A Calling. From the Desert. To the Sea

To avert a predetermined fate, twelve-year-old Yasmin and her older sister Ahlam escape beyond the boundaries set by their father, defying an enemy that lies within in order to reach a mythical sea.

The Future Was Desert (Part II)

'Deserts possess a particular magic, since they have exhausted their own futures, and are thus free of time.' - J.G. Ballard

Thaidina, music in the desert

A documentary that shows the current state of territorial limbo in which the Sahrawi people live through the gaze of those who arrive and leave, those who resist, of the occupiers and the occupieds; a multifaceted view o

Iceland: Lost in the Desert

13 years ago, they didn't know what it was like to cycle in a harsh country. What it means to be knocked off their feet by winds. What it's like to wade through cold glacial rivers. For Algirdas, Iceland was the start of

Between the sea and the desert

Abba Abidin, a 24-year old Sahrawi, has lived his entire adolescence in Spain. He hasn’t seen his family for many years, as they live in a camp for Sahrawi refugees. This winter, Abba hopes to return to Tindouf, in south

Desert Utopia: Mid-Century Architecture in Palm Springs

Southern California’s Coachella Valley, including the communities of Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Desert Hot Springs, boasts hundreds of extraordinary midcentury modern homes, public buildings and commercial structures. Mo

Maroc : Grande Bleue, grand désert

Cirque du Soleil: Flowers in the Desert

Since 1993, Cirque du Soleil has produced seven original, permanent shows in Las Vegas, creating a garden of delights that has transformed the very nature of entertainment in this desert oasis. Cirque du Soleil: Flowers

School desks in the desert

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. Through the her family life, teachers, those responsible for Sahrawi educati

A plant in the desert

A photography workshop in the Sahrawi refugee camps shows the situation of uprooted people through their own eyes. At the same time, the direc- tor tries to reestablish contact with her little sister from a Sahrawi foste

A Black Sun Sets Upon a Violet Desert

Unseen shots of a “heroic fantasy” film. A modeled model, a cosmic desert, a buried desire.

I Have No Myself To Desert

VTR video work. The whole story is a parody of Shuji Terayama and Shuntaro Tanikaws "Video Letter". Self-questioning about "meaning" and "myself" through video. What we end up with is a blue sky.

Tale Of The Stone Desert

In the summer of 2025, a group of volunteers sets out on a humanitarian mission to Donbas. The mission is led by Sergey, a volunteer whose life revolves around expeditions to the frontline areas. Along the way, he meets

Wild Namibia

Rocks, dunes, sand and dust - large areas of Namibia in southwest Africa are characterized by deserts. Riverbeds full of sand meander through these inhospitable regions. Some of these only have water once every few years

Wizard of the Desert: An Alexander Vesely Film

This documentary explores the personal life and incredible career work of Milton H. Erickson, M.D., founder of Modern Hypnotherapy. This unsung American genius was a pioneer in psychiatry using radical and unconventional

Smoking in the Desert

A young dictator awakens in purgatory, where he encounters a mysterious, nearly blind old man who also turns out to be a dictator. Trapped in a strange space with no apparent way out, the two begin to unravel their relat

Death in the Desert: The Nurse Helen Mystery

In 1979, 23 year old British nurse Helen Smith died in suspicious circumstances in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi authorities quickly ruled it an accident, but their refusal to investigate further created international mystery,

Sometimes I Wish I Was On a Desert Island

As the world learns to live again in the midst of the pandemic, for many Arabic-speaking LGBTQ+ people living in Montreal, this is just a period of time like any other. When you’ve fled homophobic violence in your home c

Three sailors in a hot desert

Robocar POLI Special: The Story of the Desert Rescue

Droney the rescue robot loses his memory after flying into a tornado. Back in the desert, his team saves a stargazing RV and a trapped mom and daughter.