Sahrawi Refugee Camps Movies

  • 2010
    Journey to Saharawi – The Courage to Live for Freedom

    Journey to Saharawi – The Courage to Live for Freedom

    Journey to Saharawi – The Courage to Live for Freedom

    02010HD

    In the stunning and starkly beautiful landscape of Western Sahara, Walter Bencini recounts his journey to meet the Saharawi people, uprooted from...

    Journey to Saharawi – The Courage to Live for Freedom
  • 2009
    Hammada

    Hammada

    Hammada

    02009HD

    Dadah, a Sahrawi boy living in the Dakhla refugee camp, knows nothing beyond life in the desert, the sand-filled air, the ever-present dunes on the...

    Hammada
  • 2023
    Champs-Elysées

    Champs-Elysées

    Champs-Elysées

    02023HD

    A boy has a dream of traveling to the world, especially to Paris where his uncle lives, but a wall built on his land divides his country and does not...

    Champs-Elysées
  • 2016
    The Desert of the desert

    The Desert of the desert

    The Desert of the desert

    02016HD

    'The Desert of the Desert' is a feature documentary about one of the longest-running and least- known colonial conflicts and the plight of the...

    The Desert of the desert
  • 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
  • 2011
    Robbed of Truth

    Robbed of Truth

    Robbed of Truth

    02011HD

    This is the true story of Fetim Salam, a Saharawi refugee falsely portrayed as a slave in the Australian documentary 'Stolen'. Australian filmmakers,...

    Robbed of Truth
  • 2013
    Cast in sand: Najla and Agaila

    Cast in sand: Najla and Agaila

    Cast in sand: Najla and Agaila

    02013HD

    Two women of different generations struggle for survival, happiness, and freedom in barren desert refugee camps. Here, the displaced people of...

    Cast in sand: Najla and Agaila
  • 2011
    The ladies of the desert

    The ladies of the desert

    The ladies of the desert

    02011HD

    The film offers an insight into a nearly forgotten world. The times when the Sahrawi war of independence was on the international agenda seem to be...

    The ladies of the desert
  • 2014
    For sleepless nights

    For sleepless nights

    For sleepless nights

    02014HD

    "… Choose a starless night in the part you line the Best in the city".

    For sleepless nights
  • 2007
    Sand compass

    Sand compass

    Sand compass

    02007HD

    A Crew of Mexican filmmakers decide to cross the world to go in search of a nomad who would guide them in the sea of sand, to find the cave of the...

    Sand compass
  • 2020
    Jadijetu's journey

    Jadijetu's journey

    Jadijetu's journey

    02020HD

    The narrative of resistance of Sahrawi poet Jadijetu Alaÿat flows against the background of raveling images from an unknown land.

    Jadijetu's journey
  • 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
  • 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!)
  • 2015
    Life is waiting: referendum and resistance in Western Sahara

    Life is waiting: referendum and resistance in Western Sahara

    Life is waiting: referendum and resistance in Western Sahara

    72015HD

    Forty years after its people were promised freedom by departing Spanish rulers, Western Sahara remains Africa's last colony. This film chronicles the...

    Life is waiting: referendum and resistance in Western Sahara
  • 2016
    Words of caramel

    Words of caramel

    Words of caramel

    02016HD

    In a refugee camp in the Sahara desert lives a deaf boy who wants to learn to write. Welcome to the silent world of Kori and his best friend the...

    Words of caramel
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2020
    The voice of the martyrs

    The voice of the martyrs

    The voice of the martyrs

    02020HD

    The film takes place in the Sahrawi refugee camps installed since 1975 near Tindouf, southwest Algeria. It takes us on a filmed investigation led by...

    The voice of the martyrs
  • 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
  • 2014
    Gurba, the condemned

    Gurba, the condemned

    Gurba, the condemned

    02014HD

    Siya, Dumaha, Mata and Aziz are Saharawi refugees that live in camps in Tindouf (Algeria). They show us the daily extreme harshness of an exile that...

    Gurba, the condemned