Announcing Home Is Distant Shores Film Festival 2025!

12 PM Noon, May 3rd 2025

The Cary Theater, Cary, North Carolina.

In its 7th year, the Home Is Distant Shores Film Festival celebrates the lives and experiences of immigrants and refugees who have embarked on journeys to new lands, showcasing their compelling stories through captivating films and artwork. This year, we’ve two film blocks will immerse audiences in a variety of engaging narratives, each culminating in Q&A sessions with filmmakers and community members. Join us for a transformative experience and secure your tickets today!

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Selected Films - 2025

Featured
Under One Sky-poster.jpg
Under One Sky
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Rice & Grits : A Vietnamese American Culinary Odyssey of the American South
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Red Rice
Plastico-poster.jpg
Plastico
Pari and the witch-poster.jpg
Pari and the witch
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Nyasha
Me,Dad-poster.jpg
Me, Dad, Niu-York
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Love in the Time of Migration
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Little Birds
How much Filipino-poster.jpg
How Much Filipino

Home Is Distant Shores - Poster

Poster Artwork By Sampada Kodagali Agarwal

We are interested in wide variety of stories such as migration journey, border security, education, employment, documented and undocumented immigration, community integration, family separation, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), resettlement of refugee and asylum seekers etc. We encourage various storytellers to share their work with almost 800,000 immigrants who reside in North Carolina state and beyond.