Sahrawi Refugee Camps Movies
- 2013

Sea of sand
Sea of sand02013HD
This documentary explains the problems of Western Sahara while occupied by Morocco, the territories liberated by the Polisario Front, and the refugee...
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- 2020

LALGAM - portraits of survival
LALGAM - portraits of survival02020HD
Documentary that denounces the damages caused by the use of land mines in Western Sahara and shows the lives of those affected.
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- 2006

Lives on pause
Lives on pause02006HD
Every year, approximately 800 Sahrawi boys and girls leave the refugee camps to study in Cuba, Algeria and Libya… 15 years later, they return...
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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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- 2009

Stones (in the desert)
Stones (in the desert)02009HD
About the life and thoughts of Sahrawi refugees.
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- 2018

My society
My society02018HD
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,...
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- 2009

Facing into the wind
Facing into the wind02009HD
Documentary about Aminatou Haidar and her fight for the Sahrawi rights
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- 1999

Sahara, the cherished referendum
Sahara, the cherished referendum01999HD
Looking at the situation of the Sahrawi people in 1999, the documentary examines different aspects of institutions and organisation methods from the...
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- 2012

Smara's smile
Smara's smile02012HD
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...
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- 2010

25 minutes of Sahara
25 minutes of Sahara02010HD
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...
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- 2012

Imaging sleeping at home
Imaging sleeping at home02012HD
"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...
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- 2005

Drops in the desert
Drops in the desert02005HD
A documentary which explains, through the experience of hosting a Sahrawi child for the summer, visiting the camps and speaking with teachers,...
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- 2019

Atu, the face of a forgotten nation
Atu, the face of a forgotten nation02019HD
Atu is a 12-year-old Saharawi girl who comes to Valencia every summer to escape the suffocating desert summer in exile. Two opposing worlds between a...
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- 2010

School desks in the desert
School desks in the desert02010HD
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....
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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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- 2010

Little grains of sand
Little grains of sand02010HD
A documentary about the lives of Sahrawi refugees in the Tindouf camps (Algeria). A didactic video for families hosting Sahrawi minors in the...
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- 1992

Goulili, tell me, my sister
Goulili, tell me, my sister01992HD
The Sahrawi women relate their exil, the tortures, their memories and the difficulties of life as refugees. They are beautiful, touching... Educated...
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- 2022

Imminent danger
Imminent danger02022HD
This short film addresses the problems surrounding the appearance of narcotics in the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf. These drugs are beginning to...
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- 2020

Searching for Tirfas
Searching for Tirfas02020HD
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...
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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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