Topic: Immigration

Direction Clint Eastwood

Cast Clint Eastwood · Christopher Carley · Bee Vang · Ahney Her

Synopsis Gran Torino (2008) follows Walt Kowalski, a gruff, retired Korean War veteran living in a changing neighborhood. Walt, recently widowed, finds himself isolated and bitter, clashing with his Hmong immigrant neighbors. When a young boy, Thao, attempts to steal Walt's...

Direction Jonas Mekas

Cast Peter Beard · Ed Emshwiller · Ken Jacobs · Jonas Mekas

Direction Elia Kazan

Cast Stathis Giallelis · Frank Wolff · Harry Davis · Elena Karam

Synopsis Based on the early life of Kazan's Greek-immigrant uncle, the film tells the story of the struggles of Stavros Topouzoglou in emigrating to America. First of all, he goes to Constantinople and tries to earn the money he needs for...

Direction Zerocalcare

Cast Valerio Mastandrea · Zerocalcare

Direction Juan José Campanella · Sebastián Pivotto · Bruno Stagnaro · Paula Hernández

Cast Héctor Alterio · Ernesto Alterio · Eduardo Blanco · Silvia Abascal

Synopsis Vientos de agua (Winds of Water) is a 2006 cult Argentine- Spanish mini TV series created by Juan José Campanella. The drama traces a Spaniard's emigration to Argentina in the 1930s, and, years later, his son's return to modern-day Spain.

Direction Arantza Diez · David Fontseca

Direction Mitchell Leisen

Cast Charles Boyer · Olivia de Havilland · Paulette Goddard · Victor Francen

Synopsis Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner Anita, who's done likewise. But after sweeping teacher Emmy Brown...

Direction Fatih Akin

Cast Birol Ünel · Sibel Kekilli · Catrin Striebeck · Güven Kiraç

Synopsis Head-On (2004) follows Cahit, a self-destructive Turkish-German man, and Sibel, a young woman desperate to escape her conservative family. They enter a sham marriage for mutual benefit—Cahit for money, Sibel for freedom. What begins as a transactional relationship evolves into...

Direction Charles Chaplin

Cast Charles Chaplin · Edna Purviance · Eric Campbell · Albert Austin

Synopsis Charlie is an immigrant who endures a challenging voyage and gets into trouble as soon as he arrives in America.

Direction Jean Rouch

Cast Amadou Demba · Karidyo Faoudou · Oumarou Ganda · Seydou Guede

Synopsis Treichville is a poor suburb of Abidjah, the capital of Ivory Coast and the destination of the two protagonists in this docudrama by Jean Rouch. The two men in question are originally from Niger, and they call themselves Eddie Constantine...

Direction Arturo González Villaseñor

Cast Karla María Aguilar Romero · Bernarda Romero Vásquez · Daniela Romero Huerta · Guadalupe González Herrera

Direction Bille August

Cast Max von Sydow · Pelle Hvenegaard · Astrid Villaume · Lars Simonsen

Synopsis At the end of the 19th century, a boat filled with emigrants from Sweden arrives at the Danish island of Bornholm. Among them are Lasse Karlsson and his son Pelle who have moved to Denmark to find work after the...

Direction Jonas Poher Rasmussen

Cast Daniel Karimyar · Fardin Mijdzadeh · Milad Eskandari · Belal Faiz

Synopsis An Afghan refugee agrees to tell a remarkable personal narrative of persecution and escape on the condition that his identity not be revealed. As a means of fulfilling that wish, his filmmaker friend uses striking animation to not only protect...

Direction Gianni Amelio

Cast Enrico Lo Verso · Michele Placido · Piro Milkani · Elida Janushi

Synopsis An opportunistic Italian swindler heads to Albania and finds himself involved with the life of an impoverished local in this somber political drama. Gino (Enrico Lo Verso) and his partner in crime Fiore (Michele Placido) come to Albania with a...

Direction Jan Troell

Cast Max von Sydow · Liv Ullmann · Eddie Axberg · Svenolof Bern

Synopsis A profoundly touching celebration of the American experience, this landmark epic film was made in Sweden and recounts the dramatic and resourceful Swedish emigration to America in the 19th century. Tired of poverty, tyranny, social injustice, and religious persecution in...

Direction Radu Mihaileanu

Cast Yaël Abecassis · Roschdy Zem · Moshe Agazai · Mosche Abebe

Synopsis 1984. Hundreds of thousands of Africans from twenty-six countries hit by famine amass in refugee camps in Sudan. Israel and the United States undertake a huge rescue operation (Operation Moses) to transport thousands of Ethiopian Jews (Falashas) to Israel. A...

Direction Boris Lojkine

Cast Abou Sangare · Nina Meurisse · Younoussa Diallo · Amadou Bah

Synopsis As he pedals through the streets of Paris to deliver meals, Souleymane repeats his story. In two days, he has to go through his asylum application interview, the key to obtaining papers. But Souleymane is not ready.

Direction Julie Bertucelli

Synopsis They've just arrived in France. They are Irish, Serbian, Brazilian, Tunisian, Chinese, and Senegalese. During a year, Julie Bertuccelli filmed the exchanges, conflicts, and joys of this group of students aged between 11 and 15 years old who all attend...

Direction Ignacio Reig

Synopsis Amerikanuak is a documentary about Basque immigrants who went to USA looking for work as shepherds and looking for a better future. It takes place in Elko, Nevada. In this little western town we will see how their everyday life...

Direction Ruth Beckermann

Cast Ilkay Idiskut · Majeda Alshammaa · Nerjiss Aldebi · Davut Kaplan

Synopsis More than 60 percent of all children in Viennese primary schools do not speak German as their first language. At the same time, there is an acute shortage of teachers and supervisors. Such adverse conditions are the starting point of...