The International Migration & Environmental Film Festival (IMEFF) 2024 is proud to present a diverse selection of films that explore the critical themes of migration, environmental change, and the essence of home. This year’s theme, “Redefining Home, Preserving Habitat,” reflects the festival’s commitment to showcasing stories that highlight the complex relationship between humans and the environment.
Join us from October 9-15, 2024, for a virtual celebration of storytelling that educates, inspires, and entertains. Below is the list of films selected for this year’s festival:
Sew to Say directed by Rakel Aguirre, United Kingdom, Documentary.
The Illusion of Abundance directed by Erika Gonzalez Ramirez, Matthieu Lietaert, Belgium, Brazil, Germany, Honduras, Peru, Documentary, Feature, Television.
The Last Border directed by André Carvalho Ramos, Belgium, Greece, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Ukraine, Documentary, Television.
Call in the Crèche directed by Tim Guthrie, New Zealand, Documentary.
It’s Just Business directed by Judy Boyle, Greece, New Zealand, Documentary, Experimental, Short.
Organized Wilderness directed by Phie Ambo, Denmark, Documentary, Short.
It’s A Beautiful World directed by Victor Kushmaniuk, Colombia, Documentary, Television.
Protecting the River Krupa directed by Ciril Jazbec, Croatia, Short.
New Country, New Scams: South Korea’s Voice Phishing Problem and its Disproportionate Impact on Foreign Immigrant Workers directed by Chloe Kim, Korea, Republic of, Documentary, Short, Student.
Logging Algonquin directed by Conor DeVries, Canada, Documentary.
Made in Italy (by the Chinese) directed by DJ Clark, Mingjie Wang, China, Italy, Documentary.
Northern Performance directed by Juuso Koivisto, Norway, Documentary.
Turbulent Waters directed by Elena Näsänen, Finland, Spain, Short.
Caiçara directed by Oskar Metsavaht, Victoria Visco Mendonça, Brazil, Short.
Familiar Stranger directed by Adhishni D/o Mathialagan, Viet Nam, Documentary.
Reclaiming the Throne directed by Joshua Cullins, United States, Documentary, Feature.
Cardboard Scavengers directed by Marcela Moran, Maritza Bautista, United States, Documentary, Short.
Alexa: a Tale of the Mixteca directed by José Assadourian Martínez, Mexico, Documentary, Feature.
All the Light You Leave: The Story of Nour Ali directed by Yolanda Papini-Pollock, Canada, Documentary.
BERLIN directed by Muhammad Fawad, Pakistan, Documentary, Short.
WHERE HAVE ALL THE SMILES GONE directed by Anja Strelec, Nepal, Documentary.
Cancer Alley directed by Pamela Falkenberg, Jack Cochran, United States, Documentary, Experimental, Short, Other.
Apnea directed by Stefano Poggioni, Claudia Cataldi, Elena Poggioni, Italy, Documentary.
The Wind Sentries directed by Juan Luis Santos Martínez, Spain, Documentary.
Home directed by Bárbara Bárcia, United Kingdom, Short.
Raid on the Atlantic directed by Nicolas Van Ingen, Belgium, France, Senegal, Documentary.
The Elephants and the Grass directed by Beau Rosario, Brandon Gulish, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda, United States, Documentary.
Sisters directed by Mischa Andriessen, Arjan Brentjes, Animation, Experimental, Short.
Amplifying Feedback Loop directed by Vanessa Sweet, United States, Animation.
Mundo Maya directed by Steve Hamm, Mexico, United States, Documentary.
Thrown into Canada directed by Aleem Karmali, Canada, Documentary, Feature.
NINA directed by Moroti Adewole, Adrianna Ogando, Kenya, Documentary.
The Human Effect Revision 2023 directed by Ed Breeding, United States, Documentary, Feature.
TRANS RUNAWAYS directed by Zha Babaieva, Germany, Ukraine, Documentary.
How Did You Learn Spanish? directed by Claire Kinnen, Documentary, Experimental, Short, Student.
Wombat Man directed by (not provided), Australia, Documentary, Short.
Surviving Translation directed by Ling Lee, United Kingdom, Documentary.
The Vazaha (The Stranger) directed by Anthony Trapanese, Madagascar, Documentary, Feature.
Letter from the Age of Ecocide directed by Shireen Rahimi, United States, Short.
Zhuyka/Cud directed by Anne Ciecko, United States, Experimental, Short, Other.
ULTIMATE CITIZENS (short film) directed by Francine Strickwerda, United States, Documentary, Short.
Neverland directed by Raffaella Lorusso, Italy, Documentary, Short, Student.
KidsLand directed by (not provided), Korea, Republic of, Short, Student.
The Sky is Mine directed by Ayoub Naseri, Italy, Documentary.
Disappearing Jewels directed by Will Kim, United States, Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Short.
The Failed Migration directed by Rani Wahidi, Wahid Khan, Pakistan, Documentary.
Animals at the Borders directed by Cornelia Volk, Bulgaria, Croatia, Mexico, Slovenia, Documentary.
MOUNT HORQUERA directed by Fernando Penco Valenzuela, Spain, Documentary, Experimental.
Sudden Silence – How Animals Reclaim a World in Lockdown directed by Susanne Maria Krauß, Documentary.
The Other Wave directed by Divergentes Medio Comunicacion, Costa Rica, Documentary.
STOPPING THE NEXT PANDEMICS directed by Xavier Deleu, France, Kenya, Nigeria, Peru, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam, Documentary.
Exxtinction Emergency directed by Sigurjón (Joni) Sighvatsson, Scott Hardie (co-director), Argentina, Iceland, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, United States, Documentary.
PADDLE TRIBAL WATERS directed by Paul Robert Wolf Wilson, Rush Sturges, United States, Short.
Melody of Ceylon directed by Arvind Appadourai, France, India, Feature.
Voices from the Frontlines directed by Maarten Koets, Kamal Amakrane, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Senegal, Uganda, Documentary, Short.
Eco Eco Echo directed by İlkay Nişancı, Turkey, Documentary.
Lead in the Land directed by Cigdem Slankard, United States, Documentary, Short.
How to Outline Grief directed by Kym McDaniel, United States, Animation, Experimental, Short, Other.
EXPOSED TO EACH OTHER directed by Mersolis Schöne, Austria, Germany, India, Experimental, Short, Other.
BOZA! directed by Racines aisbl, Morocco, Documentary, Short.
Alan’s Journey directed by Solenn Le Marchand, Animation.
THE HOLE IN THE SOCK directed by Michal Lebski, Germany, Greece, Poland, Documentary.
Radio Dadaab directed by Environmental Justice Foundation, Kenya, Documentary.
A Renewable Future directed by Jack Fisher, Documentary.
Sons of Lebanon directed by Linda Corley, Joel Kaplan, Lebanon, Documentary, Short.
Lunatic directed by Robin Noorda, Netherlands, Animation, Experimental, Short, Other.
Goose directed by Jieun Park, Canada, Animation, Student.
To The Trees directed by Eleanor Goldfield, United States, Documentary.
Between Me and the Sea directed by Rafe Scobey-Thal, Mohsin Mohi-Ud-Din, Jordan, Documentary, Short.
Reunited directed by Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri, Ukraine, United States, Short.
The Journey Home directed by Vera Denton, Desmond Denton, South Africa, United States, Documentary.
Vale – Is it Worth It? Five Artists in the Front Line Against Brazil’s Worst Environmental Crime directed by Paul Heritage, Marcelo Barbosa, Brazil, Documentary.
Wändari directed by Daniel Lagares, Mariano Agudo, Peru, Documentary.
NUMBERS directed by Deniz Türker, Turkey, Animation, Short, Student.
Breath of Life directed by Mo Nanxi, United Kingdom, Animation, Short, Student.
THE INVISIBLE FOREST – Stories from the Amazon directed by Andy Costa, Brazil, Documentary.
Moments When We Freeze directed by Anastasiya Maksymchuk, Portugal, Ukraine, Documentary, Experimental, Short.
Monarch Butterfly directed by (not provided), Documentary.
Sagarmatha Next directed by Martin Ivar Edström, Nepal, Documentary.
Karibu Nyumbani directed by Matthew Williams-Ellis, Kenya, Documentary, Short.
Danzantes del Alba directed by Jorge Arturo Vargas, Mexico, Documentary.
Holding the Frontline directed by Jess Donnelly, South Africa, Documentary, Short.
INVISIBLE CAGE directed by Zhiqian Zhang, China, Documentary, Student.
Reviving Rivers directed by Christopher J. Carter, Raleigh E. Latham, India, United States, Documentary, Short.
Courage from Nature: The Story of Sepp Holzer directed by Zach Weiss, Raleigh Latham, Austria, Documentary.
Distance directed by César Hernández, Gerardo Martínez, Honduras, Documentary.
F-1 directed by Ya-Chi Yang, United States, Documentary.
Becoming Fossil directed by Petra Kuppers, United States, Experimental, Short, Other.
Motherland directed by Miriam Pucitta, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Documentary.
Extinguish the Flares and Light Up Life directed by Angel Hernandez, Ecuador, Documentary.
Planet Ocean Blues directed by Michael Buckley, Documentary, Short.
WAITING FOR THE FLOOD directed by Chris Pellerin, Belgium, Documentary.
The Youth Climate Corps BC directed by Arian Tomar, Canada, Documentary.
In the Shadows of Modernisation directed by Mohamed Khougali, Zenobya Lioba Mubarak, Sulaihabi, Sudan, Documentary.
New Earth Chronicles directed by Roshni Ali, Deeptaroop Basu, India, Documentary, Short.
Let There be Light directed by Yu Hua Chan, Huei Min Wen, Taiwan, Documentary.
Thinking Like Water directed by Renea Roberts, United States, Documentary, Other.
The Last Dolphin of the Sacred River directed by Kevin Sempé, Nepal, Documentary, Television.
Imalirijit directed by Vincent L’Hérault, Tim Anaviapik Soucie, Documentary, Short.
The Poem We Sang directed by Annie Sakkab, Canada, Jordan, Palestine, State of, Documentary, Experimental, Short.
STRATA directed by Verena Stenke, Andrea Pagnes, VestAndPage, Germany, Documentary, Experimental, Feature.
Disaster Theories – Our Planet in Flames directed by Dimitris Tzetzas, Greece, Documentary, Television.
Abruptly Laid to Rest directed by Mackenzie Champlin, United States, Animation, Short.
For Everything There Was a Season directed by Trevor Bloom, United States, Documentary.
Exiles directed by Josef Khallouf, Lebanon, Music Video.
Whale Call directed by Ron Goodlin, Antarctica, Canada, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, United States, Documentary, Feature.
Boza or Die directed by Alessio Genovese, Italy, Short.
Only When You Bury Me In This Earth directed by Nima Shahmalekpur, United Kingdom, Short.
Housefly directed by Nikhail Asnani, Hong Kong, Short.
Salmon Secrets directed by Jeremy Mathieu, Canada, Documentary.
Soft [with hard-coded subtitles] directed by Anne Ciecko, United States, Experimental, Short, Other.
Mimi’ Everyday directed by Shawn Chung, Korea, Republic of, Documentary.
Hanina/Homesick directed by Yasmin Moll, Egypt, United States, Animation, Experimental, Short.
AMPHIBIOUS directed by Ghazal Partou, Canada, Short.
The Other Wave directed by Nestor Arce, Costa Rica, Documentary.
Inundations directed by Anne Ciecko, United States, Animation, Experimental, Short, Other.
Between Borders directed by Juan José Cea Escobar, Jose Fuca, Canada, Feature.
The Root of it All directed by Kalyn Edworthy, Canada, Documentary, Short.
The Archaeologist directed by Matt Brennan, United Kingdom, Short.
Trees & Seas directed by Beatie Wolfe, Ross Harris, United States, Documentary.
The Last Town, The Other Side of the Silicon Valley directed by Fabien Benoît, United States, Documentary, Feature, Television, Other.
Eviction directed by Ian Gibbins, Australia, Experimental, Music Video, Short, Other.
Preening directed by Ian Gibbins, Australia, Experimental, Short, Other.
Cause a Sea Change: Save Sharks directed by (not provided), United States, Animation, Documentary, Short.
Coral Comeback? Call In the Crabs! directed by NOAA Ocean Today, United States, Documentary, Short.
Trash Talk: Special Feature directed by NOAA Ocean Today, United States, Documentary, Short.
Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico directed by NOAA Ocean Today, United States, Documentary, Short.
No Shell Left Behind directed by NOAA Ocean Today, United States, Documentary, Short.
3D Ocean Farming directed by NOAA Ocean Today, United States, Documentary, Short.
The Science of Super Corals directed by (not provided), United States, Documentary, Short.
Ma Terre d’Accueil directed by Amandine Garrido, Emmanuelle Roberge, Canada, Experimental, Feature, Short.
In Tété’s Footsteps directed by Lola Akinmade Åkerström, Sweden, Documentary.
Thatch to the Future! directed by Nicolas Neuhold, Luxembourg, United States, Short, Student.
Kleine Boote (Small Ships) directed by Yama Rahimi, Afghanistan, Cyprus, Ethiopia, Germany, Iran, Turkey, Documentary, Experimental.
A Grave on the Border directed by Maren Hahnfeld, Germany, Documentary, Experimental, Short.
Desert Poems directed by Sami Miranda, Ellie Walton, United States, Short.
Jesus directed by Samuel Miranda, Ellie Walton, United States, Short.
All That is Kelp Melts into Ice directed by Jaanika Peerna, Canada, Documentary, Short.
Trial of Ages directed by MoJo Murphy, United States, Short.
The River’s Edge directed by Levi Bechtel, Cory Schuver, Thailand, Documentary.
Water Has a Memory directed by Gavin Hartigan, United States, Documentary, Short.
Seal à la Carte directed by Guillaume Lévesque, Canada, Documentary.
Project Hazmatic: Demolition Suite directed by Willa Carroll, United States, Experimental, Short.
Let It Bee directed by Vanessa Weber von Schmoller, Germany, Documentary, Feature, Television.
The Sea Won’t Scare Us directed by Camille Toulmé, Julien Goudichaud, France, Documentary.
Go Noles directed by (not provided), Documentary.
The Wild Path Home directed by Anne-Marie Jackson, Canada, Documentary, Short.
Return to Kawthoolei: A Refugee Rapper’s Journey to His Homeland in Burma directed by I Am Knyaw, St. Paul Minnesota, “Hons Solo” Honey Moon, “Wah Fish Paste” Shakerpaw Wah, Myanmar, Documentary, Short.
Mindslip directed by Swaroop Elamon, Canada, Short.
Take A St. And directed by Semi Chan, Canada, Animation, Documentary, Short, Student.
FLORA directed by Yehuda Sharim, United States, Documentary, Feature.
Hope Is Alive directed by Tayma Baraka, Lebanon, Short.
Ocean Seen from the Heart directed by Iolande Cadrin-Rossignol, Marie-Dominique Michaud, Canada, Colombia, France, French Polynesia, Documentary.
The Walking Forest directed by Rose Casella, Floris Leeuwenberg, Netherlands, Documentary, Short.
A Numbers Game directed by (not provided), France, Documentary, Short.
Light On directed by Flavia-Ioana Lacrama, Germany, Short, Student.
GREENWASH directed by Andres Bronnimann, Spain, Animation, Experimental, Short, Web / New Media, Other.
Traces of Life / How to Kill – Part 2: Care directed by Veronika Dräxler, Germany, Documentary, Experimental.
Community Interrupted directed by Franco Sacchi, Mozambique, United Kingdom, Documentary, Short.
Salt in Their Veins directed by Rita Hencke, Indonesia, Documentary, Short, Student.
Surcos directed by Julio C Gonzalez, United States, Documentary.
The Mountain Wagtail directed by Begaly NargozuevKyrgyzstan, Feature.
