Immigration Movies

A short animation using the individual entries from within The Archive of the Irish in Britain as a new entry on each frame of the character's...

This film focuses on the basics of adapting to life in England.

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

Lina is a twelve-year-old Syrian girl who has just arrived at the home of Sonia, an activist who has been in refugee camps in Greece. Lina suffers a...

New parents Jerry and Andrea have endured their fair share of discrimination growing up. They hope their new son can grow up identifying as something...

Yadira, a creative young Cuban girl, struggles packing on her final day home. Embarking on an immigration journey alone, her suitcase feels too small...

Klaira presents a surprising vision of assimilation and a loving depiction of San Francisco. She and her grandparents explore how the experience of...

A short film documenting the immigrant experience. Open-borders? Policing? Naturalizing? Etc.

Two Moroccan brothers arrive in 1960s Belgium, chasing dreams buried deep in the mines of the promised land.

An intimate close-up on Aleya, a trans woman who has recently moved from Cairo to germany right after her transition. This portrait marks her first...

Matsu, known as Jack, arrives by train at Spencer Street Station, heart pounding, uncertain, yet hopeful.

The San Francisco Foundation presents 2013 Community Leadership Awardee, Educators for Fair Consideration (E4FC), with The San Francisco Foundation...

A generational trauma through the lens of an Asian American teenager through food and poetry.

follows the stories of individuals held in the U.S. Immigration detention system and those who visit them. The film traces the lives of several...

90's era home videos of a Mexican father starting a new life in the United States

In 2024, during an artistic residency at Periférne Centrá (Dúbravica, Slovakia), Cristian Estrella filmed the folkumentary...

In 1979, after the Soviet Union attacked Afghanistan, millions of Afghans were forced to leave their homeland to save their lives, and in the...

An undocumented immigrant explores his and his family's immigration trauma while grasping hope through a voicemail.