Migration Collective

Our unique projects, events and activities tackle the intersection of art, academia and action in order to challenge the mainstream rhetoric on migration.

[The People’s Film Club @PeoplesFilmClub]

🇺🇦 FUNDRAISER FILM SCREENING 🇺🇦

To raise funds for humanitarian aid in Ukraine, we are partnering with @LONMigFilmFest @CamUkrainistyka @Ukr_Institute & @ifru_london to screen The Earth is Blue as an Orange - from 2pm THIS SATURDAY at @genesiscinema!

🎟️ https://t.co/GUHJlCpVyi

[London Migration Film Festival @LONMigFilmFest]

We back during #RefugeeWeek with stories of people that for one reason or the other moved, or who carry movement in their blood, bones, souls & dreams. 🎞️📽️

Check our programme of online and offline events ⬇️

17-23 June @GenesisCinema

https://t.co/tnKsyqzwOG

[Rachel Johnson 🧡 @FemmeRevoltee]

We have lift-off! I'm delighted that Lily and Laura of the fantastic @LONMigFilmFest will join us to share their experiences of founding and running the London Migration Film Festival. We'll be talking film curation, migration, politics, research & more https://t.co/01XnNWzmEU

[London Migration Film Festival @LONMigFilmFest]

2013: the Dominican Republic strips the citizenship of anyone with Haitian parents, based on anti-black hatred.
Human rights lawyer Rosa Iris - a Dominican of Haitian descent - mounts a grassroots campaign to fight for social justice.

Fri 18 June, 6.20pm

https://t.co/6e9jurUvJQ

[London Migration Film Festival @LONMigFilmFest]

Niger, 1960s. Three friends leave their village for the Gold Coast to find their fortunes.

A feel-good film about personal growth and the universality of migration, narrated by the men themselves as they re-watch the footage after the journey.

https://t.co/exkqx57ouM

[London Migration Film Festival @LONMigFilmFest]

A tour across Chile's desert, cities, ocean & snowy peaks through the observation of bus stops and passenger's conversations.

A film that delves into the conflicts of a diverse and unequal country colliding with the desires of the newly arrived migrants.

https://t.co/Ei9viPDV1J

[London Migration Film Festival @LONMigFilmFest]

Four young Sudanese men are sitting on the back of a lorry that will take them to the UK. As they wait, they talk about the practicalities of journeying to the UK, what drove them to leave, & reflect on a system that excludes them from a dignified life.

https://t.co/I3LZN0QLZV

[London Migration Film Festival @LONMigFilmFest]

Filmmaker Jorge Thielen Armand returns to Venezuela from Canada, where he has lived since he was 15. He decides to shoot a film about his father’s colourful life in the Amazon, in which his father stars as himself.

https://t.co/wm7EJ1Ux8n

[London Migration Film Festival @LONMigFilmFest]

Once a marginalised niche, films about migration are now moving into the mainstream.

What is the effect on viewers? What kind of stories are being told, whose voices are platformed? And is there potential to change how the public thinks about migration?

https://t.co/kZaM9ArBOp

[London Migration Film Festival @LONMigFilmFest]

In a near-future dystopia any unaccompanied minor entering the UK illegally is held in a detention camp.

The screening will be followed by a panel on legal, policy, advocacy, and the practical realities of what it means to be a migrant in the UK today.

https://t.co/veISYasbF2

[London Migration Film Festival @LONMigFilmFest]

Lucía just moved to the US with her two sons. While she struggles to make a living, the brothers are confined to their one-room flat. The walls of the room become a projection screen for imaginative adventures.

17 June @GenesisCinema @LONMigFilmFest

https://t.co/YAaX7bPb7z

[Prof Laura Hammond @lhammondsoas]

Congratulations to the amazing @MigCollective for their 4th annual #LondonMigrationFilmFestival #LMFF which finished tonight! Most of them are alums of our @SOASDevelopment Migration Mobility & Development programme. It was great to catch up with them tonight!

[Runnymede Trust @RunnymedeTrust]

🗣️Our director is speaking @migcollective's London Migration Film Festival tomorrow evening

📽️ Please check out the website to find out what it's all about: https://t.co/rGgU4xUeJG

And follow @migcollective @lonmigfilmfest)

[London Migration Film Festival @LONMigFilmFest]

Today's screening📢 The Farewell + Q&A🗣️
A bittersweet Chinese-American family drama that let us laugh, tear, and think about how we treat our families beyond generations and cultural differences.

6.30pm Dec 2 @GenesisCinema

Last-minute tickets👇
https://t.co/rfvBnWe0kD

[Paul Davidson @poppitsz]

Looking forward to watching @article50film and others as part of the @MigCollective screening today 2pm @UpstairsRitzy. #shortfilm #indiefilm #ritzy #London

[CinemaItaliaUK @CinemaItaliaUK]

Getting ready for #BANGLA with our friends @MigCollective 😍

THIS SUNDAY📍⏳
1st Dec / 18:30
@GenesisCinema

Have you bought your tickets yet?
Here > https://t.co/JUFjA0Eufn
Join #CinemaItaliaUK & @LONMigFilmFest for this unmissable event!

[London Migration Film Festival @LONMigFilmFest]

We are excited to announce our first online programme, including a number of shorts available FOR FREE🤩

No matter where you're based, for the next two weeks you'll be able to watch great films about migration.

Happy watching, and see you next week🙌🏼
https://t.co/sqy3q10IiY

[Professor Claire Heffernan @cheffernan_LIDC]

I'm really pleased to see the return of @MigCollective's #film festival: 'human stories, of people that at some point in their lives decided to move.' Please check this link for more on this! https://t.co/Cu4dzFZpP2

[SOAS Politics @SOASpolitics]

Thurs 28 November 7-10pm @SOAS Opening Gala of the 4th London Migration Film Festival @LONMigFilmFest with Milko Lazarov's award winner #ÁGA.

Q&A with @soaspolitics Dr Bhavna Dave.

Full details here https://t.co/Yzl4ZMqzzw

And tickets here https://t.co/huwDDoJzS0