Sahrawi Refugee Camps Movies
- 2009

Sahrawis, a glimpse into exile
Sahrawis, a glimpse into exile02009HD
Filmed in the camps of Sahrawi refugees living in West-Algeria and Tifaritti (the liberated territory). The narrator, in his multiple interviews,...
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- 2007

Sand compass
Sand compass02007HD
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...
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- 2011

Robbed of Truth
Robbed of Truth02011HD
This is the true story of Fetim Salam, a Saharawi refugee falsely portrayed as a slave in the Australian documentary 'Stolen'. Australian filmmakers,...
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- 2006

Sahara Project: From Sant Coloma to Dajla
Sahara Project: From Sant Coloma to Dajla02006HD
This film presents, through the eyes four students - Gemma, Colo, Cristian and Mireia - their experience of the trip, the feelings that moved them,...
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- 2015

Yellow brick road
Yellow brick road02015HD
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...
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- 2010

Journey to Saharawi – The Courage to Live for Freedom
Journey to Saharawi – The Courage to Live for Freedom02010HD
In the stunning and starkly beautiful landscape of Western Sahara, Walter Bencini recounts his journey to meet the Saharawi people, uprooted from...
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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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- 2020

Jadijetu's journey
Jadijetu's journey02020HD
The narrative of resistance of Sahrawi poet Jadijetu Alaÿat flows against the background of raveling images from an unknown land.
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- 2009

Hammada
Hammada02009HD
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...
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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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- 2023

The time after the rain
The time after the rain22023HD
Young Mohamed Dih, who in Seville, returns to his birthplace – a refugee camp in Western Sahara. Time flows differently here: the times of the...
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- 2008

Ali Salem, architect of resistance
Ali Salem, architect of resistance02008HD
Ali Salem Hamudi Mohamed - Yahdih, was born in 1955 in El Aaiún (Western Sahara). He completed his secondary schooling in the "Spanish"...
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- 2020

The wall, the Sahrawi wound
The wall, the Sahrawi wound02020HD
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....
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- 2011

The ladies of the desert
The ladies of the desert02011HD
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...
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- 2020

To See El Aaiún
To See El Aaiún02020HD
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...
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- 2023

Daughters of sand
Daughters of sand02023HD
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...
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- 2023

Jaima
Jaima02023HD
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,...
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- 2014

Gurba, the condemned
Gurba, the condemned02014HD
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...
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- 2015

Life is waiting: referendum and resistance in Western Sahara
Life is waiting: referendum and resistance in Western Sahara72015HD
Forty years after its people were promised freedom by departing Spanish rulers, Western Sahara remains Africa's last colony. This film chronicles the...
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- 2018

My society
My society02018HD
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,...
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