The Master Butcher

Snowstorm

A story about life adversities of an old emigrant who returns from America to his native village.

1977

The Mosquito Coast

An inventor spurns his city life and moves his family into the jungles of Central America to make a utopia.

1986

Stroszek

Bruno Stroszek is released from prison and warned to stop drinking. He has few skills and fewer expectations: with a glockenspiel and an accordion, he

1977

White Nights

After his plane crashes in Siberia, a Russian dancer, who defected to the West, is held prisoner in the Soviet Union. The KGB keeps him under watch an

1985

Don't Lean Out the Window

Encouraged by the stories of guest workers who pay visit to their homeland, a young man Filip finds himself on a central station in Frankfurt on the M

1977

The Last One Put Out the Light

The Berlin construction workers Micha, Silvio and Norbert are out of work. The way out spells - Norway. Because German craftsmen are in demand. The th

2007

Import/Export

A nurse from Ukraine searches for a better life in the West, while an unemployed security guard from Austria heads East for the same reason. Both are

2007

The Adventures of Elias Mabruk

A silent amateur comedy about a Lebanese immigrant who returns home after trying his luck in the United States of America.

1932

A Minute for Murder

An emigrant returning after many years, is killed while trying to clear his name of treason. Investigation produces several skeletons.

1962

It's Winter

Unemotional, restrained cinematographic poem, situated in a wintry and poor suburb of Tehran. A man is dismissed and his lack of prospects for the fut

2006

Grande école

Paul and Agnes have been going out for quite a while and Agnes is shocked to learn that he'd rather live with two roommates on campus than move in wit

2004

Sounds of Sand

On the one hand, there’s the desert eating away at the land. The endless dry season, the lack of water. On the other there’s the threat of war. The vi

2007

Nowhere in Africa

A Jewish woman named Jettel Redlich flees Nazi Germany with her daughter Regina, to join her husband, Walter, on a farm in Kenya. At first, Jettel ref

2001

Golden Door

The story is set at the beginning of the 20th century in Sicily. Salvatore, a very poor farmer, and a widower, decides to emigrate to the US with all

2006

Siblings

The siblings Bebe and Mikhail leave their country of Moldova to apply for asylum in Germany. Their flight turns into a modern odyssey.

2016

Letter To Jail

In 1970, Tahar, a young Tunisian, travels to France for the first time to help his older brother, who is wrongly accused of murder and incarcerated in

1969

Garcia

Dramatic story of a returnee from Argentina who tries to find answers to the unfortunate events from the past.

1999

The Emigrants

Karl and Kristina Nilsson work on a farm in a cold and desolate area of 19th century rural Sweden. Growing privations, combined with increasing social

1971

Emigrants

A short, cautionary tale of emigrating to America.

1910

Jelena, Katarina, Marija

Three young women from Belgrade, Jelena, Katarina and Marija, meet by accident in New York City. Each has her reasons for leaving Belgrade: Katarina l

2012