Western Sahara Movies

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2017
    Bidun Hawiya

    Bidun Hawiya

    Bidun Hawiya

    02017HD

    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...

    Bidun Hawiya
  • 2014
    Legna

    Legna

    Legna

    82014HD

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

    Legna
  • 2019
    Land of mines

    Land of mines

    Land of mines

    02019HD

    Western Sahara is a conflict region located in North West Africa. After a bloody war in the region, the land is littered with landmines and war...

    Land of mines
  • 2023
    Al Nujum - The stars

    Al Nujum - The stars

    Al Nujum - The stars

    52023HD

    For over 40 years, the Sahrawi population, as refugees, has been waiting peacefully to return to their homeland after Morocco's illegal invasion of...

    Al Nujum - The stars
  • 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
  • 2009
    DEHBA

    DEHBA

    DEHBA

    02009HD

    Reflects the daily life of a child in a Sahrawi school

    DEHBA
  • 2026
    Between Us and the World

    Between Us and the World

    Between Us and the World

    02026HD

    European archival footage from the 1950s documents the life of indigenous, nomadic Sahrawi children and youth in Western Sahara / Morocco. Seventy...

    Between Us and the World
  • 2019
    Atil

    Atil

    Atil

    02019HD

    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...

    Atil
  • 2017
    Western Sahara determined

    Western Sahara determined

    Western Sahara determined

    02017HD

    Western Sahara is one of the most heavily mined territories in the world following decades of conflict with its neighbours. Despite a 1991 ceasefire,...

    Western Sahara determined
  • 2018
    My society

    My society

    My society

    02018HD

    A local film whose message is not political, but social. It's about sexual violence and society's vision of rape victims, who are scarred for life,...

    My society
  • 2020
    The year of the balls

    The year of the balls

    The year of the balls

    02020HD

    The Year of Balls tells about part of the colonial history in Western Sahara from the perspective of the Saharawi nomads, and the systemic...

    The year of the balls
  • 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
  • 2022
    Imminent danger

    Imminent danger

    Imminent danger

    02022HD

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

    Imminent danger
  • 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
    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?
  • 2011
    Gdeim Izik: catalyst of the Arab Spring

    Gdeim Izik: catalyst of the Arab Spring

    Gdeim Izik: catalyst of the Arab Spring

    02011HD

    This documentary illustrates the story of Gdeim Izik through the voices of the Sahrawis themselves, giving personal accounts of how the camp was...

    Gdeim Izik: catalyst of the Arab Spring