Immigrant Movies

Yuta is an undocumented Filipino immigrant eking out an existence on the fringes of Japanese society. When his mother dies, he seeks to settle...

Claudia finds the diary her mother wrote at 17 after migrating from Peru to Chile. Reading it, she embarks on a journey into the past, reconstructing...

Documentary that shows the changing attitude towards immigrant labor in The Netherlands. The documentary follows three immigrants that arrived in...

A Mexican housekeeper is forced to confront her past when a cartel boss appears on her doorstep.

Generation One is a short documentary that explores the perspectives of the American-born children of Arab Muslim immigrants as they navigate their...

In a reimagining of a first-generation immigrant's experience, this short film follows the director's mother moving from Nigeria to Peckham.

This new documentary tells the incredible life story of an internationally renowned artist who goes to the frontline to tell the real story of the...

A young Israeli arrives in New York City but the person with whom he was meant to stay goes AWOL. The Israeli befriends a young, American singer and...

30 years after their emigration, Danni interviews his family and tries to learn their story to reconcile with the past.

This Ukrainian-Jewish teenager immigrated to San Francisco as a young child. Now on the brink of adulthood, she interviews her grandparents about...

From humble beginnings in a small slate roofed village in Greece to the heyday of America's movie palaces, the Latchis Family built an empire of...

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

A desperate journey in the heart of Thessaloniki. Seven Iranians, each one for his personal reasons, leave their homeland and embark on a life...

Wheels of Fate is a short documentary film about identity, belonging and acceptance. It reflects on Ryan Espadilla's experience immigrating to New...

Gary's Story is part of a collective filmmaking project that looks at relationships between teenagers and their grandparents in families that have...

My Baba Bozorg was a professor of literature in Tehran, Iran. He moved to Canada in 2002 to live with his son, my father. He spends his days, at...

Olivia (12), just moved with her family from New York and arrives for her first day of school. She struggles to find her place within the hierarchy...

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

A colourful look into the life of Canary Islands Immigrant Montse, her journey in Australia, and the story of connecting with your culture as a...