Belonging Movies

Chaja Florentin and Mimi Frons have been best friends for 83 years. Born and raised in Berlin, they had to escape from the Nazis to Palestine with...

An Egyptian-American returns to his homeland after twenty years abroad, filled with nostalgia and high hopes. But as he reconnects with his roots, he...

A young girl leaves her Nigerian village to attend a ballet school in England. Fascinated by Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, she dreams of performing as...

Seven years after the mysterious death of her mother, an isolated botanist meets an enigmatic, teenage runaway in a creek. Forming an unexpected...

Feeling unhappy in his current home, a squirrel seeks an opportunity to break free and find the place he truly belongs.

A love story about two music-obsessed twenty-somethings navigating the messy realities of ambition, belonging and adulthood over the course of an...

'Atlal (Remnants)' is a fictional documentary that follows Bassam, a Palestinian man in his fifties, on a journey between the past and present. An...

At the start of a new year in a rapidly changing Singapore, an ageing provision shop owner clings to the quiet repetition of his daily routine. When...

A comedy following Emma, a high school senior who joins a dream spring break trip, only to be trapped in a time loop that forces her and her...

In a quiet Rajasthani village, young Ali clings to his cricket bat as his friends chase it. What starts as playful mischief reveals a film crew...

A Wounaan teenager and a leader of their community venture into the Darién in search of a sacred bird. Along the way, they will face the...

A documentary short that uses fish to explore identity and belonging in a metropolis.

Unable to return to Colombia, Francisco Godoy searches for belonging in the Netherlands. Alongside fellow newcomers Liu and Aleksandr, he rebuilds...

Ali is not a citizen. He drives a taxi using another man’s license and relies on the GPS to negotiate his way around a city he doesn’t...

By retracing the mixed heritage of First Nations peoples and Quebecers, painting a modern portrait, and sketching a human geography, this film helps...

Set in 1980s Sweden, an immigrant boy navigates a chaotic world of identity, love, and belonging. A kaleidoscopic journey through fragile places...

After a shift at a refinery, four coworkers decide to go out and get drinks. After stopping at a gas station for supplies, they head to the...

During the summer of 2023, my father decided to hang up the boots and walk away from the family business of 25 years. This is my love letter to the...