14m; Romania
Director: Paul Negoescu
Cast: Gabriel Spahiu, Marian Ralea
Synopsis: Honest drama about a taxi driver and his customer who discover the negative sides of emigration.
Contact: International Film Festival Rotterdam Production Department: production@filmfestivalrotterdam.com
112m
Director: Tizuka Yamasaki
Cast: Kyoko Tsukamoto, Antônio Fagundes and Jiro Kawarazaki
Synopsis (IMDB): Based on fact, this is the story of the struggles of Japanese immigrants who traveled to and settled in Brazil looking for a better life.
11m;
Director: Clarissa De Los Reyes
Synopsis: When a phone call brings news of her father’s death in the Philippines, a Filipino caregiver working illegally in New York City must make a choice between her duties as the family breadwinner and her desire to go home to grieve her father’s death. “Giving Care” is a story about one of the worst fears of an immigrant far away from home: not being there when a loved one goes.
76m
Director: Atanas Georgiev
Synopsis: Two young immigrants from the Balkan try to find a solution for their legal residence permit in Austria.
33m; France
Director: Camy Julien
Synopsis: Profile of Algerian baker working in France.
83m; U.S.
Director: Steve Barron
Synopsis: he social anxiety of a morbidly shy Ecuadorian dishwasher working in a Queens diner provides the psychological engine that powers this intense blend of drama and magical realism from the famed music video director. Newcomer Octavio Gómez Berríos gives a quietly effective performance in the “title” role. Also starring Mandy Patinkin.
Contact: Ghost Robot 373 Broadway, Suite F3 New York, NY 10013 T 212-343-0900 F 212-898-1119 C 646-234-1036 chokingman@ghostrobot.com
51m; U.S.
Director: Alex Szalat
Synopsis: Biographical film about Clara Lelich, a Jewish socialist textile worker who played a major role in the “Uprising of the 20,000” which was a powerful moment in organizing New York’s textile sector and the growth of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU).
Contact: http://icarusfilms.com/new2005/clar.html
10m; U.S.
Director: Samantha Davidson Green
Synopsis: Wealthy Beverly Hills socialite hired two Mexican day-workers to move a couch
97m; Italy
Director: Carmine Amoroso
Synopsis: The story of a friendship between two young men—a Romanian immigrant and an Italian lower-class worker.
Contact: from Todd at AFI
95m; U.S.
Director: Sergio Arau
Synopsis: One day California wakes up and not a single Latino is left in the state. They have all inexplicably disappeared, chaos, tragedy, and comedy quickly ensue. NOT SCREENED
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