Home Is Distant Shores Film Festival is a celebration of resilience, grit, and the unbreakable spirit of immigrants and refugees. These are not just stories of struggle but of triumph—of individuals who rise above hardship, shape new identities, and redefine what it means to belong. Through powerful films, we honor the relentless drive of those who have left everything behind to build a future against the odds. Witness their journeys, their courage, and their unstoppable pursuit of dreams—because the immigrant story is not one of survival alone, but of victory.

 

Film Block 1: Abrazo, Desi Mom, How Much Filipino, Little Birds, “Me, Dad, Niu-York”, Nyasha, Pari and the witch, Red Rice and Under One Sky.

 

Film Block 2: Ayat (Verses), Bogotá Story, Children of diaspora, Frozen Out, “Here, Hopefully”, Love in the Time of Migration, Plastico and Rice & Grits : A Vietnamese American Culinary Odyssey of the American South.