Global Shorts Forum: Immigration - Block B
The Resettled
Director: Alan Thompson
Producers: Alan Thompson, Ting Fan
Writer: Alan Thompson
The dramatic stories of refugees who have resettled in the USA, and the challenges they continue to face daily.
Scent of Geranium
Director: Naghmeh Farzaneh
Directors autobiography about her immigration from Iran to the United States
Ummi
Director: Niko Avgoustidi
Writer: Niko Avgoustidi
Cast: Mohamed Badawy, Anna Maria Reppa, Chrisi Pitianou
Having survived a dangerous voyage, six-year-old Mohamed hides on a beach, waiting for his mother to join him in their new country.
Icebox
Director: Daniel Sawka
Producers: Camille Cornuel
Writer: Daniel Sawka
Cast: Anthony Gonzales, Lane Garrison, José Alvarez, Jonathan Castellanos
Fleeing gang violence, a young boy from Honduras is arrested crossing the U.S. border and sent to an immigrant detention facility.