Refugee Movies

  • 2016
    Because I am

    Because I am

    Because I am

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    Based on a poem by a Zimbabwean LGBT activist written in response to the gay hate speech that is being perpetuated president Robert Mugabe. The film...

    Because I am
  • 2017
    Tarajal: Desmontando la impunidad en la frontera sur

    Tarajal: Desmontando la impunidad en la frontera sur

    Tarajal: Desmontando la impunidad en la frontera sur

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    The events that took place at the beach of El Tarajal in Ceuta (Spain) in February 2014 - the killing by the border police of 15 people who were...

    Tarajal: Desmontando la impunidad en la frontera sur
  • 2016
    Gestrandet

    Gestrandet

    Gestrandet

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    Gestrandet
  • 2015
    The Wind

    The Wind

    The Wind

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    The tragedy of the Syrian people: War, conflict, loss, migration, exile, asylum, detention, drowning… A deserted place. Abandoned people....

    The Wind
  • 2015
    As You Dreamt It

    As You Dreamt It

    As You Dreamt It

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    A leading Australian photographer interprets and photographs the recurring dreams of four refugees living on a housing estate in western Sydney with...

    As You Dreamt It
  • 2016
    Refugee Blues

    Refugee Blues

    Refugee Blues

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    Set to the verses of W.H. Auden’s 1939 poem, the film charts an intimate day in ‘the jungle’ of the refugee camp outside Calais,...

    Refugee Blues
  • 2015
    Das Golddorf

    Das Golddorf

    Das Golddorf

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    Das Golddorf
  • 2015
    Kwassa Kwassa

    Kwassa Kwassa

    Kwassa Kwassa

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    The construction of a boat on the island of Anjouan, used to transport migrants over 70km to the island of Mayotte – the outermost region of...

    Kwassa Kwassa
  • 2015
    The Breidjing Camp

    The Breidjing Camp

    The Breidjing Camp

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    Claire Denis goes to Eastern Chad to the Breidjing camp, the home of 40,000 refugees from Darfur. With great humility, she tells the stories of these...

    The Breidjing Camp
  • 2015
    Refugee: The Eritrean Exodus

    Refugee: The Eritrean Exodus

    Refugee: The Eritrean Exodus

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    Follow Chris Cotter, an American traveler, as he explores a common migration path through Ethiopia and into Israel, tracking the plight of Eritrean...

    Refugee: The Eritrean Exodus
  • 2015
    Happy Welcome

    Happy Welcome

    Happy Welcome

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    Four clowns tour Germany to perform for Syrian refugees.

    Happy Welcome
  • 2015
    District Zero

    District Zero

    District Zero

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    In Zaatari, Jordan – one of the world’s biggest refugee camps – Maamun owns a little shop: a small white container aligned in a...

    District Zero
  • 2015
    Friedland

    Friedland

    Friedland

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    Friedland
  • 2015
    In Place

    In Place

    In Place

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    A young cleaning girl's day turns upside down when she finds the gripping journal of a refugee.

    In Place
  • 2015
    Dance Iranian Style

    Dance Iranian Style

    Dance Iranian Style

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    A documentary film crew follows a young Iranian girl, Roya, after her request for asylum was denied and is forced to enter an illegal life on streets...

    Dance Iranian Style
  • 2015
    Flotel Europa

    Flotel Europa

    Flotel Europa

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    When this film’s director was still a boy, he stood in front of “Flotel Europa“ and was hugely excited about the prospect of this...

    Flotel Europa
  • 2009
    Moving to Mars

    Moving to Mars

    Moving to Mars

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    Moving to Mars charts the epic journey made by two Burmese families from a vast refugee camp on the Thai/Burma border to their new homes in the UK....

    Moving to Mars
  • 2014
    Girt by Sea

    Girt by Sea

    Girt by Sea

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    Girt By Sea is a cinematic love letter to the coastline of Australia - a poetic celebration of our connection to the sea as documented through...

    Girt by Sea
  • 2013
    Vi Ses Snart

    Vi Ses Snart

    Vi Ses Snart

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    When Ader Ismail fled from Somalia to Sweden, she thought it would not take long for her five children to join her. But the years go by and the...

    Vi Ses Snart
  • 2012
    OLO, the Boy from Tibet

    OLO, the Boy from Tibet

    OLO, the Boy from Tibet

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    A 6-year-old Tibetan boy leaves his family and flees to a refugee camp in northern India.

    OLO, the Boy from Tibet