Their stories merge within a context of a rising xenophobia in the Western world. Theay are seven refugees who left their countries to search of safety in the United Kingdom. They survived the horrors of war and gender violence, but now face another threat: racism and xenophobia.
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Love and the wounds inherited through migration
The pandemic and grief run through “”, the short film by Canadian filmmaker of Ecuadorian descent Paul-Daniel Torres. Through two young people in Toronto, the film explores emotional bonds and the marks one generation’s migration experience leaves on the next, while the director reflects on colonialism and privilege.
“Quba!”, the film that followed the Cuban rainbow
The legalisation of same-sex marriage in Cuba did not erase decades of discrimination or the contradictions of a revolution that persecuted part of the LGBTQ+ community. In “Quba!”, American filmmaker Kim Anno reconstructs the path towards legal recognition through the voices of those who sustained that struggle. Pablo Muñoz […]
Latino cinema opens its soul in London
From the Lumière brothers to “Secret in Their Eyes”, cinema has shown itself to be a cultural asset that explains the human soul in the most eloquent way. At the beginning of October the London Latino Film Festival opens, its purpose to show through film the essence of a diverse […]
‘Amreeka’ and the human face of exile
The production directed by Cherien Dabis follows the journey of a Palestinian family seeking to reconstruct their lives far from the Middle East, in a tale where migration, identity and dignity are at the heart of the story. It is a story that remains relevant. Sergio Berrocal It […]
















