Western Sahara Movies
- 2016

Portrait
Portrait02016HD
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...
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- 2014

Legna
Legna82014HD
"Legna: speak the Saharawi verse" is an audiovisual poetry story that traces the essential elements of the Saharawi culture, chaining the verses...
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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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- 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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- 2009

Thaidina, music in the desert
Thaidina, music in the desert02009HD
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,...
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- 2011

Gdeim Izik: catalyst of the Arab Spring
Gdeim Izik: catalyst of the Arab Spring02011HD
This documentary illustrates the story of Gdeim Izik through the voices of the Sahrawis themselves, giving personal accounts of how the camp was...
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- 2018

A gap in the wall
A gap in the wall02018HD
"A woman about to give birth. A nurse who skips an unfair order. A worker who claims his rights. A child who begins to discover the society in which...
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- 2017

Bidun Hawiya
Bidun Hawiya02017HD
Bidun Hawiya is a documentary short film that intends to make society reflect on the Sahrawi people’s loss of identity, as they are forced to...
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- 1981

Objetivo - Sáhara
Objetivo - Sáhara101981HD
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- 2012

Testimony of a martir
Testimony of a martir02012HD
The story of the film is inspired by the reality of the suffering of the Sahrawi people under Moroccan occupation.
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- 2017

Barber shop
Barber shop02017HD
In Smara refugee camp, barber Mohammed treats customers of different generations.
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- 2019

R1514, the waiting
R1514, the waiting02019HD
The documentary show us their hard work in order to live with dignity and the importance of education and the position of woman, both key facts in...
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- 2018

Searching for Ostrich Man Haddara
Searching for Ostrich Man Haddara02018HD
Documentary that delvs into the legend of Haddara, a Saharawi child who after getting lost in a sandstorm in the desert was adopted by the ostriches...
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- 2023

Al Nujum - The stars
Al Nujum - The stars02023HD
For over 40 years, the Sahrawi population, as refugees, has been waiting peacefully to return to their homeland after Morocco's illegal invasion of...
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- 2020

Sahrawi, welcome
Sahrawi, welcome02020HD
"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...
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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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- 2017

Oasis
Oasis02017HD
OASIS, a documentary that tells us about water's historical role in Western Sahara via the true stories of people who turned this wild desert into a...
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- 2013

A divided homeland
A divided homeland02013HD
The story of young Ahmed Tarfi might as well be the story of the Sahrawi people’s difficulties, and particularly those of the youth. The...
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- 2016

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...
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- 2008

Belgha, the alive memory
Belgha, the alive memory02008HD
Selma Mohamed Brahim, known as Belgha, lives in the Dajla Saharaui refugee camp in Southern Algeria. He has dedicated his life to preserving the...
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