
Escape from the World's Most Dangerous Place (2012)
Successful model Samira Hashi makes an emotional return to Somalia, one of the most dangerous places in the world and the place she was born. Civil...

Special Flight (2011)
Switzerland still carries out special flights, where passengers, dressed in diapers and helmets, are chained to their seats for 40 hours at worst....

2017 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Documentary (2017)

Amazing Journeys (1999)
By land, by air, and by sea, viewers can now experience the struggle that millions of creatures endure in the name of migration as wildlife...

Motherland (2024)
Director Miriam Pucitta grew up as the child of Italian migrant workers in Switzerland in the 1960s and 1970s. She herself has only fragmentary...

Bereka (2019)
A family history archive as told by matriarch Azalu Mekonnen and her granddaughter Samira Hooks.

La photo déchirée, chronique d'une émigration clandestine (2002)
At the beginning of the 60's, thousands of Portuguese turned up in France through the underground. They were fleeing misery, war and repression. Left...

Oaxacalifornia: The Return (2021)
The Mejia family emigrated from Oaxaca to Fresno, California 40 years ago. Filmmaker Trisha ZIff filmed the family in 1996, and returns now to see...

Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down (2019)
This anthology film, whose Chinese title begins with a romantic name for human excrement, premiered internationally at Rotterdam and won Best...

Homebound (2022)
Through first person narration, Tari reveals personal stories related to her decision to work in Taiwan, her strained family relationships, the risks...

The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus (1980)
The protagonists of this docudrama are old farmers who migrated to Banat after the First World War, in 1922. The film is focused on a couple of...

The Cracker Effect (2019)
News explodes like a bomb! Due to the genetic mutation, immigrants living in Italy undergo a noticeable change. Is this wonderful country in danger...

Angelique: The Road To Versailles (1965)
Angelique is saved by the king of the cutthroats when she is endangered in the streets of Paris. After her hero is killed, she has many amorous...

Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress (1957)
After a wonderful time in Hungary Sissi falls extremely ill and must retreat to a Mediterranean climate to rest. The young empress’ mother...

Re-Existences (2020)
“Re-Existence” is a documentary about migration stories of individuals from the Brazilian queer community.

Mickey's Safety Club: Street Safe, Street Smart (1989)
Mickey and his friends take a close look at important street safety situations and tips.

Re-Births (2017)
A documentary film depicting five intimate portraits of migrants who fled their country of origin to seek refuge in France and find a space of...

The Three Friends (1966)
Three friends are arrested after committing an accident with their car. After finishing their sentence, they become partners with the owner of a...

Angelique and the Sultan (1968)
Angélique is in a North African Muslim kingdom where she is now part of the Sultan's harem. She refuses to be bedded as her captors try to...

Brent Weinbach: Appealing to the Mainstream (2017)
Brent Weinbach is weird. In this show, Brent attempts to adjust his quirky personality so that he can fit in with the world around him, which would...

Angelique and the King (1966)
Soon after her latest husband death, the King himself (Louis XIV) meets with our heroine and begs her to help convince the Persian Ambassador to...

Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
Karin hopes to recover from her recent stay at a mental hospital by spending the summer at her family's cottage on a tiny island. Her husband,...

The Grifters (1990)
A small-time conman has his loyalties torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own...

A Shock to the System (1990)
Madison Avenue executive Graham Marshall has paid his dues. A talented and devoted worker, he has suffered through mounting bills and a nagging wife...