Sahrawi Refugee Camps Movies

  • 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
  • 2021
    The people of the waves

    The people of the waves

    The people of the waves

    02021HD

    I am a girl of the waves, from a village of seafarers. Some days, I go out with my boat to the sea. But I don’t go alone. Maoimouna comes with...

    The people of the waves
  • 2010
    School desks in the desert

    School desks in the desert

    School desks in the desert

    02010HD

    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....

    School desks in the desert
  • 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
    Western Sahara, a nation that wants to exist

    Western Sahara, a nation that wants to exist

    Western Sahara, a nation that wants to exist

    02008HD

    The documentary gives as overview of the history of the Sahrawi people and their current situation in the refugee camps and in the liberated...

    Western Sahara, a nation that wants to exist
  • 2010
    Little grains of sand

    Little grains of sand

    Little grains of sand

    02010HD

    A documentary about the lives of Sahrawi refugees in the Tindouf camps (Algeria). A didactic video for families hosting Sahrawi minors in the...

    Little grains of sand
  • 2016
    Embarka's world

    Embarka's world

    Embarka's world

    02016HD

    Embarka, Sahrawi girl, born in a world that wasn't her world.

    Embarka's world
  • 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
  • 1999
    Sahara, the cherished referendum

    Sahara, the cherished referendum

    Sahara, the cherished referendum

    01999HD

    Looking at the situation of the Sahrawi people in 1999, the documentary examines different aspects of institutions and organisation methods from the...

    Sahara, the cherished referendum
  • 2009
    DEHBA

    DEHBA

    DEHBA

    02009HD

    Reflects the daily life of a child in a Sahrawi school

    DEHBA
  • 2010
    25 minutes of Sahara

    25 minutes of Sahara

    25 minutes of Sahara

    02010HD

    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...

    25 minutes of Sahara
  • 2020
    Toufa

    Toufa

    Toufa

    02020HD

    Toufa recreates the beginnings of the Sahrawi population’s arrival in the Hamada’s arid desert. This short film tells of the suffering of...

    Toufa
  • 2011
    The Sahrawi teacher

    The Sahrawi teacher

    The Sahrawi teacher

    02011HD

    For more than thirty years, tens of thousands of Saharawi have lived in makeshift camps, refugees in the Algerian desert. Because of this situation,...

    The Sahrawi teacher
  • 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
  • 2012
    Imaging sleeping at home

    Imaging sleeping at home

    Imaging sleeping at home

    02012HD

    "Imagine sleeping at home" follows the story of several children who guide us to understand the conflict and the problems that they face, but also...

    Imaging sleeping at home
  • 2006
    Lives on pause

    Lives on pause

    Lives on pause

    02006HD

    Every year, approximately 800 Sahrawi boys and girls leave the refugee camps to study in Cuba, Algeria and Libya… 15 years later, they return...

    Lives on pause
  • 2018
    In the Devil's garden

    In the Devil's garden

    In the Devil's garden

    02018HD

    The film situates the viewer within a makeshift space of an animal market in Algeria. Drifting between feeding and waiting, one attunes to the bodies...

    In the Devil's garden
  • 2020
    To See El Aaiún

    To See El Aaiún

    To See El Aaiún

    02020HD

    In the depths of the Algerian desert the Sahrawi people have been dwelling in the refugee camps for over 40 years. Camps gradually turned into...

    To See El Aaiún
  • 2012
    Smara's smile

    Smara's smile

    Smara's smile

    02012HD

    This is the story of Buyema Abdelfatan, also known as Castro, an ex Saharan soldier that now a days runs a centre for disabled children in the...

    Smara's smile
  • 2012
    Fertile sand

    Fertile sand

    Fertile sand

    02012HD

    Budha is one of the many children living in Refugee Camps for Sahrawi. One afternoon, he decides to stop playing football with his friends to play in...

    Fertile sand