The Pickers
A journey to European fields: 1 million migrants are harvesting our daily fruit and veg. Most of them under precarious conditions.
Saturday
From England to Hong Kong to Canada, Katherine and her mother defy doubts, building a vibrant life despite the challenges of disability.
Les Lavandières
Les Lavandières tells the story of Jeanne, an immigrant mother, exploring the birth and sudden collapse of a dream.
Balance
Anna, a 12-year-old Ukrainian gymnast, explores the challenges of exile and identity rebuilding after the war.
CSE 2024
Boat People
As a child in Vietnam, Thao’s mother often rescued ants from bowls of sugar water. Years later they would return the favour. Boat People is an animated documentary that uses a striking metaphor to trace one family’s flight across the turbulent waters of history.
CSE 2023
The Hearing
After crossing 11 countries irregularly to seek asylum in Canada, Peggy, Simon and their three children are waiting for the hearing that will determine whether they get refugee status or not.
CSE 2023
Seuls
Every year, over 400 children arrive alone at the Canadian border to claim refugee status. Fearing for their lives, Afshin, Alain and Patricia left their country, without their parents, when they were just children, in the hope of a better life in Canada.
CSE 2023
Notes on Displacement
The news is full of disturbing images of overcrowded boats and vast tent camps. But how much do we really know about what refugees are going through? Notes on Displacement takes a deep dive on a gruelling journey.
CSE 2023
Alambic : Terre ferme
Terre ferme is a poetic and sonorous travelogue, a diary that reveals the thoughts of an immigrant woman, back in her country of origin. This film refers to the personal experience of discovering different territories and the feeling of being both elsewhere and at home.
CSE 2023
Dust Away
Through this experimental film, immigrant voices in the United States cross imaginary landscapes and question the visions of their American dreams.
