Refugee Camp Movies

  • 1958
    Algerian Refugees

    Algerian Refugees

    Algerian Refugees

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    Directed by Pierre Clément and Djamel-Eddine Chanderli, produced by the FLN Information Service in 1958, this film is a rare document. Pierre...

    Algerian Refugees
  • 2017
    Down Below

    Down Below

    Down Below

    02017HD

    Refugees in a post-apocalyptic future, two sisters must make the ultimate decision: one or both will die.

    Down Below
  • 2021
    Aya

    Aya

    Aya

    02021HD

    In a town near Calais that looks like the Wild West, big-hearted 50-year-old Lydie shelters Zimako, an unruly, paperless migrant from Togo.

    Aya
  • 2018
    Refugee

    Refugee

    Refugee

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    A harrowing account of Europe's migrant crisis. A family of Syrian refugees separated by the borders of Europe, fight to be reunited as they migrant...

    Refugee
  • 2017
    Lost in Lebanon

    Lost in Lebanon

    Lost in Lebanon

    82017HD

    As the Syrian war continues to leave entire generations without education, health care, or a state, Lost in Lebanon closely follows four Syrians...

    Lost in Lebanon
  • 2025
    Aisha's Story

    Aisha's Story

    Aisha's Story

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    “Food is the most precious part of Palestinian heritage.” Aisha Azzam and her husband started their family grain mill in Baqa’a...

    Aisha's Story
  • 1961
    Yasmina

    Yasmina

    Yasmina

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    "Yasmina" filmed in 1961 in the middle of the Algerian war tells the story of a little Algerian girl with her hen and her family whose father was...

    Yasmina
  • 2007
    Opération Turquoise

    Opération Turquoise

    Opération Turquoise

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    Opération Turquoise
  • 2017
    The Lost Kids of Calais

    The Lost Kids of Calais

    The Lost Kids of Calais

    02017HD

    Rafi, Salman, Said and Ali are all under 18 years old. They come from Afghanistan, Syria and Pakistan. After months of wandering, fleeing wars in...

    The Lost Kids of Calais
  • 2017
    Warehoused

    Warehoused

    Warehoused

    02017HD

    An estimated 12 million people live in refugee camps worldwide and only 0.1% are resettled, repatriated, or integrated into normal society each year....

    Warehoused
  • 1956
    Men Who Have Lost Their Roots

    Men Who Have Lost Their Roots

    Men Who Have Lost Their Roots

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    Hungarian refugees in Austrian camps after the failed revolution in Budapest.

    Men Who Have Lost Their Roots
  • 2016
    After Spring

    After Spring

    After Spring

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    Close to 80,000 Syrian refugees live in the Zaatari Refugee Camp in Jordan, the second-largest such camp in the world. Fifty-eight percent of its...

    After Spring
  • 2015
    Life on the Border

    Life on the Border

    Life on the Border

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    The fate of thousands of people is unified under the tarpaulins of the refugee camps in Kobanê and in Shingal. Kurdish filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi...

    Life on the Border
  • 2015
    District Zero

    District Zero

    District Zero

    02015HD

    In Zaatari, Jordan – one of the world’s biggest refugee camps – Maamun owns a little shop: a small white container aligned in a...

    District Zero
  • 1987
    The Dream

    The Dream

    The Dream

    6.51987HD

    Interviews with Palestinians living in Lebanese refugee camps, some of it shot in Sabra and Shatila before the massacre.

    The Dream
  • 1993
    Song of Umm Dalaila, the Story of the Sahrawis

    Song of Umm Dalaila, the Story of the Sahrawis

    Song of Umm Dalaila, the Story of the Sahrawis

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    The film takes place in the Saharawi refugee camps in Algeria against the historical backdrop of Spanish colonialism and the Moroccan invasion of the...

    Song of Umm Dalaila, the Story of the Sahrawis
  • 2024
    Corps et âme

    Corps et âme

    Corps et âme

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    Aïcha is 59. She's been through some hard times. She decided to turn to helping others. Seeing firsthand the government's lack of support, she...

    Corps et âme
  • 2022
    The Catastrophe Garden

    The Catastrophe Garden

    The Catastrophe Garden

    102022HD

    It is a daring idea: to grow food from old mattresses in a desolate camp at the edge of a war zone. When a refugee scientist meets two quirky...

    The Catastrophe Garden
  • 2022
    The Volunteer

    The Volunteer

    The Volunteer

    5.42022HD

    Marisa, a recently retired doctor, decides to travel as a volunteer to a Greek refugee camp where, in her opinion, they need people exactly like her....

    The Volunteer
  • 1970
    Los burgueses de Calais

    Los burgueses de Calais

    Los burgueses de Calais

    01970HD

    Documentary about the humanitarian crisis of the refugees between 2015 and 2018

    Los burgueses de Calais