Desert Movies

Everyone in his village believes that Zein is a simpleton, a half-wit, an amiable buffoon. Thus, his braying laughter and public declarations of love...

They say that a certain wind from California makes people irritable. Halfway between documentary and experimental film, Santa Ana explores the...

The wanderer traverses a vast icy desert. He strives for a place that seems to be merely an illusion, like a ghost seeking a return to the world of...

On a hot day in the unforgiving desert, two hungry and solitary beasts find themselves in the proximity of a partially devoured carcass. They must go...

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...

Three best friends take a trip to the desert, and their friendship is put to the test. Lior, who is openly gay, and religious Jew Elad, suddenly have...

Based on a short story by Ibrahim al-Kawni that deals with the issues of mortality, the film adaptation is used to condemn those who planted...

This film is a realistic record of a sixty-year-old couple living in a remote village (Gurenay) in the Badain Jaran Desert of Alashan, Inner Mongolia...

A sublime documentary on childhood and bereavement that’s one of several shorts the filmmaker completed while working in Algeria for Georges...

For the Serrano and Cahuilla peoples, the desert was home. For hardy prospectors and ranchers, for William Keyes and his family, the desert offered...

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

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

Accompanied only by her faithful dog and four camels, an Australian satisfies her craving for solitude by embarking on a solo trip across the desert...

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...

An original documentary filmed over the course of seven years through the Northern Territory, Western Queensland, and South Australia. Australia is...

A man is sitting on a bench in the middle of the desert. The world around him starts to develop and prosper rapidly, deserts turning to pastures and...

Somewhere in the French Alps, colleagues Frank and Ray meet in a mysterious train compartment and engage in a cryptic conversation. Frank tries to...

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