Below is a list of documentaries / films about intercountry / transracial adoptees listed by Country of Origin.
Cambodia
Belonging (Li-Da Kruger, adopted to the UK)
Prue Leith: Journey with my Daughter (Part 2 of Li-Da’s journey)
China
Somewhere Between (4 teenage Chinese adoptees raised in America)
Ethiopia
The Walk – a true story about Meseret Cohen (older age adoption, adopted to Australia) ***NEW***
Guatemala
Coming soon!
Haiti
Hong Kong
Abandoned, Adopted Here (Lucy Sheen, documentary about Hong Kong adoptees adopted to the UK)
I Know this Face (Lucy Sheen, 4min short film about our Mothers)
India
Calcutta Is My Mother (Reshma McClintock, adopted to America)
Lion (film about Saroo Brierley, adopted to Australia, adapted from his book)
You Follow: A Search for One’s Past (Nisha Grayson, adopted to America)
Iran
Finding Farideh (biographical journey of Eline, adopted to the Netherlands on her return to Iran to search for bio family)
Paraguay
Juan (French with subtitles in English) *** NEW
South Korea
Resilence (by Tammy Chu, documentary about Sth Korean adoptee who reunites with his bio mother and their struggle to become family again)
Twinsters (twins Anais Bordier & Samantha Futerman, adopted to France & America)
Found in Korea (Nam Holtz, adopted to America)
SidexSide (Glenn Morey interviews of 100 Korean adoptees and orphans who aged out)
First Person Plural (Deann Borshay Liem, adopted to America)
Geographies of Kinship (Deann Borshay Liem)
Forget Me Not (Sun Hee Engelstoft)
Currently screening in Australia on SBS Demand free until 30 May 2023
Sri Lanka
Coming Soon!
Taiwan
Transracial
A Story of One’s Own: an intimate and political portrait of transnational adoption in France (Amandine Gay, French)
Being a TransRacial Adoptee (TRA) (Lucy Sheen)
Closure: A Documentary about Adoption (Angela Tucker, African American transracial adoptee)
Ouvrir la Voix (Amandine Gray Moroccan-French transracial adoptee, French)
Vietnam
Selection of Youtube Videos and Documentaries
Other Short Films made by intercountry adoptees
Two Adoptees, Generations Apart, Discuss their Adoption Stories (Lucy Sheen, short 8min video exploring domestic vs intercountry adoption)