Sahrawi Refugee Camps Movies
- 2010

Kites in Sahara
Kites in Sahara02010HD
Short film filmed in February 2010 at the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf (Algeria). A poetic look into the situation that refugees go through and...
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- 2008

The whisper of the sand
The whisper of the sand02008HD
Awserd refugee camp, Tindouf. Fatma has not seen her brother for 30 years, since they parted after the Moroccan invasion of Western Sahara. Now he is...
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- 2022

Imminent danger
Imminent danger02022HD
This short film addresses the problems surrounding the appearance of narcotics in the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf. These drugs are beginning to...
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- 2008

A scream from Sahara
A scream from Sahara02008HD
Trapped between the violence of the Moroccan regime and the indifference of the international community, the Saharaui People fight peacefully in...
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- 2023

The hidden fire
The hidden fire02023HD
Silence always surrounds the mine, first when it explodes and then when it eternally haunts its victims. The history of the silence of this fire...
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- 2017

Barber shop
Barber shop02017HD
In Smara refugee camp, barber Mohammed treats customers of different generations.
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- 2018

I wait
I wait02018HD
Is already 40 years since the saharawi population became refugee in Algeria because of the Moroccan occupation. While the POLISARIO government tries...
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- 2010

Nothing happens
Nothing happens02010HD
In the Sahrahwi refugee camp of Dajla, south of Algeria lives Mohamed Brahim Selma, also known as Belgha; Shepherd and poet of the Tiris region who...
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- 2005

Drops in the desert
Drops in the desert02005HD
A documentary which explains, through the experience of hosting a Sahrawi child for the summer, visiting the camps and speaking with teachers,...
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- 2017

Oasis
Oasis02017HD
OASIS, a documentary that tells us about water's historical role in Western Sahara via the true stories of people who turned this wild desert into a...
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- 2010

Sukut, the memory of silence
Sukut, the memory of silence02010HD
In the refugee camps of Tindouf, for more than 30 years the Sahrawi people is waiting to get the goal that forced them to exile: to return to their...
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- 2012

Sweep the desert
Sweep the desert02012HD
A documentary about the daily lives, hopes, aspirations and demands of though living in the Sahrawi refugee camps of Dajla.
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- 2016

Portrait
Portrait02016HD
28-year-old Azman, a student in the film school Abidin Kaid Saleh, explains how he discovered film in the Sahrawi refugee camps, the difficulties he...
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- 2025

The reflection on the sand
The reflection on the sand02025HD
The rocks, sculpted by sea and wind, stand resilient, displaying the scars of the fragments torn away. From that beach, a young Sahrawi embarks on a...
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- 2010

I am a Sahrawi woman
I am a Sahrawi woman02010HD
This is the reality of women of the same nation who live divided by the wall that has separated them for 35 years now. Exiled Sahrawi women who live...
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- 2008

The women of the tents
The women of the tents02008HD
A group of Sahrawi women come together and explain how traditional "jaimas" (tents) are set up.
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- 2016

When the sun came for them
When the sun came for them02016HD
When the Sun Came for Them is a series of interviews with the nomadic Saharawi people in the Western Sahara. They discuss their remarkable history,...
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- 2016

On leased land
On leased land02016HD
The testimony of several generations of Saharawi refugees, shows us the harshness of life in the inhospitable Algerian desert, after more than 40...
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- 2002

Tuizza, among women
Tuizza, among women02002HD
Tuizza is the story of the Sahrawi women, who through their effort, have made one of the most inhospitable places in the planet, habitable.
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- 1970

A wall in the desert
A wall in the desert01970HD
The filmmaker presents the living conditions of the Sahrawi people who survive in refugee camps in the middle of the desert. These series of animated...
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