Vetri Kodi Kattu

Welcome

2015 · ★ 6.5

Anna, a young Czech doctor, gets held up at US immigration after a humanitarian trip to Uganda, the day her boyfriend wants to propose to her.

The Proposal

2009 · ★ 7.2

When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant, Andrew Paxton, to marry her.

Dirty Pretty Things

2002 · ★ 6.9

An undocumented immigrant finds a human heart in one of the toilets of the west London hotel where he works with other undocumented immigrants.

The Impossible Fight

Four African immigrants face the harsh reality of living undocumented in Spain, amid rejection, precariousness, and the search for dignity.

The Terminal

2004 · ★ 7.4

An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.

The Order of Things

2017 · ★ 6.5

An immigration agent is torn between the job and his humanity.

#Whitina

2021

High school cheerleader and whitina (white acting Latina) Genesis is forced to flee with her two former best friends after a recorded confrontation with undercover I.C.E. agents goes #viral. While on the run, the trio uncover secrets about one another and their immigration status, and ultimately learn what it really means to be "down for La Raza."

Amaraica

2020 · ★ 5.5

An undocumented immigrant, Roberto, seeks a way to become lawful, but all efforts are put on hold when he becomes a new father at the onset of the US government's 'Zero Tolerance' child separation policy at the US / Mexico border.

As Apple Pie

2024

Written and directed by South African born Pierre Marais, ‘As Apple Pie’ is an immigrant’s observation of an American conversation. There seem to be fewer cultivated spaces to have an honest conversation with differing opinions and the result is that no one is really talking to each other. Not communicating seems to be as American as apple pie.

Paris Belongs to Us

1961 · ★ 6.6

A young woman joins a theatrical troupe where she slowly believes that the director is involved with a secret group and that he is in grave danger.

I'm Lina

2022 · ★ 5

Lina is a twelve-year-old Syrian girl who has just arrived at the home of Sonia, an activist who has been in refugee camps in Greece. Lina suffers a major trauma due to some episodes that she has suffered during her exile trip and that prevent her from communicating on a regular basis.

Welcome Maria

1986 · ★ 5

Illegal immigrant Maria arrives in Los Angeles from Mexico with her young son, Miguelito. She is searching for the boy's father, who came years before to find work and never returned. Confused and disoriented, she is fortunate to meet Meche, a young, beautiful, fun-loving, and street-smart Latina. Meche helps her find a place to stay, introduces her to life in L.A., including some of its eccentricities, and assists in her search. Good-hearted Maria finds her husband, but he has made a new life with a blond "gringa" wife and new child. She quietly slips away without confronting him. She and Miguelito begin a new life without him.