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Occupation Inc.

Occupation Inc. is the portrait of a betrayal: with a meticulous and unprecedented approach, the documentary exposes the names and surnames of the Spanish businessmen and politicians involved in the economic exploitation of Western Sahara, the last colony in Africa and one of the most violent, militarized, and censored territories in the world. The testimonies collected here also reveal the chain of silences and lies that begins in the European centers of power and ends in the Moroccan-occupied cities, where Saharawi men and women resist the plundering and denial of their rights.

  • Official Selection – 18o Donostia Human Righs Film Festival 
  • Sustainability Award – 13th Bilbao International Invisible Film Festival
  • Official Selection – Terra Gollut Film Festival 2021
  • Official Selection – Muestra de Cine Mujeres en Escena de Málaga 2021
  • Official Selection – Barcelona Human Righs Film Festival 2020
  • Official Selection – Arts X SDGs International Film Festival 2021
  • Semifinalist – Courage Film Festival 2021
  • Official selection of the 16th Fisahara 2021
  • Official selection of Young and Independent European Cinema Market
  • Official selection of Desobedoc 2023 – Unsubmissive Film Festival
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Director | Laura Daudén and Sebastián Ruiz Cabrera

Director of Photography | Miguel Angel Herrera

Writer | Laura Daudén

Producer | Laura Daudén, João Paulo Brito and Sebastián Ruiz Cabrera

Researcher | Laura Daudén, Gemma Solés and Sebastián Ruiz Cabrera

Communication | Gemma Solés 

File Search | João Paulo Brito and Jalil Abdelaziz

Editing | Miguel Angel Herrera

Post Production Supervisor | Miguel Angel Herrera

Camera Assistant | Sebastián Ruiz Cabrera

Illustration and Motion Design | Anelize Ceribelli and Renato Pereira de Sousa

Audio Design | Fabio Sung

Colorist | Daniel Lopes

Production in El Aaiun | Media and Nushatta Foundation Team

Production in Tindouf | Moulud Salem Hamdi

Transcript | Ana Maria Hererra Becerra and Anais González

Translation | Bachir Mohamed Lahsen, Neema Mohamed Lamin, Malainin Lakhal, Arlette Afagbegee, Andrea Gago Menor, Alicia Rocha Novoa and Begoña Jiménez

Soundtrack | Jingle Punks Music and Audio Network

Presentation and narration | Sulima Aali

Interviews | Soultana Jaya, Mina Baali, Elghalia Djimi, Youssef Duihi, Brahim Dahane, Juan Soroeta, Ana Camacho, Miguel Urbán, Felipe Daza, Ruben Juste, Anselmo Fariña, Natalia Vargas, Carmelo Ramirez, Pol Pareja, Zarga Abdalahe Abdi

Thanks | Ghali Zubeir, Ahmed Mohamed Saleh, Rodrigo Duque Estrada, Inma Sánchez, César Dézfuli, Andrea Gago Menor, Alfonso Torres, Ruth Fernández Sanabria, Rodrigo Trabbold and Carla Dauden

WSRW (Western Sahara Resource Watch), Apso (Amis du Peuple du Sahara Occidental), Odhe (Observatori Drets Humans I Empreses a la Mediterrània), Acaps (Associación Canaria de Amistad con el Pueblo Saharaui), Acaps Anoia (Federació d’Associacions Catalanes Amigues Del Poble Sahrauí), Novact (Institut Internacional Per L’acció Noviolenta), Antiquidades Acova, Fishermen’s Association of Walls, Fishermen’s Association of Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Canarias Ahora, Eldiario.es, Suds (Associació Internacional de Solidaritat i Cooperació) , Media Team, Nushatta Foundation, Sahara Voice

Special thanks | Jalil Abdelaziz, Malainin Lakhal, Cristina Martínez Benítez De Lugo and Erik Hagen

Production Co. | Forward Films

 

A Mundubat project and Gune Irekiak

Funding: Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa, Ayuntamiento de Donostia, Ayuntamiento de Madrid, Ayuntamiento de Hernani

countries

Espanha/Brasil

genre

Documentary

runtime

40′