Sahrawi Refugee Camps Movies

  • 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
  • 1970
    A wall in the desert

    A wall in the desert

    A wall in the desert

    01970HD

    The filmmaker presents the living conditions of the Sahrawi people who survive in refugee camps in the middle of the desert. These series of animated...

    A wall in the desert
  • 2016
    On leased land

    On leased land

    On leased land

    02016HD

    The testimony of several generations of Saharawi refugees, shows us the harshness of life in the inhospitable Algerian desert, after more than 40...

    On leased land
  • 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
    LALGAM - portraits of survival

    LALGAM - portraits of survival

    LALGAM - portraits of survival

    02020HD

    Documentary that denounces the damages caused by the use of land mines in Western Sahara and shows the lives of those affected.

    LALGAM - portraits of survival
  • 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 garden that means more than a garden

    A garden that means more than a garden

    A garden that means more than a garden

    02023HD

    Taleb, who came to a refugee camp at the age of five in 1975 and returned there after his studies abroad, tells of his life as a displaced person,...

    A garden that means more than a garden
  • 2025
    The reflection on the sand

    The reflection on the sand

    The reflection on the sand

    02025HD

    The rocks, sculpted by sea and wind, stand resilient, displaying the scars of the fragments torn away. From that beach, a young Sahrawi embarks on a...

    The reflection on the sand
  • 2018
    Sadig: my Sahrawi friend

    Sadig: my Sahrawi friend

    Sadig: my Sahrawi friend

    02018HD

    Habub and Marcos establish a relationship through “video letters” during the wintertime. Through these videos, we see what daily life is...

    Sadig: my Sahrawi friend
  • 2018
    The madman of the desert

    The madman of the desert

    The madman of the desert

    02018HD

    This documentary tells the story of Tateh Lehbib, a Saharawi refugee who after studying Renewable Energy at the University of Algiers and then a...

    The madman of the desert
  • 2018
    Diaspora in the Sahara

    Diaspora in the Sahara

    Diaspora in the Sahara

    02018HD

    Testimonies of a people enlisted on the path of independence. Records taken at refugee camps in Tindouf (Sahara Desert in southern Algeria) and Bir...

    Diaspora in the Sahara
  • 2017
    Brothers in art

    Brothers in art

    Brothers in art

    02017HD

    From the Sahrawi refugee camps of Tindouf (Algeria) to Tifariti (freed territories of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic), we embark hand in hand...

    Brothers in art
  • 2018
    My society

    My society

    My society

    02018HD

    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
  • 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
    Crisis

    Crisis

    Crisis

    02019HD

    In the middle of Western Sahara desert, where no water, no trees, no animals live but a bunch of refugees, struggling in poverty to survive the harsh...

    Crisis
  • 2009
    DEHBA

    DEHBA

    DEHBA

    02009HD

    Reflects the daily life of a child in a Sahrawi school

    DEHBA
  • 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
  • 2008
    A scream from Sahara

    A scream from Sahara

    A scream from Sahara

    02008HD

    Trapped between the violence of the Moroccan regime and the indifference of the international community, the Saharaui People fight peacefully in...

    A scream from Sahara
  • 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
  • 2008
    Belgha, the alive memory

    Belgha, the alive memory

    Belgha, the alive memory

    02008HD

    Selma Mohamed Brahim, known as Belgha, lives in the Dajla Saharaui refugee camp in Southern Algeria. He has dedicated his life to preserving the...

    Belgha, the alive memory