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HOSTILE

By Sonita GALE

Social issues - Completed 2022

Hostile is a feature-length documentary focusing on the the impact of the UK's evolving ‘hostile environment’ immigration policies. Britain has reached a crisis point, and the film asks: once the ‘hostile environment’ has targeted all migrants, who will it extend to next?

Festivals
& Awards

London Migration Film Festival 2021

Official Selection

Raindance Film Festival 2021

Official Selection

Cambridge Film Festival 2021

Official Selection

South London Film Festival 2021

Best Documentary Feature

BIFA 2021

Longlisted – Best Debut Director, Best Documentary and Raindance Discovery Award

Manchester Film Festival 2022

Official Selection

ZagrebDox 2022

Official Selection

UK Asian Film Festival 2022

Official Selection

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- Year of production
- 2022
- Genres
- Social issues, Documentary
- Countries
- UNITED KINGDOM
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Duration
- 97 mn
- Director(s)
- Sonita GALE
- Writer(s)
- Sonita GALE
- Producer(s)
- Sonita GALE
- Synopsis
- Directed by Sonita Gale, Hostile exposes the impact of the UK’s ‘hostile environment’ — a series of UK government policies designed to make everyday life so unbearable for migrants in the UK, that they decide to leave the country or get deported.
  
  This documentary is a rich and often harrowing exploration of the UK’s approach to immigration through the eyes of international students, members of the Windrush generation, so-called ‘highly-skilled migrants’ and community organisers. Giving a voice to the people directly affected by these issues, Hostile shows the real-life consequences for those trying to navigate their everyday lives in a hostile environment.

HOSTILE

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