Sahrawi Refugee Camps Movies

  • 2009
    Thaidina, music in the desert

    Thaidina, music in the desert

    Thaidina, music in the desert

    02009HD

    A documentary that shows the current state of territorial limbo in which the Sahrawi people live through the gaze of those who arrive and leave,...

    Thaidina, music in the desert
  • 2009
    Letter

    Letter

    Letter

    02009HD

    A young girl, frustrated with the never-ending peace process, hopes to hand over a letter containing her suffering and dreams of independence to the...

    Letter
  • 2018
    My society

    My society

    My society

    02018HD

    A local film whose message is not political, but social. It's about sexual violence and society's vision of rape victims, who are scarred for life,...

    My society
  • 2014
    Western: Sahara

    Western: Sahara

    Western: Sahara

    02014HD

    WESTERN: SAHARA documented the pre-production of an audiovisual participatory project at Saharawi refugee camps in Tindouf, Algeria. From the trailer...

    Western: Sahara
  • 2018
    Diaspora in the Sahara

    Diaspora in the Sahara

    Diaspora in the Sahara

    02018HD

    Testimonies of a people enlisted on the path of independence. Records taken at refugee camps in Tindouf (Sahara Desert in southern Algeria) and Bir...

    Diaspora in the Sahara
  • 2019
    Atu, the face of a forgotten nation

    Atu, the face of a forgotten nation

    Atu, the face of a forgotten nation

    02019HD

    Atu is a 12-year-old Saharawi girl who comes to Valencia every summer to escape the suffocating desert summer in exile. Two opposing worlds between a...

    Atu, the face of a forgotten nation
  • 2020
    Sahrawi, welcome

    Sahrawi, welcome

    Sahrawi, welcome

    02020HD

    "We used to travel trough Sahara in quest for clouds. We did not depend on no airplanes, nor cars, just on our camels” Sahrawi grandpas recall...

    Sahrawi, welcome
  • 2020
    The wall, the Sahrawi wound

    The wall, the Sahrawi wound

    The wall, the Sahrawi wound

    02020HD

    Ahmed lost a leg because of a landmine. Fatimetu works as a deminer. Mohamed tells the story of the wall that divides his country, Western Sahara....

    The wall, the Sahrawi wound
  • 2019
    R1514, the waiting

    R1514, the waiting

    R1514, the waiting

    02019HD

    The documentary show us their hard work in order to live with dignity and the importance of education and the position of woman, both key facts in...

    R1514, the waiting
  • 2013
    Chabiba

    Chabiba

    Chabiba

    02013HD

    In Hassaniya, the mother tongue of the Sahrawi people "Chabiba" means youth. In the Sahrawi tradition conversations, revolves around a good tea....

    Chabiba
  • 2008
    Belgha, the alive memory

    Belgha, the alive memory

    Belgha, the alive memory

    02008HD

    Selma Mohamed Brahim, known as Belgha, lives in the Dajla Saharaui refugee camp in Southern Algeria. He has dedicated his life to preserving the...

    Belgha, the alive memory
  • 2004
    Desert rose

    Desert rose

    Desert rose

    02004HD

    Through images and testimonies of Sahrawi women, this film introduces us to the situation and the living conditions the Sahrawi people have been...

    Desert rose
  • 2011
    Daughters of hope

    Daughters of hope

    Daughters of hope

    02011HD

    Women are the protagonists of this documentary. Girls and women of varied ages tell us the difficulties of living their whole lives in refuge and...

    Daughters of hope
  • 2010
    The mirror bird

    The mirror bird

    The mirror bird

    02010HD

    Bubisher, as well as being 'the bird of luck', is a word loaded with literary meaning in Spanish in the Sahrawi refugee camps of Tindouf. Seeing the...

    The mirror bird
  • 2023
    Al Nujum - The stars

    Al Nujum - The stars

    Al Nujum - The stars

    52023HD

    For over 40 years, the Sahrawi population, as refugees, has been waiting peacefully to return to their homeland after Morocco's illegal invasion of...

    Al Nujum - The stars
  • 2023
    A refuge in the stars

    A refuge in the stars

    A refuge in the stars

    02023HD

    The Sahara desert occupies a third of the African continent and is one of the most inhospitable regions on the planet. The region is dry enough to...

    A refuge in the stars
  • 2009
    Magic Sahara

    Magic Sahara

    Magic Sahara

    02009HD

    The magic of life in the desert and that which takes place on a stage, the tricks that one has to learn in order to survive and those that bring a...

    Magic Sahara
  • 2021
    A plant in the desert

    A plant in the desert

    A plant in the desert

    02021HD

    A photography workshop in the Sahrawi refugee camps shows the situation of uprooted people through their own eyes. At the same time, the direc- tor...

    A plant in the desert
  • 2009
    SADR, justice without war?

    SADR, justice without war?

    SADR, justice without war?

    02009HD

    This documentary shows the torments and comrade disappearance ocurrences in the Moroccan Occupied Western Sahara through the eyes of Yahia, a young...

    SADR, justice without war?
  • 2009
    DEHBA

    DEHBA

    DEHBA

    02009HD

    Reflects the daily life of a child in a Sahrawi school

    DEHBA