Sahrawi Refugee Camps Movies
- 2019

Crisis
Crisis02019HD
In the middle of Western Sahara desert, where no water, no trees, no animals live but a bunch of refugees, struggling in poverty to survive the harsh...
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- 2009

Facing into the wind
Facing into the wind02009HD
Documentary about Aminatou Haidar and her fight for the Sahrawi rights
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- 2018

Sadig: my Sahrawi friend
Sadig: my Sahrawi friend02018HD
Habub and Marcos establish a relationship through “video letters” during the wintertime. Through these videos, we see what daily life is...
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- 2024

Salam
Salam02024HD
The Sahrawi people have lived in exile for almost half a century in the driest desert of the African continent. There, where basic resources such as...
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- 2014

Legna
Legna82014HD
"Legna: speak the Saharawi verse" is an audiovisual poetry story that traces the essential elements of the Saharawi culture, chaining the verses...
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- 1996

A Sahrawi story
A Sahrawi story01996HD
It describes the way of life of the Sahara people in the Western Sahara Desert, in particular it tells the story of a child bitten by a snake.
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- 2005

All about my tent
All about my tent02005HD
The relevant NGOs and the Spanish film industry have organized the First International Sahara Film Festival, with the official objective of bringing...
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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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- 2023

Unsubmissive
Unsubmissive02023HD
Saharawi women have always been at the forefront of the resistance against colonialism and the plunder of their territory by Morocco. In spite of...
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- 2013

The runner
The runner02013HD
The Runner is a film about endurance. It is the story of a champion long-distance runner whose journey transformed him from an athlete into the...
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- 2024

Sand bellies
Sand bellies02024HD
The Algerian region of Tindouf is home to more than 170,000 Sahrawis, who have been living in refugee camps since 1976, when Morocco occupied the...
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- 2017

Daniela, the value of perseverance
Daniela, the value of perseverance02017HD
The strength and will of a girl with physical difficulties in Sahrawi society.
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- 2016

Kafana (Enough, already!)
Kafana (Enough, already!)02016HD
A revealing story about Saharawi refugees, their identity, and their exile of more than 40 years in the Algerian desert where they have built up a...
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- 2010

Sahrawis, between occupation and exile
Sahrawis, between occupation and exile02010HD
From a chronological perspective, “Saharauis, entre la ocupación y el exilio” (2010) explains the origins and key points of the...
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- 2013

Sea of sand
Sea of sand02013HD
This documentary explains the problems of Western Sahara while occupied by Morocco, the territories liberated by the Polisario Front, and the refugee...
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- 2009

Stones (in the desert)
Stones (in the desert)02009HD
About the life and thoughts of Sahrawi refugees.
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- 2017

Soukeina, 4400 days of night
Soukeina, 4400 days of night02017HD
After the military occupation of Western Sahara in 1976, Moroccan government attacked the civil population with hard repression, forcing hundreds of...
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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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- 2019

Waiting for the UN
Waiting for the UN02019HD
Waiting for the UN is a poetic documentary about life in the desert, literally and figuratively. We follow the everyday life of a Saharawi family...
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- 2022

The nomad garden
The nomad garden02022HD
The Nomad Garden is an ode to the impossible. A young Sahrawi refugee shows how he grows organic vegetables and herbs in one of the most inhospitable...
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