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Chino

Fiction, Spain, 2007, 8 min 40 s

Jose Manuel is a Chinese imprisoned in the body of a Spaniard. A mockumentary dealing with identity, race, immigration and nationality issues.

Rogelio Sastre Rosa

The Lighthouse Keepers

Documentary, USA, 2008, 6 min 36 s

In 1919, Theresa Glanville was born in the lighthouse in Ireland. In 2007, Theresa’s granddaughter decided to visit the lighthouse. The film she made explores the ideas of family, place, immigration, and memory.

Katie Glanville Jones

Extranjero

Documentary, Peru, 2006, 6 min 10 s

A short film about belonging. The smell of things, the noises and the flavours of the country left behind, haunt you and make you realize that life, maybe, wasn’t that terrible back in your country.

Diego Sarmiento

The Deported

Documentary, South Korea, 2007, 9 min

This film visits with migrant activists who were deported for organizing in South Korea, but who continue to organize and struggle in their home countries of Bangladesh and Nepal. This film also shows the lasting affects of the government crackdown against undocumented migrants.

Mustaque Ahmed Mahbub

First Winter Last

Fiction, Canada, 2008, 4 min 33 s

In her first winter in Canada, a young Filipina falls into the eyes of a dead crow. A racist incident awakens from her daydream to a cold reality.

Ana de Lara

Migr@tions

In 2008, Radio Canada International launched Migr@tions, an online short film competition open to young filmmakers, from Canada and around the world. This unique competition, offered in both English and in French received close to two hundred submissions from more than 22 different countries across the world of which 40 films in each language were made available for online screening and rating by the general public, as well as a jury made up of panelists from several countries, including Canada.

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