Western Sahara Movies

  • 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
  • 2014
    Roots and clamor

    Roots and clamor

    Roots and clamor

    02014HD

    Their desert was not the same since they last saw it. The dunes kept memories of a childhood bathed in sun and sand, when minutes passed by in a...

    Roots and clamor
  • 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
  • 2010
    Sahrawi women in the occupied territories

    Sahrawi women in the occupied territories

    Sahrawi women in the occupied territories

    02010HD

    Equipe Media presents a short film about the history and situation of Sahrawi women.

    Sahrawi women in the occupied territories
  • 2016
    Portrait

    Portrait

    Portrait

    02016HD

    28-year-old Azman, a student in the film school Abidin Kaid Saleh, explains how he discovered film in the Sahrawi refugee camps, the difficulties he...

    Portrait
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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?

    02016HD

    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?
  • 2013
    Chabiba

    Chabiba

    Chabiba

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

    Chabiba
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2017
    Barber shop

    Barber shop

    Barber shop

    02017HD

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

    Barber shop
  • 2012
    Testimony of a martir

    Testimony of a martir

    Testimony of a martir

    02012HD

    The story of the film is inspired by the reality of the suffering of the Sahrawi people under Moroccan occupation.

    Testimony of a martir
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2010
    Gdeim Izik's cry

    Gdeim Izik's cry

    Gdeim Izik's cry

    02010HD

    This peaceful camp protested the hard living conditions under Moroccan occupation and in favour of Sahrawi self-determination. This documentary shows...

    Gdeim Izik's cry
  • 2014
    L'Aarifa

    L'Aarifa

    L'Aarifa

    02014HD

    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...

    L'Aarifa
  • 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