Sahrawi Refugee Camps Movies

  • 2019
    Crisis

    Crisis

    Crisis

    02019HD

    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...

    Crisis
  • 2009
    Facing into the wind

    Facing into the wind

    Facing into the wind

    02009HD

    Documentary about Aminatou Haidar and her fight for the Sahrawi rights

    Facing into the wind
  • 2018
    Sadig: my Sahrawi friend

    Sadig: my Sahrawi friend

    Sadig: my Sahrawi friend

    02018HD

    Habub and Marcos establish a relationship through “video letters” during the wintertime. Through these videos, we see what daily life is...

    Sadig: my Sahrawi friend
  • 2024
    Salam

    Salam

    Salam

    02024HD

    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...

    Salam
  • 2014
    Legna

    Legna

    Legna

    82014HD

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

    Legna
  • 1996
    A Sahrawi story

    A Sahrawi story

    A Sahrawi story

    01996HD

    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.

    A Sahrawi story
  • 2005
    All about my tent

    All about my tent

    All about my tent

    02005HD

    The relevant NGOs and the Spanish film industry have organized the First International Sahara Film Festival, with the official objective of bringing...

    All about my tent
  • 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
  • 2023
    Unsubmissive

    Unsubmissive

    Unsubmissive

    02023HD

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

    Unsubmissive
  • 2013
    The runner

    The runner

    The runner

    02013HD

    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...

    The runner
  • 2024
    Sand bellies

    Sand bellies

    Sand bellies

    02024HD

    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...

    Sand bellies
  • 2017
    Daniela, the value of perseverance

    Daniela, the value of perseverance

    Daniela, the value of perseverance

    02017HD

    The strength and will of a girl with physical difficulties in Sahrawi society.

    Daniela, the value of perseverance
  • 2016
    Kafana (Enough, already!)

    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...

    Kafana (Enough, already!)
  • 2010
    Sahrawis, between occupation and exile

    Sahrawis, between occupation and exile

    Sahrawis, between occupation and exile

    02010HD

    From a chronological perspective, “Saharauis, entre la ocupación y el exilio” (2010) explains the origins and key points of the...

    Sahrawis, between occupation and exile
  • 2013
    Sea of sand

    Sea of sand

    Sea of sand

    02013HD

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

    Sea of sand
  • 2009
    Stones (in the desert)

    Stones (in the desert)

    Stones (in the desert)

    02009HD

    About the life and thoughts of Sahrawi refugees.

    Stones (in the desert)
  • 2017
    Soukeina, 4400 days of night

    Soukeina, 4400 days of night

    Soukeina, 4400 days of night

    02017HD

    After the military occupation of Western Sahara in 1976, Moroccan government attacked the civil population with hard repression, forcing hundreds of...

    Soukeina, 4400 days of night
  • 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
  • 2019
    Waiting for the UN

    Waiting for the UN

    Waiting for the UN

    02019HD

    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...

    Waiting for the UN
  • 2022
    The nomad garden

    The nomad garden

    The nomad garden

    02022HD

    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...

    The nomad garden