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Jun 7, 2023 · That’s why with World Refugee Day just around the corner, we’ve curated a list of movies that capture the refugee experience with authenticity, clarity, and humanity. From romantic dramas to animated musicals and horror films, these movies tell the stories of ordinary people living through extraordinary circumstances.
Jun 19, 2024 · Refugee Hope Partners has curated a list of captivating films about immigrants and refugees that offer profound insights into the global refugee crisis and the immigrant experience. From tales of resilience to stories of courage, these movies provide a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by refugees worldwide.
- The Swimmers (2022) Sally El Hosaini’s BAFTA-nominated film is based on the remarkable true story of sisters Sara and Yusra Mardini who fled war-torn Syria in search for safety.
- Flee (2021) Flee is a Riz Ahmed-produced animated movie about an Afghan refugee in Denmark that has been nominated in three categories for the 2022 Oscars, including Best Animated Feature and Best International Feature.
- Limbo (2020) A gently emotional story about a group of asylum seekers awaiting for their results on a fictional remote Scottish island. Among them is Omar, a young Syrian musician burdened by the weight of his grandfather’s oud, which he has carried all the way from his homeland.
- His House (2020) This Netflix film applies the supernatural horror genre to the refugee experience. It tells the story of a refugee couple from South Sudan adjusting to their new life in an English town, including facing xenophobia, but there is evil lurking beneath the surface.
- Flee. Flee, an animated docudrama directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen about the true story of a young Afghan refugee’s escape from Afghanistan, has just made history.
- Simple As Water. From a port in Greece, to an orphanage in Turkey, to Germany and the United States, Oscar shortlist documentary Simple As Water provides intimate vignettes into the lives of four Syrian families that have been displaced and separated by over a decade of conflict.
- Encanto. Encant o, Disney’s new Oscar-nominated hit animation, is striking a chord with Latin Americans and refugees around the world. The beautifully animated story features the Madrigal family who live in an enchanted village in Colombia.
- Captains of Za’atari. Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan is the largest Syrian refugee camp in the world, home to about 80,000 people. Ali El Arabi, the director of Captains of Za’atari, describes it as a place, “poor in opportunities, but rich in dreams.”
- Human Flow
- First They Killed My Father
- Beasts of No Nation
- Born in Syria
- Refugee
Human Flow was the “movie of the refugee crisis” as critics often called it. Let me put it like this, you have a friend or a family member who often hears about refugees in the world, sees a diverse community or newly-resettled refugees in your community or neighborhood but who has never understood why people from other countries are welcomed in ot...
Inspired by a book with the same title, written by activist Loung Ung, the movie tackles the issue of forced displacement, child encampment and Internally Displaced People (IDPs). Realized and directed by Angelina Jolie, UNHCR Special Envoy, the movie is a biographical historical thriller of Cambodian activist Loung Ung who was forced to be a child...
Again on the issue of child protection, child refugees and IDPs, Beasts of No Nation is an internationally renown movie that has recently been added on Netflix and that everyone working on the issue of refugees should watch. There are usually a lot of movies on wartime, and a lot of movies on children. However, it is rather rare to find movies tack...
Following the stories of 7 Syrian refugee children in Europe, Born in Syria is one of the rare movies that focus on the whole journey of refugeesfrom home country to local integration in the host country. It follows children by depicting their life in Syria before, during and after the conflict, thus highlighting the traumatizing experiences they h...
Refugee is a filmmaker project realized by 5 renowned photographers including Clementine Malpas and Leslie Knott. The photographers travelled the world to illustrate the atrocities of war, political persecution and other root causes of refugee displacement. The very first scene of the movie actually starts with the refugee definition in the 1951 Ge...
Check out this list of inspiring and insightful movies about immigrants and refugees, curated by the experts at Global Refuge. From feature-length Oscar winners and documentaries to short films and children’s movies, there is a great watch waiting for anyone interested in the immigrant experience!
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Sep 28, 2017 · 10 great films about immigration and migrant experience. From Pressure to Paddington, we celebrate a selection of past greats tackling migrant life.
