Refugee Movies
- 2025

The Skinny
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A short archival documentary exploring how people come to the UK in search of a better life, only to find that the reality often falls short of their...
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- 2018

Survive or Die
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After a civil war erupts, killing her entire family, 16-year-old Shade escapes to Australia on a refugee boat helmed by the captain of a people smuggl...
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- 2017

Cloud Making Machine
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Firas, Jallow and Batoul just arrived in Berlin. They meet one another in a theatre group. They are searching for the good life in Germany - yet thing...
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- 2019

A Queer Refugee’s Suitcase
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The story of a young gay man who faced persecution due to his sexuality and made a frightening journey to the UK with just a suitcase.
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- 2007

Draussen bleiben
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- 2015

Open Cage
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Anna, a young photojournalist from Berlin, travels to Serbia to make a photo documentary about refugees. Upon her arrival to Belgrade, Serbia's capita...
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- 2015

The Crossing
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A first-hand account of the perilous journey made by a group of Syrian refugees. Traversing land and sea on an old fishing boat manned by smugglers, t...
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- 2015

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 b...
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- 2015

Patria
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A movie about sinners and their quest for salvation. But God is hard to find.
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- 2016

The Longest Run
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Jasim and Alsaleh are underage refugees in a Greek prison. Coming from Syria and Iraq, they were arrested and accused of smuggling illegal immigrants....
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- 2025

The Journal
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An American veteran of the Vietnam War returns a precious keepsake to the daughter of an enemy solider, 50 years later. The film stars Elyse Dinh, a r...
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- 2016

The Silence
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Fatma and her mother are Kurdish refugees living in Italy. One day at the hospital, Fatma learns her mother has breast cancer.
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- 2015

In Place
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A young cleaning girl's day turns upside down when she finds the gripping journal of a refugee.
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- 2026

Mama
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Sasha, a refugee from Ukraine, flees to New York City to pursue his dream of becoming an actor, setting up camp under a bridge. As he grapples with th...
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- 2020

Rosemary's Way
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An effervescent facilitator and mother figure, Multicultural Liaison Officer Rosemary is undoubtedly a force of nature. Isolation in Auburn’s migrant...
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- 2017

Warehoused
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An estimated 12 million people live in refugee camps worldwide and only 0.1% are resettled, repatriated, or integrated into normal society each year....
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- 2026

The Good American
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Ben, an Iranian refugee and rideshare driver in Los Angeles, becomes entangled in a criminal underground when a passenger asks him to help save her tw...
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- 2018

Mr. Gay Syria
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In focusing his attention on the competitors of Mr Gay Syria, director Ayse Toprak shatters the one-dimensional meaning of “refugee”. Using the pagean...
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- 2016

The Ambassador's Wife
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The beautiful and spoilt Yerusalem had a wonderful life in Paris as the wife of the Eritrean Ambassador. Due to political changes, her husband is arre...
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- 2013

Chaja & Mimi
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Chaja Florentin and Mimi Frons have been best friends for 83 years. Born and raised in Berlin, they had to escape from the Nazis to Palestine with the...
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