Saharawi women have always been at the forefront of the resistance against colonialism and the plunder of their territory by Morocco.
In spite of Morocco’s repression, intensified by the collapse of the ceasefire with the Polisario Front in November 2020, activists living under occupation gathered to document the violence perpetrated against their daughters, mothers, sisters and grandmothers since 1975.
This documentary explores this historical process through the voices of its protagonists in their triple roles as victims, researchers, and international activists. A sensitive and close analysis of these experiences is complemented by animations and statistics little known to the general public.
The result is an astonishing record of the gravity and extent of the violence exercised by Morocco against women, but also a photograph of colonialism from a gender perspective that emphasizes the unwavering strength of these activists to fight for their people’s rights.
Awards:
- 2º Award – XVIII Fisahara (RASD)
- Best Short – 7º MujerDoc – Festival Internacional de Cine Documental sobre Género (Spain)
- Best International Short Film in the category Peace, Memory and Reconciliation – 1º Festival Historias en Kilometros (Colombia)
- Best Short – 6º Courage Film Festival (Germany)
- Jury’s Special Mention in the International Short Film Category – 19º Festival Internacional de Cine de los Derechos Humanos (Bolivia)
- Concord Award – 7º Festival Transhumant (Spain)
- Jury’s Special Mention in the category Short Film Directed by a Woman – 15º Festival Internacional Cine Invisible (Spain)
- In addition to these awards at film festivals, the film has won the bronze medal at the Brazilian Design Festival, the most important in the country in the field of graphic design, for its illustrations.
Official selection:
- 27º Festival de Málaga – Sesión Afirmando Derechos (Spain)
- 25º Festival Kinoarte de Cinema (Brazil)
- 21º Fescigu – Festival Internacional de Cine Comprometido de Guadalajara (Spain)
- 21º Festival Internacional de Cine de Ponferrada (Spain)
- 12º Festival Internacional de Cine Documental Globale (Colombia)
- 12º Festival Internacional de Cine Documental Globale (Uruguay)
- 10º Censurados Film Festival (Peru)
- 9º Festival de Cine de Maracaibo (Venezuela)
- 6º Courage Film Festival (Germany)
- 6º Directed by Women (Spain)
- 4º IMPACTE! Festival de Cinema i Drets Humans de Catalunya (Spain)