Sahrawi Refugee Camps Movies
- 2023

The hidden fire
The hidden fire02023HD
Silence always surrounds the mine, first when it explodes and then when it eternally haunts its victims. The history of the silence of this fire...
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- 2020

Jadijetu's journey
Jadijetu's journey02020HD
The narrative of resistance of Sahrawi poet Jadijetu Alaÿat flows against the background of raveling images from an unknown land.
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- 2009

DEHBA
DEHBA02009HD
Reflects the daily life of a child in a Sahrawi school
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- 2019

Waiting for the UN
Waiting for the UN02019HD
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...
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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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- 2010

I am a Sahrawi woman
I am a Sahrawi woman02010HD
This is the reality of women of the same nation who live divided by the wall that has separated them for 35 years now. Exiled Sahrawi women who live...
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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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- 2019

Atil
Atil02019HD
Atil, a documentary on the life of the Saharawis in the Tindouf refugee camps in Algeria. In the camps there are no limits, since creativity and...
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- 2022

WANIBIK: The people who live in front of their land
WANIBIK: The people who live in front of their land02022HD
The film, shot in the Saharawi refugee population camps, tells the story of a group of students from a film school who, for their final year project,...
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- 2018

Diaspora in the Sahara
Diaspora in the Sahara02018HD
Testimonies of a people enlisted on the path of independence. Records taken at refugee camps in Tindouf (Sahara Desert in southern Algeria) and Bir...
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- 1996

The trunks of return
The trunks of return101996HD
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...
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- 2014

For sleepless nights
For sleepless nights02014HD
"… Choose a starless night in the part you line the Best in the city".
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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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- 2002

Tuizza, among women
Tuizza, among women02002HD
Tuizza is the story of the Sahrawi women, who through their effort, have made one of the most inhospitable places in the planet, habitable.
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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

Barber shop
Barber shop02017HD
In Smara refugee camp, barber Mohammed treats customers of different generations.
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- 2020

The voice of the martyrs
The voice of the martyrs02020HD
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...
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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

To See El Aaiún
To See El Aaiún02020HD
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...
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- 2023

Daughters of sand
Daughters of sand02023HD
Benda, a young Sahrawi woman in the diaspora wonders about the future of her people's children and women. We accompany her on an emotional journey to...
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