Border Journals: Notes from a failed expedition

The second installment in the Border Journals series.

Afghan's Torture on the Border

Explores the Afghan migrants being kidnapped and tortured for ransom on the Iran or Turkey border. Videos are sent to horrified family members to blackmail them into paying vast sums of money to secure the release of the

All is Well on the Border

One of Zaatari’s earliest experiments in documentary video, All Is Well on the Border emerged from the filmmaker’s desire to understand Israel’s occupation of Southern Lebanon following the 1982 Lebanon War. The video pr

A Declaration of Poetic Disobedience from the New Border

To the Masterminds of Paranoid Nationalism I say, we say: "We," the Other people We, the migrants, exiles, nomads & wetbacks In permanent process of voluntary deportation We, the transient orphans of dying nation-st

Vsemir - The Border at the Miren Cemetery

In 1947, the cemetery of Miren was split by a new border between Italy and Yugoslavia, dividing the living and the dead. As life adjusted, people found ways to overcome the divide, showing that while borders are drawn on

Goodbye Home: Ukraine's Border Heartbreak

Stephanie Hegarty finds relief and heartbreak in equal measure at Ukraine's border, as families separated from the country and the people they love, start to come to terms with their new lives as refugees.

There is a Border in my Backyard

On the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a 70-kilometre long fence was erected on the border between Germany and Denmark. The fence was intended to secure Danish pigs against African swine flu but ended up

Odd Reel Shot Entirely South of the Border

Fragment of an unknown exploitation movie.

On the Border Between Life and Death

Winter 2012. This film is based on the true story of a young man named Tumendelger of Tsermaagiin from Nomgon soum, Umnugovi aimag, who fell off his motorcycle in the freezing cold and crawled to the center of the aimag

The Border Confirmed: The Treaty of Washington (1867-1871)

This documentary explores the years following Canadian Confederation, a delicate period in regard to American attitudes towards Canada. This was a critical time for the two countries, and the complex diplomacy of the Tre

Battle for the Slovenian Northern Border

Horny in Border: Essay on AIDS Images

In a record of images and sounds, a HIV-positive man recounts his sexual experience on the border between Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.

State Border: Vol. 7. Salty Wind

A group of saboteurs was sent into Estonia in 1959. This group included a local resident who also has his own personal goal: to find the daughter he lost at the end of the war while fleeing abroad.

State Border: Vol. 8. On the Far Border

At the southern border outpost the Soviet border guards managed to neutralize a spy from one of the Western intelligence services and discover an electronic unit recording data about secret strategic military facilities

Europe's Deadliest Border: Czechoslovakia's Iron Curtain

During the Cold War, many of those who tried to flee westward across the dangerous and blurred line separating communist Czechoslovakia from freedom were gunned down: the story of Europe's deadliest border.

State Border: Vol. 5. Year Forty-One

About the heroism of the border guards who took upon themselves the full brunt of the blow of the Nazi hordes on the first day of the Great Patriotic War.

The Troubles with Brexit: What Brexit Means for the Irish Border

After 40 years of conflict in Northern Ireland, the Good Friday agreement ushered in a period of relative peace and stability in the northwest corner of Europe. But the unintended consequences of the UK leaving the Europ

State Border: Vol. 1. We are Ours, We are New...

A former officer of the Separate Border Guard Corps accepts an offer to head the customs service of the young Soviet state.

Human Trafficking at the Northern State Border

Reconstruction of a smuggling operation exploiting the transit agreement by the human trafficking gang Mierendorff: This Stasi training film reenacts the operational procedures of an escape attempt. Where did they meet?

State Border: Vol. 2. Peaceful Summer of '21

On instructions from Polish intelligence, a group of bandits dress up in Red Army uniforms and attack a Soviet border town.