Sahrawi Refugee Camps Movies

  • 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
  • 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
  • 2009
    Thaidina, music in the desert

    Thaidina, music in the desert

    Thaidina, music in the desert

    02009HD

    A documentary that shows the current state of territorial limbo in which the Sahrawi people live through the gaze of those who arrive and leave,...

    Thaidina, music in the desert
  • 2011
    The other side of the wall

    The other side of the wall

    The other side of the wall

    02011HD

    The documentary tells how 35 years of struggle of Sahrawi people became the starting of the Arab spring. From both side of the wall, Sahrawi tell us...

    The other side of the wall
  • 2015
    I'm tiny

    I'm tiny

    I'm tiny

    02015HD

    As I´m tiny, the night seems to dark to me, so I swicht on the light in case the wardrobe monster is scared.

    I'm tiny
  • 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
    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
  • 2022
    State of rest

    State of rest

    State of rest

    02022HD

    Salka was born as a refugee in the Sahara desert, and grew up in Italy by chance: she was one of the so-called "Little Peace Ambassadors". Sahrawis...

    State of rest
  • 2022
    Imminent danger

    Imminent danger

    Imminent danger

    02022HD

    This short film addresses the problems surrounding the appearance of narcotics in the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf. These drugs are beginning to...

    Imminent danger
  • 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
  • 2008
    Nearly forgotten

    Nearly forgotten

    Nearly forgotten

    02008HD

    In the most inhospitable terrain of the legendary Saharan desert, lies the refugee camps of the Sahrawi Arab Republic. It is there that 5 young...

    Nearly forgotten
  • 2002
    Tuizza, among women

    Tuizza, among women

    Tuizza, among women

    02002HD

    Tuizza is the story of the Sahrawi women, who through their effort, have made one of the most inhospitable places in the planet, habitable.

    Tuizza, among women
  • 2009
    Hammada

    Hammada

    Hammada

    02009HD

    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
  • 1992
    Goulili, tell me, my sister

    Goulili, tell me, my sister

    Goulili, tell me, my sister

    01992HD

    The Sahrawi women relate their exil, the tortures, their memories and the difficulties of life as refugees. They are beautiful, touching... Educated...

    Goulili, tell me, my sister
  • 1996
    The trunks of return

    The trunks of return

    The trunks of return

    01996HD

    Nayat, a young Sahrawi girl, fantasizes about seeing the waves of a sea she has never known in the desert dunes. She knows that her colonized country...

    The trunks of return
  • 2020
    Four Days in Occupied Western Sahara—A Rare Look Inside Africa's Last Colony

    Four Days in Occupied Western Sahara—A Rare Look Inside Africa's Last Colony

    Four Days in Occupied Western Sahara—A Rare Look Inside Africa's Last Colony

    02020HD

    In this exclusive broadcast, Democracy Now! breaks the media blockade and goes to occupied Western Sahara in the northwest of Africa to document the...

    Four Days in Occupied Western Sahara—A Rare Look Inside Africa's Last Colony
  • 2024
    Women of the free Sahara

    Women of the free Sahara

    Women of the free Sahara

    62024HD

    The Sahara has been and is populated by peoples who have passed through and occupied it since time immemorial. The Sahrawis are one of these peoples....

    Women of the free Sahara
  • 2013
    The runner

    The runner

    The runner

    02013HD

    The Runner is a film about endurance. It is the story of a champion long-distance runner whose journey transformed him from an athlete into the...

    The runner
  • 2018
    My friend Nayem

    My friend Nayem

    My friend Nayem

    02018HD

    Tomás, lives in Potosí, a popular neighborhood of Bogotá in Colombia and Nayem, a Saharaui kid from the refugee camps of...

    My friend Nayem