Sahrawi Refugee Camps Movies

  • 2009
    Sahrawis, a glimpse into exile

    Sahrawis, a glimpse into exile

    Sahrawis, a glimpse into exile

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    Filmed in the camps of Sahrawi refugees living in West-Algeria and Tifaritti (the liberated territory). The narrator, in his multiple interviews,...

    Sahrawis, a glimpse into exile
  • 2007
    Sand compass

    Sand compass

    Sand compass

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    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
  • 2011
    Robbed of Truth

    Robbed of Truth

    Robbed of Truth

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    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
  • 2006
    Sahara Project: From Sant Coloma to Dajla

    Sahara Project: From Sant Coloma to Dajla

    Sahara Project: From Sant Coloma to Dajla

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    This film presents, through the eyes four students - Gemma, Colo, Cristian and Mireia - their experience of the trip, the feelings that moved them,...

    Sahara Project: From Sant Coloma to Dajla
  • 2015
    Yellow brick road

    Yellow brick road

    Yellow brick road

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    The camera wanders around old spellbinding cars in the Sahara desert. Two playful and witty little boys show up and alter the course of events. From...

    Yellow brick road
  • 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

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    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
  • 2017
    Daniela, the value of perseverance

    Daniela, the value of perseverance

    Daniela, the value of perseverance

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

    Daniela, the value of perseverance
  • 2020
    Jadijetu's journey

    Jadijetu's journey

    Jadijetu's journey

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

    Jadijetu's journey
  • 2009
    Hammada

    Hammada

    Hammada

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    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
  • 1996
    A Sahrawi story

    A Sahrawi story

    A Sahrawi story

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    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
  • 2023
    The time after the rain

    The time after the rain

    The time after the rain

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    Young Mohamed Dih, who in Seville, returns to his birthplace – a refugee camp in Western Sahara. Time flows differently here: the times of the...

    The time after the rain
  • 2008
    Ali Salem, architect of resistance

    Ali Salem, architect of resistance

    Ali Salem, architect of resistance

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    Ali Salem Hamudi Mohamed - Yahdih, was born in 1955 in El Aaiún (Western Sahara). He completed his secondary schooling in the "Spanish"...

    Ali Salem, architect of resistance
  • 2020
    The wall, the Sahrawi wound

    The wall, the Sahrawi wound

    The wall, the Sahrawi wound

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    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
  • 2011
    The ladies of the desert

    The ladies of the desert

    The ladies of the desert

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    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
  • 2020
    To See El Aaiún

    To See El Aaiún

    To See El Aaiún

    02020HD

    In the depths of the Algerian desert the Sahrawi people have been dwelling in the refugee camps for over 40 years. Camps gradually turned into...

    To See El Aaiún
  • 2023
    Daughters of sand

    Daughters of sand

    Daughters of sand

    02023HD

    Benda, a young Sahrawi woman in the diaspora wonders about the future of her people's children and women. We accompany her on an emotional journey to...

    Daughters of sand
  • 2023
    Jaima

    Jaima

    Jaima

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    In the dunes of the Sahara, a Jaima, the traditional Saharawi tent. Through the tea ritual, a woman takes us into the past and present of her people,...

    Jaima
  • 2014
    Gurba, the condemned

    Gurba, the condemned

    Gurba, the condemned

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    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
  • 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

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    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
  • 2018
    My society

    My society

    My society

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    A local film whose message is not political, but social. It's about sexual violence and society's vision of rape victims, who are scarred for life,...

    My society