Sahrawi Refugee Camps Movies

  • 2010
    Kites in Sahara

    Kites in Sahara

    Kites in Sahara

    02010HD

    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...

    Kites in Sahara
  • 2008
    The whisper of the sand

    The whisper of the sand

    The whisper of the sand

    02008HD

    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...

    The whisper of the sand
  • 2022
    Imminent danger

    Imminent danger

    Imminent danger

    02022HD

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

    Imminent danger
  • 2008
    A scream from Sahara

    A scream from Sahara

    A scream from Sahara

    02008HD

    Trapped between the violence of the Moroccan regime and the indifference of the international community, the Saharaui People fight peacefully in...

    A scream from Sahara
  • 2023
    The hidden fire

    The hidden fire

    The hidden fire

    02023HD

    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...

    The hidden fire
  • 2017
    Barber shop

    Barber shop

    Barber shop

    02017HD

    In Smara refugee camp, barber Mohammed treats customers of different generations.

    Barber shop
  • 2018
    I wait

    I wait

    I wait

    02018HD

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

    I wait
  • 2010
    Nothing happens

    Nothing happens

    Nothing happens

    02010HD

    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...

    Nothing happens
  • 2005
    Drops in the desert

    Drops in the desert

    Drops in the desert

    02005HD

    A documentary which explains, through the experience of hosting a Sahrawi child for the summer, visiting the camps and speaking with teachers,...

    Drops in the desert
  • 2017
    Oasis

    Oasis

    Oasis

    02017HD

    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...

    Oasis
  • 2010
    Sukut, the memory of silence

    Sukut, the memory of silence

    Sukut, the memory of silence

    02010HD

    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...

    Sukut, the memory of silence
  • 2012
    Sweep the desert

    Sweep the desert

    Sweep the desert

    02012HD

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

    Sweep the desert
  • 2016
    Portrait

    Portrait

    Portrait

    02016HD

    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...

    Portrait
  • 2025
    The reflection on the sand

    The reflection on the sand

    The reflection on the sand

    02025HD

    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...

    The reflection on the sand
  • 2010
    I am a Sahrawi woman

    I am a Sahrawi woman

    I am a Sahrawi woman

    02010HD

    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...

    I am a Sahrawi woman
  • 2008
    The women of the tents

    The women of the tents

    The women of the tents

    02008HD

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

    The women of the tents
  • 2016
    When the sun came for them

    When the sun came for them

    When the sun came for them

    02016HD

    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,...

    When the sun came for them
  • 2016
    On leased land

    On leased land

    On leased land

    02016HD

    The testimony of several generations of Saharawi refugees, shows us the harshness of life in the inhospitable Algerian desert, after more than 40...

    On leased land
  • 2002
    Tuizza, among women

    Tuizza, among women

    Tuizza, among women

    02002HD

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

    Tuizza, among women
  • 1970
    A wall in the desert

    A wall in the desert

    A wall in the desert

    01970HD

    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...

    A wall in the desert