Immigrant Movies

A self-narrated portrait of a Polish immigrant in Winnipeg whose unglamorous job keeping streetcar switches working reveals dignity, resilience, and...

Matoom, a young Thai boy comes to the gradual understanding on the ephemerality of his family life through his re-collected memories - inspired by...

A young immigrant single-dad is tasked with teaching his daughter English, which he does through American sitcoms.

In buildings where foreign workers lived in Germany, there were strict rules of conduct, defined by the house rules and supervised by the building...

Rabah is forced to take over custody of his son Cédrick. The boy has been mute since losing his mother. Despite the financial strain caused by...

Amidst moving homes, a superstitious Indian American girl struggles to bury her pet bird in fear of it haunting her.

Carmen lives in the world of dreams. Her biggest dream dreams is to find her lost son. An unavoidable fate and cruel people present themselves as...

Romesh Ranganathan, a successful comedian in England, moves his entire family to Los Angeles to pursue his lifelong dream of making it as a stand-up...

The diaspora of Filipinos around the globe is driven mostly by the economics of supply and demand. The yearning for something better, stability, and...

Set in Silicon Valley, the film tells the story of Abhi, a young immigrant techie who hopes to get from point A to point B, the old fashioned way -...

In the barren stretch of the motorway, Jimmy’s family diner is on the verge of extinction—until a botched drug deal drops a bag of cash...

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

A middle-aged immigrant takes a swimming lesson on the last day of the year, aiming to join the crowd at the Dutch New Year's Plunge the following...

This is the story of Wojtek - a magnificent 500lb military bear who fought in World War Two alongside a band of Polish soldiers, shared their beer...

In 1919, a group of Japanese immigrants arrives in Hawaii. Among them Yoshio Inoue and his wife Kishimo and Sumi, a young woman ready to get married...

The documentary tells the story of the immigrants who came to Canada with dreams of a better life. Featuring incredible archival footage, photographs...

A young Caribbean immigrant mother struggling to make ends meet at her dye factory job finds a release through her abandoned dream of dance.

Tells the story of an African immigrant surviving on the fringes of New York City where music is his passion, life is a hustle and falling in love is...

Inspired by Robert Nelson’s Oh Dem Watermelons, this experimental video collage explores the intersections of food, race, migration, popular...