Western Sahara Movies

  • 2020
    Jadijetu's journey

    Jadijetu's journey

    Jadijetu's journey

    02020HD

    The narrative of resistance of Sahrawi poet Jadijetu Alaÿat flows against the background of raveling images from an unknown land.

    Jadijetu's journey
  • 2019
    Bou Craa

    Bou Craa

    Bou Craa

    02019HD

    Bou Craa is an investigative short documentary about the plundering of the natural resources of Western Sahara. Nushatta's Reporters At Risk For...

    Bou Craa
  • 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
  • 2018
    Searching for Ostrich Man Haddara

    Searching for Ostrich Man Haddara

    Searching for Ostrich Man Haddara

    02018HD

    Documentary that delvs into the legend of Haddara, a Saharawi child who after getting lost in a sandstorm in the desert was adopted by the ostriches...

    Searching for Ostrich Man Haddara
  • 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
  • 2017
    Oasis

    Oasis

    Oasis

    02017HD

    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...

    Oasis
  • 2011
    Gdeim Izik: catalyst of the Arab Spring

    Gdeim Izik: catalyst of the Arab Spring

    Gdeim Izik: catalyst of the Arab Spring

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    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
  • 2024
    After Oil

    After Oil

    After Oil

    02024HD

    A feature-length documentary on energy, inequality, and the uneven terrain of the climate transition, focused on three communities in South Africa,...

    After Oil
  • 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
    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
  • 2017
    Skeikima

    Skeikima

    Skeikima

    02017HD

    How would you claim your identity in a hostile land? How could you live under harassment and repression? How would you make your voice break through...

    Skeikima
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2014
    A message to Obama

    A message to Obama

    A message to Obama

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    "A message to Obama" is a true story about a black man that writes a letter to the President of the United States of America - Barack Obama. The film...

    A message to Obama
  • 2017
    Barber shop

    Barber shop

    Barber shop

    02017HD

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

    Barber shop
  • 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
  • 2012
    Testimony of a martir

    Testimony of a martir

    Testimony of a martir

    02012HD

    The story of the film is inspired by the reality of the suffering of the Sahrawi people under Moroccan occupation.

    Testimony of a martir
  • 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
    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
  • 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