Sahrawi Refugee Camps Movies
- 2010

School desks in the desert
School desks in the desert02010HD
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....
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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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- 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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- 2013

The runner
The runner02013HD
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...
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- 2012

Sweep the desert
Sweep the desert02012HD
A documentary about the daily lives, hopes, aspirations and demands of though living in the Sahrawi refugee camps of Dajla.
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- 2022

The nomad garden
The nomad garden02022HD
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...
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- 2025

The reflection on the sand
The reflection on the sand02025HD
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...
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- 2018

The impossible cities
The impossible cities02018HD
Between 1947 and 1949 the photographer based in the Canary Islands Bonifacio Hernández Gil made numerous photographs for the army and the...
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- 2011

The other side of the wall
The other side of the wall02011HD
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...
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- 2022

Imminent danger
Imminent danger02022HD
This short film addresses the problems surrounding the appearance of narcotics in the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf. These drugs are beginning to...
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- 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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- 2009

Stones (in the desert)
Stones (in the desert)02009HD
About the life and thoughts of Sahrawi refugees.
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- 2017

Soukeina, 4400 days of night
Soukeina, 4400 days of night02017HD
After the military occupation of Western Sahara in 1976, Moroccan government attacked the civil population with hard repression, forcing hundreds of...
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- 2014

L'Aarifa
L'Aarifa02014HD
L'Aarifa is the name given to a post within the political structure of the Polisario. In the Sahrawi refugee camps this post is held by women who, at...
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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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- 2014

Western: Sahara
Western: Sahara02014HD
WESTERN: SAHARA documented the pre-production of an audiovisual participatory project at Saharawi refugee camps in Tindouf, Algeria. From the trailer...
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- 2010

25 minutes of Sahara
25 minutes of Sahara02010HD
25 minutes in the Sahara, is a snapshot of the 34 years of division in which resistance and justice for the Sahrawi community has played out. 1500...
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- 2008

The women of the tents
The women of the tents02008HD
A group of Sahrawi women come together and explain how traditional "jaimas" (tents) are set up.
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- 2020

Three territories: a landscape, a nation, a right
Three territories: a landscape, a nation, a right02020HD
Documentary that explains the current climate of political turmoil in the north of Africa caused by the embedded problem of the decolonization of...
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- 2009

Letter
Letter02009HD
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...
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