Global Refuge: World Refugee Day 2026

The experience of refugees is one of twofold hardship, torn between unstable or unlivable conditions in their homeland and new, often unwelcoming countries of asylum. In an age of global eruptions and heightened xenophobia amongst western leaders, Cinema Politica invites you to celebrate World Refugee Day with four films extolling the bravery of refugees. Unfolding all over the world, from an Ontario theatre (I AM ROHINGYA) to a refugee camp in Syria (LITTLE PALESTINE), these films offer a cumulative cry for the dignity of asylum seekers and call for a world where no one must flee their homeland.

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  • Another News Story
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    Orban Wallace ∙ 2017 ∙ United Kingdom

    ANOTHER NEWS STORY goes 'behind the scenes' of the news crews reporting on the refugee story at the height of the European crisis. It takes the viewer to the other side of the camera and inspires us to re-evaluate our relationships with the global media and ...

  • I Am Rohingya
    I Am Rohingya
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    Directed by Yusuf Zine & Kevin Young ∙ 2018 ∙ Canada ∙ 84'

    I AM ROHINGYA: A GENOCIDE IN FOUR ACTS chronicles the journey of fourteen refugee youth who take to the stage to re-enact their families' harrowing experiences in Burma and beyond. This story chronicles their journey before, during, and ...

  • The Valley
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    The Valley

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    Directed by Nuno Escudiero ∙ 2019 ∙ Italy - France ∙ 76'

    High in the French Alps, on the border between Italy and France, African migrants fleeing war, poverty and political persecution risk their lives crossing dangerous mountain routes. Witnessing the increasing influx of refugees, local commu...

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