Immigrant Movies

A closely observed portrait of a single man in his 40's who lives in St. Kilda. Although he has none of the trappings of conventional existence,...

In the early 1990s, a European immigrant with a young family struggles to chase the American Dream, while avoiding the life he left behind.

Immigrant construction worker Mihai lives his life divided between the memories of his family that he left at home and his monotonous daily existence...

A moving portrait of traditional Finnish American culture in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, highlighting that fragile community of memory...

Darío Aguirre moved from Ecuador to Germany to be with Stephanie, but from the very first day there was a third party in their...

A documentary from within the Swedish Migration Board's locked repository where people are in custody awaiting forced deportation. Prisoner and guard...

The meaty saga of Burger Baron, a rogue fast-food chain with mysterious origins and a cult following, run by a loose network of fiercely independent...

This feature documentary takes us to the heart of the Jane-Finch "Corridor" in the early 1980s. Covering six square blocks in Toronto's North York,...

After living as an immigrant in the USA for 15 years, Azat flies to Kyrgyzstan to his family village. His father, Murat, died in the USA a year ago....

Follows the life of a Turkish woman living and working in Germany.

A 45 your old African living in Australia from Burundi does not have an easy life. He does not speak English well, he has issues even doing his...

Melbourne filmmaker Brian McKenzie spent 5 years working on this engrossing study of a not-so-typical Brunswick household. It's a laconic,...

Work. Eat. Sleep. And back to work. For a long time skippers in the North East of Scotland could not find locals to work on their fishing vessels....

At the beginning of the 20th century, a German household attempts to stay isolated from their new surroundings, in the south of Brazil. Their fear,...

An absurd game of “finding happiness” is being played by local Latvian coyotes* and illegal immigrants on the Russian and the European...

Tensions, along with demons from the past, rise as a young farmer, the mashgiach (kosher supervisor) and the local Rabbi try to decide what to do...

Tales from Arab Detroit is a video documentary offering a fascinating glimpse into the lives and struggles of the Arab American community in the...

Phillip and Dieter nearly suffocate hiding their sexual identity in the face of puritanical small town values. Joined by a mysterious German...

A knife in the pocket, adrenaline in the blood and only one dream in mind: to be a gangster - and the biggest one at that. Yehya was 15 years old and...

Celia Adler, doyenne of the Yiddish stage, gives a haunting performance as a new immigrant forced to give up her son. Obsessed with the thought of...