Refugee Movies

After arriving in 1940 New York, Freddy struggles to find work. His world of refugee acquaintances includes the depressed daughter of a...

A courageous pastor uses his underground network to rescue and aid North Korean families as they risk their lives to embrace freedom.

Four young Jews survive the Third Reich in the middle of Berlin by living so recklessly that they become "invisible."

After being released from prison, Billy Skinner returns to his low-income neighbourhood feeling like a fish out of water; the area has changed...

Sahra, an Afghan refugee in Canada arrives at Iranian ex-Dentist, Hamed's doorstep for help extracting her late father's gold teeth before they bury...

Rival reporters Sam Craig and Tess Harding fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess'...

The four Afghan refugees who have applied for asylum in Austria strike up the song, “The caravan moves on” again and again. Encouraged by...

In the aftermath of war, an extraordinary professor brings hope to children haunted by trauma-induced nightmares.

Ivan is the fierce patriarch of a family of Croatian refugees living in Auckland during the Yugoslav wars. Nina is his daughter, ready to live on her...

Part road-movie and part intimate portrait of lives in transit, IT WILL BE CHAOS unfolds between Italy and the Balkan corridor, intercutting two...

OBAIDA, a short film by Matthew Cassel, explores a Palestinian child’s experience of Israeli military arrest. Each year, some 700 Palestinian...

More than 65 million people around the world have been forced from their homes to escape famine, climate change and war, the greatest displacement...

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

Documentary about a "transportation commando" in Germany with the goal to deport 200 people to Albania...

By a little bay near Marseille lies a picturesque villa owned by an old man. His three children have gathered by his side for his last days....

A stark portrait of a town in decline. Brilliant juxstaposition between the scoff faced English day trippers searching for cheap booze, and the cold,...

A surreal post-apocalyptic drama by Patrick Kennelly inspired by the clipping. album “Splendor & Misery”

A group of refugees fleeing Chinese Communist rule via train are beset by a gang of terrifying outlaws.

A migrant boat has been stranded in the Mediterranean Sea for 30 hours. As authorities ignore calls for help, the Sea-Watch Crew, an NGO, launches an...