LOST LAND
synopsis
The Western Sahara is divided: Since 1989, a 2,400 km long wall of sand has separated the area occupied by Morocco from that which is controlled by the Polisario Front, a national liberation movement fighting for an independent state. Over a hundred thousand Sahrawi are living in exile in refugee camps in the Algerian desert – once nomads, now condemned to immobility. The situation and unresolved fate of the Sahrawi refugees have been forgotten by the world. Territoire perdu brings them quite literally back to light.
international title: | Lost Land |
original title: | Territoire perdu |
country: | France, Belgium |
sales agent: | Zeugma Films |
year: | 2011 |
genre: | documentary |
directed by: | Pierre-Yves Vandeweerd |
film run: | 75' |
release date: | FR 30/11/2011 |
screenplay: | Pierre-Yves Vandeweerd |
cinematography by: | Pierre-Yves Vandeweerd |
film editing: | Philippe Boucq |
music: | Richard Skelton |
producer: | David Michel, Anne Deligne, Daniel de Valck |
production: | Zeugma Films, Cobra Films, ARTE France |
backing: | Centre de l'Audiovisuel à Bruxelles (CBA) |