Digital Detention. For-Profit Surveillance of Migrants in the USA unveils a booming industry in the surveillance of immigrants, where GPS monitors and facial recognition apps turn migrants and asylum-seekers into data for profit. The collaborative film exposes the personal and societal impacts of this new form of control using invasive technologies, highlighting the stories of asylum-seekers living under constant surveillance in Austin, Texas, a city transformed by the tech boom.

This screening includes a post-screening Q&A with director Carolina Sánchez Boe arranged by The University of Oxford Centre for Criminology, All tickets cost £8 each.

This event also features a screening of short-film BORDR (Dir. Emma Brierley. UK, 2026. 6mins). Made in collaboration with Gabriel Harrell, Felipe Bustos Sierra, Robyn Dawson, Jayson Turner and Mary Bosworth, this animation draws on publicly accessible material from several private companies contracted by the Home Office to provide border control services in the UK.