Borders

Backyard

February 2009 •Spanish

Officer Blanca Bravo arrives in Juarez, Mexico — a grim nexus of corporate colonialism and sexual tourism — to investigate a rash of killings targeting female migrant workers. But with no help from the locals, bringing the responsible parties to justice becomes a frustrating exercise. As Bravo rails against indifference and local corruption, she finds herself on a collision course with Mickey Santos, a Mexican mogul with a taste for young prostitutes.

A Million Miles Away

September 2023 •English

The life of engineer and former NASA astronaut José M. Hernández, the first migrant farmworker to go to space.

Hey! Sinamika

March 2022 •Tamil

A wife who feels suffocated by her husband's incessant attention hires a psychologist to make him fall in love with her so that she can separate from him.

Never Let Me Go

December 2022 •English

After running away from an abusive relationship that lasted for 8 years, Alec moves to Ireland to start over and rediscover himself. However, his journey takes an unexpected turn after Jonathan enters Alec's life.

Canvas

December 2023 •English

An egotistic, self-centric painter discovers he has developed a life-changing disease. Choosing to forget his troubled past, he immerses himself in painting, reshaping his memories to imagine a different past.

El Traje del Novio

December 2023 •Spanish

An italian man hires a tailor from Concepción to make his wedding suit.

When We Kill the Creators

October 2022 •English

A soul rock and roll movie about love, talent, death, and music. It is about a singer's (Shelby Lynne) improbable journey to achieve her dreams, and when she does, it's about the price she has paid and the question of whether or not it was worth it.

Unspoken Conversations

Invalid date •English

On their 1-year anniversary, Lina and Ábel’s love is tested when Ábel’s acceptance to the University of Sydney and their difficulties with miscommunication begin to pull them apart.

Apartamento

December 2017 •Portuguese

Girls' Night In (Beauty, Brains, and Personality)

September 2021 •English

A girls'-night-in dinner party among three friends turns into a disaster when one of them makes a hurtful remark.

Toxic Energy

September 2022 •English

Monae strives to make partner at her law firm while dodging sexual advances from her boss. She eventually falls for her client; which is a conflict of interest. She tries to hide this love connection while staying true to her ambition.

Count the Hours!

April 1953 •English

A lawyer defends a migrant worker in a sensational murder trial.

The Goat Life

March 2024 •Malayalam

Indian migrant worker Najeeb Muhammad goes to Saudi Arabia to earn money. However, in a twist of fate, he finds himself living a slave-like existence, herding goats in the middle of the desert.

Of Mice and Men

December 1939 •English

An intellectually disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in depression era America.

The Ambassadors

January 1975 •French

“Each of you is an ambassador, and we are sure that each of you will be the best ambassador of our country.” This is how the film begins; a speech to emigrant workers for France. Salah left his three sisters and his mother to become an ambassador, going to work on a Defense site, wading in the mud, he works with a jackhammer. Salah wanders in search of work and housing. Coming up against racism from the owners claiming the respectability of the building and the good neighborhood, he finds himself in a hotel in the Goutte d'Or district. The body of Mehdi, friend of Salah, was found in the Canal Saint-Martin, murdered by a fascist commando, and Ali died of a bullet, killed by a racist janitor. Faced with crimes that remain unpunished, Salah and his friends organize, unite with the French working class to defend their lives and their right to work.

Panggil Aku Ayah

August 2025 •Indonesian

Little Intan was used as collateral for a debt by her mother, who was forced to become a migrant worker and leave her behind. But from that moment, her life took a turn. Dedi, the debt collector — a stranger who initially just came to collect — ended up becoming an important figure in Intan’s life. Together with Tatang, they grew into an unusual kind of “family.”

Wild Harvest

January 1962 •English

Melodrama about the inhuman treatment of migratory workers in California vineyards by the boss, and the formers' rebellion against him.

Asfixia

November 2019 •Portuguese

After getting out of jail where she learned how to take care of the sick, Alma, an albino woman, decides to recover something much more important than her own freedom. In order to do so, Alma is forced to take care of Clemente (a hypochondriac with an OCD to avoid a sudden death) at night. The relationship between them will transit from suspicion and fear to tenderness and love.

The Ambassador's Wife

October 2016 •English

The beautiful and spoilt Yerusalem had a wonderful life in Paris as the wife of the Eritrean Ambassador. Due to political changes, her husband is arrested, and she has to run for her life, finding herself in a refugee shelter in south Tel Aviv, where nobody cares who she was. Even there, at the skirts of town, among the desperation and poverty, she does not give up and struggles with all her might to regain her former status. A torrid love affair with an affluent Israeli architect brings her closer to her target until she discovers that he will never leave his family, and that her fate is doomed.

Match

Invalid date •Portuguese

Artur is an actor in decline preparing for an audition that will determine his career. Throughout the process, he finds an escape in his fleeting relationships on Tinder.