Refugees

How agonizingly long can it take to rescue ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR people from an inflatable boat? Find out in this one-shot documentary.

This documentary shows the consequences of the 2008 war for displaced Georgians in a refugee settlement and their struggle to find a new home.

This poignant and thought-provoking documentary offers a unique and deeply moving insight into the lives of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.

Bollywood in a refugee camp: in this docu-musical, refugees sing about the loss of their identity without pathos, but with a lot of irony.

When Germany surrenders in 1945, two reckless teenagers put their families' escape on the line to save their friendship.

Looking to breathe new life into the sport of rugby in Germany, a man has launched an inclusive rugby team.

Intensely charged in political terms, HOTLINE is not merely revealing but downright shocking in what it conveys about Israel’s policies on outsiders.

They risk it all: the rock band Arikain, formed by Afghans living in Iran, dreams of performing on a stage one day.

Victims of the repressive system in the former East German state give powerful testimony about the cruetly of the dehumanizing regime.

Taghi, an Afghan refugees living in Iran, faces the choice of staying in a country where he is not welcome or returning to a country he barely knows.

Ghadir, Mohamad and their five children never wanted to leave their homeland Syria. Now they are in Germany. The new beginning is not easy.

Hanan fled with her family from northern Iraq across the Mediterranean Sea. At that time, she did not know how to swim. She now overcomes the trauma.

The shocking story of the sea rescue ship Lifeline, which was denied entry to a safe port for months.

This cleverly staged low-budget film takes a humorous approach to the topic of flight and migration and dispenses with striking messages.

Migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa, often strand in Lybia. But the war-torn country is one of the worst places in the world to be a refugee.

This sensitive animated film tells of the horrors endured by cartoonist Josep Bartoli in an internment camp.

In 2015, at the height of the Syrian war, Raf’aa, a mother of two, made the journey alone to Germany to secure asylum for her family.

A team of specialists is trying to restore identity and dignity to the dead of the worst shipwreck in post-war history in the Mediterranean.

Winter 2016, the refugee camp in Calais, dubbed "The Jungle", is a growing city of nearly 12,000 residents.

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

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

A naïve New Yorker retreats to his dead grandfather's summer cottage (datsche in German) but instead of peace he finds Adam, a refugee in hiding.

"Clowns without Borders" bring a bit of joy to the refugee camp in Moria, Lesbos.

On their flight from the Gulf of Guinea to the Moroccan coast, two people, despite or because of the omnipresent danger, find each other.

A semi-documentary that follows a group of young migrants in Austria as they negotiate the maze of administrative procedures.

After the Nazis seized power, many German intellectuals went into exile, some of them to Turkey.

A French olive farmer offers help to refugees crossing the mountains. But now he too faces prosecution.

After the big influx of refugees to Europe in 2015, even the most Bavarian villages the picturesque mountains had to adapt.

In Helsinki, two destinies intersect in the midst of racism and loss: Cohesion and humanity can overcome everything.

In 2014 a small group of Eritrean refugees are "stranded" in Strackholt amidst the East Frisian emptiness.

Aki Kaurismäki's heart-warming dramedy has won over 15 international awards.

Paul Nkamani has made his way from Cameroon through the Sahara to Europe. But even when he arrives in Germany, his future remains uncertain. The Cameroonian ...

At the age of 17, the Gambian woman Sadi fled from the genital mutilation. Through the Sahara, Libya and across the Mediterranean to Sicily.

The documentary film Iuventa relates the events of a crucial year in the lives of a group of young Europeans all involved in different ways in the Jugend ...

Three young new-Berliners dream of the good life in the form of art studies, a rap career or simply a work permit.

A small town in Japan's exclusion zone searches for normalcy in the five years following the greatest nuclear catastrophe since Chernobyl.

Top-class arthouse film from Bulgaria. An unsparing document about despair and guilt - visually stunning and impressive.

An abandoned house in Athens has become a temporary home for refugees hoping to continue their journey.

This film accompanies the last days of the traditional Hotel Maritim in Halle before it becomes a refugee accommodation.

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

A story about the grind of examination and verifying in the German bureaucracy.

More and more immigrants have been the landing in Germany since the 1950's. But it wasn't until 2005 that a new immigration law went into effect.

The sad story of brilliant mathematician and German war refugee Wolfgang Doeblin, who died as a French soldier.

“When the bombs fell, the first thing we did was run away. It was not until later that we realized we had not looked back.”

For little Mahdi, the Palestinian refugee camp Ain El-Helwe is a huge adventure playground. Unlike for most of his family.

In Daniela Lucatos docu WHEN I DANCE, four dancers from Israel, Spain and Italy attempt to interpret the stories of refugees.

The documentary VIACRUCIS MIGRANTE – MIGRANT CROSSING by Hauke Lorenz gives people a voice who are on the arduous path to "the promised Land".

Although they have lost everything through their flight, the Jesidesses Hedil and Naam fight for a dignified life for their families.

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

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

Teenagers try to flee to Europe under life-threatening circumstances, hidden in trucks, where they become the hunted by the border authorities.

BOLINGO, THE FOREST OF LOVE is a documentary about women fighting for survival for themselves and their children.

The band “The Refugees” consists of refugees between the stage and the asylum seekers' home. They have arrived and yet are still on the run. A docu about ...