Desert Movies

At once a vast expanse of mesmerizing desolation and the crucible of human history, the Sahara Desert has been both the battlefield of empires and...

A thirsty man searches for water in the desert.

Ali Baba steals hidden treasure from some raiders who then seek revenge on his family.

After the fall of Abberossa, a conquered desert land ruled by gold and fear, a rebellion begins to rise. Told through the eyes of Sylvanna, a woman...

London-based artist and photographer Muzi Quawson examines the lives of people situated at the fringes of the mainstream. She is drawn to...

Somewhere in the desert, a little boy is plunged by force into an intimidating and completely foreign new world: the world of camel racing. Will the...

The north of Chile with its dry land, is one of the most hostile places on the planet, nevertheless, with much effort some families dream of seeing...

During the Ethiopian war, thirteen boys embark clandestinely on a merchant ship bound for Africa. Following the shipwreck, they are castaway on a...

A Mexican boy without young neighbors to play with, befriends a diverse group of desert animals.

Peru is a country of many contrasts. From the cold waters of the Coast over the 6000 m high Andes to the unique biodiversity of the Amazon Jungle....

A desert endurance event turns ominous for two women and their fellow participants. As they trek through the harsh, barren terrain, what began as a...

An undercover documentary film produced and directed by British filmmaker Dominic Brown, about the struggle of the indigenous Sahrawi people of...

Ambivalent about her pregnancy, Connie attempts to withstand the desert, her husband and herself.

A young man with a backpack walks all on his own into the endless Mexican cactus desert. He takes some peyote. How does he get out again? Pure cinema...

A frustrated art student reaches into his dreams for inspiration, only to be taken on a journey by a mysterious doppelganger.

In 1973 Roberto Saldivar was arrested and imprisoned in an old Salpetermine in northern Chile. The mine was used as concentrationcamp for political...

After returning to a desert road tied to his past, Ryan is forced to confront the memories of a relationship that slowly fell apart. As moments from...

An experimental thriller film by Ted McKean Newsom.

Documentary short about a strange phenomenon where a phone booth that was in the middle of the Mojave Desert began to attract people around the world...