Western Sahara Movies

  • 2020
    The price of beauty

    The price of beauty

    The price of beauty

    02020HD

    This short film denounces the standards of beauty which Sahrawi women are subjected to, who use whitening products to lighten their skin, ignoring...

    The price of beauty
  • 2016
    War of peace

    War of peace

    War of peace

    02016HD

    This film is about the suffering of Sahrawi youth in the occupied Western Sahara. It tells the tragic story of their lives under occupation, and how...

    War of peace
  • 2014
    Roots and clamor

    Roots and clamor

    Roots and clamor

    02014HD

    Their desert was not the same since they last saw it. The dunes kept memories of a childhood bathed in sun and sand, when minutes passed by in a...

    Roots and clamor
  • 2010
    The white melpha

    The white melpha

    The white melpha

    02010HD

    A white melfa (Sahrawi traditional dress) contains the written desires of a group of young Sahrawi women.

    The white melpha
  • 2008
    Belgha, the alive memory

    Belgha, the alive memory

    Belgha, the alive memory

    02008HD

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

    Belgha, the alive memory
  • 2011
    Silent Sahara rising

    Silent Sahara rising

    Silent Sahara rising

    02011HD

    "Once you demand any rights...you are immediately arrested", Ahmed, a graduate says. As elsewhere, the Internet has become a key tool for getting...

    Silent Sahara rising
  • 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
  • 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
    A gap in the wall

    A gap in the wall

    A gap in the wall

    02018HD

    "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...

    A gap in the wall
  • 2009
    DEHBA

    DEHBA

    DEHBA

    02009HD

    Reflects the daily life of a child in a Sahrawi school

    DEHBA
  • 2019
    Waiting for the UN

    Waiting for the UN

    Waiting for the UN

    02019HD

    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...

    Waiting for the UN
  • 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
  • 2023
    A refuge in the stars

    A refuge in the stars

    A refuge in the stars

    02023HD

    The Sahara desert occupies a third of the African continent and is one of the most inhospitable regions on the planet. The region is dry enough to...

    A refuge in the stars
  • 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
  • 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?
  • 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
    R1514, the waiting

    R1514, the waiting

    R1514, the waiting

    02019HD

    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...

    R1514, the waiting
  • 2008
    The women of the tents

    The women of the tents

    The women of the tents

    02008HD

    A group of Sahrawi women come together and explain how traditional "jaimas" (tents) are set up.

    The women of the tents
  • 2017
    Barber shop

    Barber shop

    Barber shop

    02017HD

    In Smara refugee camp, barber Mohammed treats customers of different generations.

    Barber shop
  • 2021
    Free Sultana

    Free Sultana

    Free Sultana

    02021HD

    The documentary #FreeSultana, tells the story of a Sahrawi activist who has been under house arrest for a year with her entire family, without a...

    Free Sultana