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Films and TV

Watch these incredible films and TV series capturing the stories and journeys of people seeking refuge.

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Films available for screenings

You can watch and share these films, documentaries and shows about refugees and people seeking asylum in your own home. If you would like to organise a public screening, you must contact the rights holder directly to obtain permission. We have included contact details or links, where available, to enable you to contact them directly.
Samia

Samia

Samia defies taboos by racing through the streets of Mogadishu. Her passion will one day take her to the Olympic Games.

Sudan, remember us

Sudan, Remember Us

A powerful cinematic chorus following five politically engaged young Sudanese who, through poetry and protest, resist a brutal regime.

Goodbye Julia

Goodbye Julia

A poignant exploration of the complex relationship between two women from northern and southern Sudan in the lead-up to the country’s division in 2011.

Myanmar's killing fields large

Myanmar’s Killing Fields

A special investigation into the mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar. The film examines evidence that Myanmar’s security forces used systematic rape and terror tactics to expel hundreds of thousands of Rohingya...

Dear habib

Dear Habib

Dear Habib is an animated video focusing on the experiences of Habib, who journeyed to the UK from Afghanistan at just 14, and his experience of transitioning to adulthood.

Midnight traveller

Midnight Traveller

When the Taliban puts a bounty on Afghan director Hassan Fazili’s head, he is forced to flee the country with his wife and two young daughters.

Guardians

Guardians

A group of young people known as the YLCSC are campaigning so that all children who arrive in the UK alone get a legal guardian.

A road to oxford

Road to Oxford

In 2018, Rawan escaped the Syrian Civil War and left the country he was born in. This is his road to Oxford, UK.

Revenir to return

Revenir (To return)

Part road-trip, part memoir, part journalistic investigation, Revenir follows Kumut Imesh, a refugee from the Ivory Coast now living in France, as he returns to the African continent

So you think you can stay

So You Think You Can Stay

This powerful campaign film by NOAS uses a spoof talent show format to highlight the refuge process in Norway, and exposes the complexities of the application system. While the contestants and judges are fictitious...

Rosemary’s way

Rosemary’s Way

Charismatic changemaker, Rosemary Kariuki, is on a mission to empower migrant women, enticing them out of cultural silos, exposing them to new ideas, experiences and the wider Australian society.

Films or TV about Australia

What’s It Like?

A show for young people in our community whose voices, stories and perspectives aren't often seen or heard. We hear from kids with same-sex parents, refugees, young people who experience a disability, and more.

Chasing Asylum

Chasing Asylum exposes the real impact of Australia’s offshore detention policies and explores how 'The Lucky Country' became a country where leaders choose detention over compassion and governments deprive the...

Films or TV about our region

The Missing

This series documents the stories of five missing people from five different communities, across three different continents.

Myanmar’s Killing Fields

A special investigation into the mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar. The film examines evidence that Myanmar’s security forces used systematic rape and terror tactics to expel hundreds of thousands of Rohingya...

Journey beyond fear

This is a feature documentary told through the eyes of a teenage girl and her refugee family in pursuit of resettlement in Malaysia.

Other films

Sudan, Remember Us

A powerful cinematic chorus following five politically engaged young Sudanese who, through poetry and protest, resist a brutal regime.

Three Songs of Benzair

In a camp for displaced people in Kabul, this film wrestles with matters of love, separation, choices, consequences, and the human need for safety.

Rain is beautiful

The short documentary films Omar leaving the refugee camp in Tunisia and being resettled in Sweden.