie Delpy	Movie	Diaspora, Integration, Discrimination	Meet the Barbarians
544	Meri meidän välissä	Meri meidän välissä	2024	Mediterranean Sea	N/A	Finnish, English, French	This documentary gives voice to four migrants who survived the perilous journey across the Mediterranean Sea, sharing their personal stories and challenges faced during their passage to Europe	Jenna Vehviläinen	Documentary	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration	Meri meidän välissä
545	Nasrin’s Voice	Nasrin’s Voice	2024	Finland	Europe	Finnish, Kurdish, Turkish	This documentary follows Nasrin, a Kurdish woman in Finland, as she navigates the challenges of integrating into a new society while preserving her cultural identity	Kaisa Rastimo	Documentary	Diaspora, Integration, Discrimination	Nasrin’s Voice
546	North of Lampedusa	A Nord di Lampedusa	2024	Italy, Mediterranean Sea	Europe	Italian	The perilous journeys of African migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe, focusing on the humanitarian crisis and the socio-political factors driving migration	Alessandro Rocca and Davide De Michelis	Documentary	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration	North of Lampedusa
547	On the Border	On the Border	2024	Niger	Africa	Tamashek, Hausa, Fulah, French, German	The documentary explores how EU interventions to curb migration and terrorism have disrupted daily life and the economy in Agadez, Niger, through the experiences of three local residents.	Gerald Igor Hauzenberger, Gabriela Schild	Documentary	Border Crossing	On the Border
548	Retrato de um Certo Oriente	Retrato de um Certo Oriente	2024	Lebanon, Brazil	South America	Portuguese	Set in 1949, this drama follows Catholic siblings Emilie and Emir fleeing war-torn Lebanon to Brazil	Marcelo Gomes	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement	Retrato de um Certo Oriente
549	Save Our Souls	Save Our Souls	2024	Mediterranean Sea	Europe	French	Bobbing around on Mediterranean waters aboard the Ocean Viking, aid workers from the French relief service SOS Méditerranée gaze at the horizon. Is that a rubber dinghy in the distance, or is it garbage?	Jean-Baptiste Bonnet	Documentary	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration	Save Our Souls
550	Silent Trees	Silent Trees	2024	Belarus, Poland	Europe	English	This documentary follows 16-year-old Kurdish refugee Runa, who, after her mother's tragic death on the Polish-Belarusian border, must care for her younger brothers	Agnieszka Zwiefka	Documentary	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Undocumented Migration, Discrimination	Silent Trees
551	Souleymane's Story	Souleymane's Story	2024	France	Europe	French	The movie follows Souleymane, a Guinean immigrant working as a food delivery cyclist in Paris, as he prepares for his asylum application interview	Boris Lojkine	Movie	Undocumented Migration, Bureaucracy, Discrimination	Souleymane's Story
552	The 47	El 47	2024	Spain	Europe	Spanish	Based on a true story, in late 1970s Barcelona, Manolo Vital, a bus driver, takes bold action to protest the neglect of Torre Baró, an immigrant neighborhood	Marcel Barrena	Movie	Integration, Bureaucracy, Discrimination	The 47
553	The Forest	The Forest	2024	Poland	Europe	English	The lives of a family living near the Białowieża Forest on the Polish-Belarusian border, who, while seeking a peaceful existence close to nature, become involved in aiding refugees crossing the border	Lidia Duda	Documentary	Border Crossing, Smuggling, Undocumented Migration	The Forest
554	The Goat Life	The Goat Life	2024	India	Asia	English	An Indian man goes to Saudi Arabia to earn money to send back home, but he finds himself living a slave-like existence herding goats in the middle of the desert	Blessy	Movie	Diaspora, Human Trafficking, Discrimination	The Goat Life
555	The Miraculous Transformation of the Working Class Into Foreigners	Die wundersame Verwandlung der Arbeiterklasse in Ausländer	2024	Switzerland	Europe	German	This documentary examines the experiences of guest workers invited to Switzerland during the post-war period to support the booming economy	Samir	Documentary	Labour Migration	The Miraculous Transformation of the Working Class Into Foreigners
556	The Queen of My Dreams	The Queen of My Dreams	2024	Canada, India	Asia	English	Azra, a young woman studying acting in Toronto, returns to Karachi after her father's death. The film shows her tensions with her conservative mother, spanning timelines from 1969 Karachi to present-day Canada, exploring themes of queer identity and intergenerational trauma	Fawzia Mirza	Movie	Diaspora, Return Migration	The Queen of My Dreams
557	To a Land Unknown	To a Land Unknown	2024	Lebanon, Greece	Europe	Arabic	Two Palestinian cousins, Chatila and Reda, who flee a refugee camp in Lebanon and find themselves stranded in Athens. Desperately seeking a way to reach Germany, they become entangled in a perilous smuggling plot	Mahdi Fleifel	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Smuggling, Undocumented Migration, Discrimination	To a Land Unknown
558	Until He's Back	Until He's Back	2024	Spain, Morocco, Mediterranean Sea	Africa	English	Ahmed Tchiche learns that his son, Yahya, died at sea while attempting to reach Spain. The film delves into the perilous journeys migrants undertake and the complexities involved in repatriating the bodies of those who perish during migration	Jacqueline Baylon	Documentary	Border Crossing, Undocumented Migration, Discrimination	Until He's Back
559	Whispers	Whispers	2024	Finland	Europe	Finnish, Kurdish	An experimental video work exploring themes of identity and displacement through the personal narratives of Kurdish immigrants in Finland	Zagros Manuchar	Documentary	Diaspora, Forced Displacement, Discrimination	Whispers
560	Campus Monde	Campus Monde	2025	Ivory Coast	Africa	French	This documentary represents the challenges faced by Ivorians in Abidjan as they face the complex and often discouraging visa application process to migrate to the global north	N'tifafa YE Glikou	Documentary	Border Crossing, Discrimination	Campus Monde
561	Crossing Istanbul	Crossing Istanbul	2025	Turkey	Middle East	Turkish	Lia, a retired teacher from Georgia, has vowed to find her long-lost niece, Tekla. Her search takes her to Istanbul where she meets the lawyer Evrim	Levan Akin	Movie	Border Crossing, Return Migration	Crossing Istanbul
562	For Christianny Fernandes	Pour Christianny Fernandes	2025	Belgium	Europe	Portuguese	In Brussels, Maria remembers her friend Cristianny: like her, she was Brazilian and an undocumented domestic worker	Pauline Fonsny, Anaïs Carton, Maria José Freire	Documentary	Undocumented Migration, Discrimination	For Christianny Fernandes
563	Great Migrations: A People on the Move	Great Migrations: A People on the Move	2025	Various locations	N/A	English	This four-part docuseries explores the transformative impact of Black migration on American culture and society, from the forced journeys of enslaved Africans to the voluntary migrations of the 20th and 21st centuries	Henry Louis Gates, Jr.	Documentary	Diaspora, Integration, Discrimination	Great Migrations: A People on the Move
564	Khartoum	الخرطوم	2025	Sudan	Africa	Arabic	Five citizens of Khartoum, Sudan, share their stories of civil unrest and the military coup that eventually compelled them to escape to neighboring countries	Ibrahim Snoopy, Ahmad Timeea Mohamed, Ahmed Rawia Alhag	Movie	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement	Khartoum
565	Letters from Wolf Street	Ulica Wilcza	2025	Poland	Europe	Polish	Arjun Talwar, an Indian immigrant in Poland, begins filming his neighbors to ease his own sense of isolation: through their stories, he searches for belonging	Arjun Talwar	Documentary	Integration, Discrimination	Letters from Wolf Street
566	One Battle After Another	One Battle After Another	2025	United States	North America	English	An underground resistance of a revolutionary group frees detained migrants and attempts to shield migrants from police raids, questioning state power and solidarity practices	Paul Thomas Anderson	Movie	Border Crossing, Smuggling, Undocumented Migration	One Battle After Another
567	Our Cayuco	Sunu Gaal	2025	Senegal	Africa	French	At a school in Senegal, a teacher asks his pupils whether they would indeed leave for Europe if they could: the topic of migration observed from the perspective of those who remain in the country, with pride and confidence	Josep T. Parìs	Documentary	Border Crossing, Return Migration, Undocumented Migration, Discrimination	Our Cayuco
568	Tomorrow. The journey of Maysoon Majidi	Domani. Il viaggi di Maysoon Majidi	2025	Italy	Europe	Italian	Maysoon Majidi, a Kurdish filmmaker and activist born in Tehran, was forced to flee from Iran because of her political commitment: when she landed in Italy she was arrested on charges of aiding and abetting illegal immigration	Vincenzo Caricari	Documentary	Border Crossing, Forced Displacement, Smuggling, Human Trafficking, Undocumented Migration, Discrimination	Tomorrow. The journey of Maysoon Majidi
569	Where the Wind Comes From	Tunis Djerba	2025	Tunisia	Africa	Arabic	Two young friends who go on a road trip to the south of Tunisia, planning on entering an art contest that will hopefully help them migrate to Europe	Amel Guellaty	Movie	Border Crossing, Discrimination	Where the Wind Comes From
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