Movies: Identity

A short film about facing one's identity....

After learning his mother’s sudden death, a rebellious Hwagyo (Chinese in Korea) teenager sets out on an unknown journey to Taiwan in order to fulfill his mother’s last will, and to seek for his identity…...

A documentary film that follows the lives of first-generation retired immigrants living in Finland....

Resonance is a short animated film with a duration of six minutes and thirty seven seconds. It was created using a combination of traditional drawing techniques and 2D digital frame-by-frame animation. Resonance follows the fragmented everyday life o...

Inma (24) is determined to win a marathon in the Sahara Desert. But her motives run deeper than the physical challenge. A few months ago, she came across adoption papers that revealed the birthplace of her biological mother: Laayoune, Western Sahara....

A short archival documentary exploring how people come to the UK in search of a better life, only to find that the reality often falls short of their expectations....

An average nobody explores the struggle of self-recognition through the lens of a photographer who has spent his life documenting everything....

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IF STREETS COULD TALK by Samantha Abernathey - A young filmmaker takes three generations of relatives back to their former neighborhoods in San Francisco. She asks: how does where you live(d) shape who you are?...

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At the intersection between animation, ceramics, film, as well as printmaking, Honeydew, Darling is employing an interdisciplinary approach to explore the transient relationship between time and identity as it relates to queerness....

While indoors alone, a disabled woman reflects on a recurring social phenomenon she encounters when outside. The implications regarding self identity, her otherness and the right to opacity are questioned whilst she moves through poses from Artemisia...

Guadalajara is a diverse city. Through six stories of the LGBTIQ + community, a reflection on inclusion that celebrates diversity is built....

A girl loses herself, parts of her scattered to the wind. She must befriend and accept these parts of herself in order to find peace....

Shot during three seasons, Kenuajuak's documentary tenderly portrays village life and the elements that forge the character of his people: their history, the great open spaces and their unflagging humour. Though Kenuajuak appreciates the amenities of...

The film follows Corey as he navigates daily life, career, and relationships while challenging common assumptions about facial differences. Through candid conversations and everyday moments, Corey shares his perspective on identity, connection, and t...

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A group of plushies find themselves without purpose after their owner leaves for college. During their time alone they begin to form their own beliefs and opinions about this new life that they have inhereted. This meditation helps to allow new purpo...

Actually, Tomas knows his parents. Born in Brazil in 1993 and adopted from there, he now lives with them in the Netherlands. Now he is faced with the question of whether he should look for his biological mother, or if there are reasons not to do so....

Standsinwater Sutherland is 2Spirit Cree living in Northern Ontario. Holding her eagle feather, she sits and tells her story: her quest to identity, how teachings learned along the way took her from the concrete jungle of Toronto back to her reservat...