Migration and Immigration Drama

  • Luz

    Luz

    Drama, Independent

    2021

    30min

    16

    Working as a maid in Germany, Luz finds herself caught up in a system of dependency, fear, and violence.


  • Spa Night

    Spa Night

    Drama, Queer

    2016

    1h.33min

    12 FSK

    Secret glances, quiet longing: in a Korean spa, David navigates between a sense of duty and identity as he discovers a new desire.


  • Mother and Son

    Mother and Son

    Drama

    2022

    1h.57min

    16

    In the late 1980s, Rose moves from the Ivory Coast to the Paris suburbs with her two young sons, Ernest and Jean.


  • The End of Love

    The End of Love

    Drama, Romance

    2020

    1h.30min

    12

    Love at a distance: can a relationship last if everyday life is only shared via screens?


  • After the Fire

    After the Fire

    Drama

    2023

    1h.38min

    12

    Following the death of her younger brother during a police intervention, Malika embarks on a legal battle to ensure a trial takes place.


  • Here and Now

    Here and Now

    Crime, Drama

    2018

    1h.27min

    16+

    Andrei, a Russian speaking immigrant living in Ashdod, is balancing work, bills, taking care of his kid sister Chris, and rehearsing for a concert.


  • A Fine Day

    A Fine Day

    Drama

    2001

    1h.14min

    0 FSK

    Deniz, 21 works as a dubbing artist and has just ended her relationship with Jan. In one short day, she goes through a separation and a new beginning.


  • Dealer

    Dealer

    Crime, Drama

    1999

    1h.12min

    16+

    Life is governed by strict laws. If you don't want to fall out of favor with your backers as a dealer, you can't be seen with plainclothes cops.


  • Siblings - Kardeşler

    Siblings - Kardeşler

    Drama

    1997

    1h.22min

    16 FSK

    The first part of Thomas Arslan's "Berlin Trilogy", which shows young people with a Turkish migration history from their own perspective.


  • Naomi's Journey

    Naomi's Journey

    Crime, Drama

    2017

    1h.32min

    12 FSK

    Based on a true story: The film examines the German justice system and its structural bias.


  • Complicity

    Complicity

    Crime, Drama

    2018

    1h.56min

    16+

    An illegal immigrant from China is desperate for work in Japan. He pretends to be someone else to get a job at a traditional soba restaurant.


  • What You Don't Know About Me

    What You Don't Know About Me

    Drama

    2019

    1h.56min

    16+

    How well can you know your partner? Patricia and Ikendu have a happy relationship until Ikendu's surprise arrest shatters it.


  • Unveiled

    Unveiled

    Drama, Queer

    2005

    1h.36min

    12 FSK

    Survival is not enough. Fariba Tabrizi has made it. Under peril of death she has fled from Iran.


  • I Am Truly a Drop of Sun on Earth

    I Am Truly a Drop of Sun on Earth

    Drama

    2017

    1h.0min

    16+

    After a night in jail, April returns to the basement of the luxury hotel where she, along with other women, works as a sex worker.


  • Amin

    Amin

    Drama

    2018

    1h.28min

    16

    After spending years working abroad to support his wife and kids, Senegalese Amin falls in love with another woman.


  • The Yard

    The Yard

    Drama

    2016

    1h.18min

    0

    A scandal forces literary critic Anders to change careers.


  • What Will People Say

    What Will People Say

    Drama

    2017

    1h.42min

    12 FSK

    Norwegian-Pakistani teen Nisha is torn between two worlds until the worlds colide.


  • Fraulein

    Fraulein

    Drama

    2006

    1h.17min

    6 FSK

    An intimate look at three headstrong women who come from different parts of a country that no longer exists.


  • Lemonade

    Lemonade

    Drama, Independent

    2018

    1h.28min

    16+

    A film about the harsh reality behind the dreams of emigrants who are confronted with abuse of power.


  • The Cut

    The Cut

    Action & Adventure, Drama

    2013

    2h.18min

    12 FSK

    Heartbreaking drama about the Armenian genocide at the beginning of the 20th century.


  • Los Ángeles

    Los Ángeles

    Crime, Drama

    2014

    1h.37min

    12 FSK

    17-year-old Mateo dreams of Los Angeles. He wants to work there and support his family in their small Zapotec village in southern Mexico. The only way ...


  • Mikel

    Mikel

    Drama

    2017

    31min

    16+

    A slice of the live of the undocumented migrant Mikel, working odd jobs in Berlin to survive.


  • Monsieur Lazhar

    Monsieur Lazhar

    Drama

    2011

    1h.34min

    12 FSK

    Simon discovers that a teacher has hung herself in the classroom. Bachir Lazhar, 55, Algerian immigrant is the substitute teacher. The class goes through ...


  • Wada

    Wada

    Drama

    2015

    28min

    16+

    As in the movie Butterfly Effect, an event at one end of the world can change everything at the other end of the world.


  • Si-o-se Pol - The Last Days of Parvis K.

    Si-o-se Pol - The Last Days of Parvis K.

    Drama, Independent

    2015

    1h.22min

    0 FSK

    The terminally ill Parvis K. flees Iran across the Mediterranean Sea to Spain to reconcile himself with his daughter Nasrin, who lives in Europe.


  • Nirwana

    Nirwana

    Drama

    2013

    52min

    16+

    Simon Dolensky's graduation film from the International Film School Cologne was nominated for the First Steps Award.


  • Strike Night

    Strike Night

    Drama, Independent

    2017

    1h.15min

    16+

    After meeting a French journalist in his home country of North Korea, Kim wants to see her again and embarks on a unique journey to an unknown world.