Día 1 de enero de 1993: fecha de la creación de la Eurozona. Dos agentes de aduanas -un belga y un francés- se enteran de que sus puestos en la frontera de sus respectivos países están a punto de desaparecer. Para Ruben Vandervoorde (Benoît Poelvoorde), el agente de aduanas belga, la francofobia es una tradición familiar. El agente francés Mathias Ducatel (Dany Boon) es enemigo declarado de Ruben y está secretamente enamorado de su hermana. Para sorpresa de todos, Mathias y Ruben olvidan sus antiguas rencillas y deciden trabajar juntos, peinando las carreteras rurales fronterizas con un vehículo especial de las aduanas internacionales: un Renault 4L a punto de ir al desguace.
Belfast-born actor Stephen Rea explores the impact of Brexit and the uncertainty of the future of the Irish border in a short film written by Clare Dwyer Hogg.
Narra la crisis migratoria que ocurre en Europa y las consecuencias tanto para los refugiados como para los nativos.
Alpar has his first day of work at the border between Hungary and Serbia. Stationed there to save his country from refugees, he is confronted with the reality of being a border guard and is forced to adapt to the merciless customs.
Refuge(e) traces the incredible journey of two refugees, Alpha and Zeferino. Each fled violent threats to their lives in their home countries and presented themselves at the US border asking for political asylum, only to be incarcerated in a for-profit prison for months on end without having committed any crime. Thousands more like them can't tell their stories.
„The Frontier“ or „La Frontera“ is the undulating landscape of the Sonora Desert in Arizona, which once was a symbol of freedom on the horizon of the American West – and also a region plagued by recurrent territorial struggles. Currently, a high steel fence stretches over several miles strictly separating the USA and Mexico into two territories. Every year, the remains of hundreds of migrants are retrieved from the area. The tense situation in Arizona’s borderland has split the locals into two groups: one demanding a more technically advanced border control system, the other requesting more humanitarian help. Accompanying various locals, NGO workers and self-proclaimed border guards from the region, filmmaker Gudrun Gruber raises the question of whether the latest border control technology will finally bring peace to the area, or rather merely increase the number of deaths.
With a visual style that alternates between intimate verité moments, meditative reflection and suspenseful sequences, the film tells the story of Chief Ramon Gonzalez, detective Manuel Casas and officer Mayra Garza, as they navigate the complexities of their existence on the US/Mexican border.