Sahrawi Refugee Camps Movies

  • 2008
    The women of the tents

    The women of the tents

    The women of the tents

    02008HD

    A group of Sahrawi women come together and explain how traditional "jaimas" (tents) are set up.

    The women of the tents
  • 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
  • 2021
    The people of the waves

    The people of the waves

    The people of the waves

    02021HD

    I am a girl of the waves, from a village of seafarers. Some days, I go out with my boat to the sea. But I don’t go alone. Maoimouna comes with...

    The people of the waves
  • 2008
    The whisper of the sand

    The whisper of the sand

    The whisper of the sand

    02008HD

    Awserd refugee camp, Tindouf. Fatma has not seen her brother for 30 years, since they parted after the Moroccan invasion of Western Sahara. Now he is...

    The whisper of the sand
  • 2010
    The mirror bird

    The mirror bird

    The mirror bird

    02010HD

    Bubisher, as well as being 'the bird of luck', is a word loaded with literary meaning in Spanish in the Sahrawi refugee camps of Tindouf. Seeing the...

    The mirror bird
  • 2010
    School desks in the desert

    School desks in the desert

    School desks in the desert

    02010HD

    A nine-year old girl, Naha, who in day-to-day life studies primary education en Wilaya de Smara is the point of departure for this documentary....

    School desks in the desert
  • 2010
    I am a Sahrawi woman

    I am a Sahrawi woman

    I am a Sahrawi woman

    02010HD

    This is the reality of women of the same nation who live divided by the wall that has separated them for 35 years now. Exiled Sahrawi women who live...

    I am a Sahrawi woman
  • 2011
    Daughters of hope

    Daughters of hope

    Daughters of hope

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    Women are the protagonists of this documentary. Girls and women of varied ages tell us the difficulties of living their whole lives in refuge and...

    Daughters of hope
  • 2016
    Time zero. What to expect when waiting in the Sahara?

    Time zero. What to expect when waiting in the Sahara?

    Time zero. What to expect when waiting in the Sahara?

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    The documentary reflects the voices and photographic looks Saharawi women because they are the protagonists of this project allows us to see between...

    Time zero. What to expect when waiting in the Sahara?
  • 2020
    Sahrawi, welcome

    Sahrawi, welcome

    Sahrawi, welcome

    02020HD

    "We used to travel trough Sahara in quest for clouds. We did not depend on no airplanes, nor cars, just on our camels” Sahrawi grandpas recall...

    Sahrawi, welcome
  • 2020
    Toufa

    Toufa

    Toufa

    02020HD

    Toufa recreates the beginnings of the Sahrawi population’s arrival in the Hamada’s arid desert. This short film tells of the suffering of...

    Toufa
  • 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
  • 2009
    SADR, justice without war?

    SADR, justice without war?

    SADR, justice without war?

    02009HD

    This documentary shows the torments and comrade disappearance ocurrences in the Moroccan Occupied Western Sahara through the eyes of Yahia, a young...

    SADR, justice without war?
  • 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
  • 2010
    Nothing happens

    Nothing happens

    Nothing happens

    02010HD

    In the Sahrahwi refugee camp of Dajla, south of Algeria lives Mohamed Brahim Selma, also known as Belgha; Shepherd and poet of the Tiris region who...

    Nothing happens
  • 2012
    Sweep the desert

    Sweep the desert

    Sweep the desert

    02012HD

    A documentary about the daily lives, hopes, aspirations and demands of though living in the Sahrawi refugee camps of Dajla.

    Sweep the desert
  • 2012
    Saharauiya

    Saharauiya

    Saharauiya

    02012HD

    The documentary is about the sahrawi women’s role carries out from all areas in her society and developes within the framework of the refugee...

    Saharauiya
  • 2012
    Letter to Sasha

    Letter to Sasha

    Letter to Sasha

    02012HD

    Fatma, who lives in Asuerd’s refugee camp in the Hamada of the Algerian desert, will listen in television to news that will give her a great...

    Letter to Sasha
  • 2013
    Chabiba

    Chabiba

    Chabiba

    02013HD

    In Hassaniya, the mother tongue of the Sahrawi people "Chabiba" means youth. In the Sahrawi tradition conversations, revolves around a good tea....

    Chabiba