Refugees Movies

In every act of compassion, a foreign place becomes home.

A film about a generation of four friends who grew up together in Sarajevo. They are the friends of filmmaker Lidija Zelovic-Goekjian, now living...

When a group of Eritrean refugees arrive in the small town of Härnösand there is a growing sentiment against them from the locals. 17-year...

Successful model Samira Hashi makes an emotional return to Somalia, one of the most dangerous places in the world and the place she was born.

After crossing 11 countries irregularly to seek asylum in Canada, Peggy, Simon and their three children are waiting for the hearing that will...

In a version of Kolkata, India rendered unliveable by sea level rise, things take a dark turn when a family of climate change refugees are ambushed...

Those who do not know the Sahara think there is only sand in the desert. But in the desert there are children who play and draw and make movies, and...

Two young university students wish to escape the oppressive Soviet Union. But their plans are monitored by the KGB, who try to intimidate them. One...

Eighteen-year-old Shahnura is about to graduate from high school. Her mother spends hours at the dining table while Shahnura is at school, wondering...

Storm Child is a nightmarish incursion in the tormented mind of a four year old child. Yasmine and her family are Algerian refugees who just arrived...

Can you learn French in six months? We followed people from all over the world, including Ukraine, China, and Iran, who attempted to do just that in...

Bobbing around on Mediterranean waters aboard the Ocean Viking, aid workers from the French relief service SOS Méditerranée gaze at the...

An Afghan peasant family gets caught up in the turmoils during the Russian occupation. The shepherd find a wounded mujahideen and carries him home....

A portrait of a refugee’s fight for survival and belonging in the world.

In 2032 an eight-year old boy, displaced by global warming, fends for himself as an environmental refugee in a hostile northern metropolis. Haunted...

'Migrating Fears' is a docu-drama on the sentiments around migration, both from the side of the refugees and asylum-seekers as well as from the...

On Our Doorstep delves deep into an aspect of the refugee crisis that rarely reached the press. With NGOs being blocked by red tape and the absence...

After a 10 days clandestine journey, a young Iranian couple finds asylum in Belgium. Then comes the hope of starting a new life, facing social...

After 30 years of conspiracy theories and myth making, this film uncovers the story of the CIA's most extensive clandestine operation in the history...