Western Sahara Movies

  • 2023
    Champs-Élysées

    Champs-Élysées

    Champs-Élysées

    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-Élysées
  • 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
  • 2009
    Letter

    Letter

    Letter

    02009HD

    A young girl, frustrated with the never-ending peace process, hopes to hand over a letter containing her suffering and dreams of independence to the...

    Letter
  • 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
    Silent Sahara rising

    Silent Sahara rising

    Silent Sahara rising

    02011HD

    "Once you demand any rights...you are immediately arrested", Ahmed, a graduate says. As elsewhere, the Internet has become a key tool for getting...

    Silent Sahara rising
  • 2013
    Just to let you know that I'm alive

    Just to let you know that I'm alive

    Just to let you know that I'm alive

    02013HD

    Enforced disappearances, torture, secret prisons, mass graves, no trial and no justice. The history of Western Sahara, the area south of Morocco with...

    Just to let you know that I'm alive
  • 2016
    War of peace

    War of peace

    War of peace

    02016HD

    This film is about the suffering of Sahrawi youth in the occupied Western Sahara. It tells the tragic story of their lives under occupation, and how...

    War of peace
  • 2021
    Desert strawberries

    Desert strawberries

    Desert strawberries

    02021HD

    Sahrawi artist and visual poet Mohamed Sleiman Labat follows the story of the emerging phenomenon of small scale family gardens in his local...

    Desert strawberries
  • 2017
    Western Sahara determined

    Western Sahara determined

    Western Sahara determined

    02017HD

    Western Sahara is one of the most heavily mined territories in the world following decades of conflict with its neighbours. Despite a 1991 ceasefire,...

    Western Sahara determined
  • 2018
    I wait

    I wait

    I wait

    02018HD

    Is already 40 years since the saharawi population became refugee in Algeria because of the Moroccan occupation. While the POLISARIO government tries...

    I wait
  • 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
  • 2019
    R1514, the waiting

    R1514, the waiting

    R1514, the waiting

    02019HD

    The documentary show us their hard work in order to live with dignity and the importance of education and the position of woman, both key facts in...

    R1514, the waiting
  • 2020
    Searching for Tirfas

    Searching for Tirfas

    Searching for Tirfas

    02020HD

    When you are born in refugee camps, you grow up dreaming that one day you will live in your homeland, and as time goes on, this never goes beyond...

    Searching for Tirfas
  • 1981
    Objetivo - Con el polisario

    Objetivo - Con el polisario

    Objetivo - Con el polisario

    01981HD

    Objetivo - Con el polisario
  • 2010
    The white melpha

    The white melpha

    The white melpha

    02010HD

    A white melfa (Sahrawi traditional dress) contains the written desires of a group of young Sahrawi women.

    The white melpha
  • 2014
    A message to Obama

    A message to Obama

    A message to Obama

    02014HD

    "A message to Obama" is a true story about a black man that writes a letter to the President of the United States of America - Barack Obama. The film...

    A message to Obama
  • 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
  • 2023
    A refuge in the stars

    A refuge in the stars

    A refuge in the stars

    02023HD

    The Sahara desert occupies a third of the African continent and is one of the most inhospitable regions on the planet. The region is dry enough to...

    A refuge in the stars
  • 2017
    Barber shop

    Barber shop

    Barber shop

    02017HD

    In Smara refugee camp, barber Mohammed treats customers of different generations.

    Barber shop
  • 2017
    Skeikima

    Skeikima

    Skeikima

    02017HD

    How would you claim your identity in a hostile land? How could you live under harassment and repression? How would you make your voice break through...

    Skeikima