Occupation Movies

An elderly couple is trapped in their village near Kyiv as it falls under Russian occupation. When a fire destroys their home, they are forced to...

Documentary about the struggle of the people of Jeju Island, South Korea. Set in the context of the U.S. presence in Korea after World War II, the...

Documentary about the Lyon sex workers who occupied the church of St. Nizier on June 3, 1975.

From the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Laila sets out to cross the border into Syria to attend her father’s funeral. At one of the...

Between 1930 and 1945, Eastern Europe experienced mass violence on an unprecedented scale. Hitler and Stalin exploited the vast region for their...

For the first time, some of Vidkun Quisling's closest followers as well as his opponents come forward and describe their impressions of the Norwegian...

A documentary set in the Ciudad Oculta neighborhood that shows the daily lives of Ramona and Graciela, residents of what was supposed to become the...

3 CM LESS (the title comes from projections that the Palestinian children of today will grow up on average three centimeters shorter than their...

Since the war in Gaza and the expanding occupation of the West Bank, a peaceful resolution to the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians feels...

Iben Holt, a rich bohemian, lives in an occupied country. On his way home from a party he hears an explosion and sees flames rising from a factory....

Hassan is a courageous journalist who writes about the British colonization. Escaping arrest, he meets a gypsy singer in a remote village and love...

Yugoslav Partisan propaganda film about the post-World War II events in Pula.

Up to the South focuses specifically on southern Lebanon, its current conditions, inhabitants, histories, politics and economics, as well as the...

A documentary account by award-winning filmmaker John Ferry of the events that led up to the 1969 Native American occupation of Alcatraz Island as...

After the latest Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, once the bombings cease, the reality of the conflict disappears from the media. The...

Louka, whose parents were killed in the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, persuades a beautiful smuggler to take him over the border to visit his village,...

They Break the Tree of Peace explores the reality of life under military occupation in Masafer Yatta, documenting the violence, intimidation, and...

This experimental short traces the lifespan of the graffiti and murals present at the occupation of NYC’s City Hall in June and July of 2020....

Kherson, Ukraine's embattled city, has endured invasion, occupation, and liberation. On February 24, 2022, Russian tanks entered Kherson, leading to...