Screening as part of TOAFF20
Eight-year-old Michelle is struggling to adjust to the new life her parents are building in America. Unable to attend her beloved grandma’s funeral back in Singapore, she creates her own farewell ritual.
This film is part of the ‘Women in Motion’ programme.
Against a tellingly hypnotic factory backdrop, a refugee encapsulates the global immigration crisis in his own wrenching words.
Screened as part of TOAFF18
Deeply moving documentary contrasting lush nature and expansive soundscapes with the trauma of displacement and detention.
The topical tale of a Mexican mother torn between her politics and pleasing her only son’s request – to have a Donald Trump piñata for his birthday party.
An incredibly insightful animation provides a personal telling of a very important story from an often unheard perspective of the refugee crisis.
A foreign woman in a burqa is seeking help, but her translator is not willing to report exactly what she is saying.
Screening as part of TOAFF20
Maja, a six year old Serbian girl, is dropped off at the kindergarten by her father. They have only been in Denmark for a short period of time. Everything is new, especially the language, which makes it difficult for Maja to interact with the other kids. Her words and her intentions are often misunderstood. As her parents come to pick her up at the end of a long day, her motivations become clearer.
Screened as part of TOAFF19
When the Taliban puts a bounty on Afghan director Hassan Fazili’s head, he is forced to flee with his wife and two young daughters.
On the Road – living and working on the Italian ‘road of love’.
Screened as part of TOAFF18
A beautiful autobiographical account of the immigrant experience.
