We, the Saharawi Women, want to express our warmest congratulations to the authors of the documentary-film called "the Sons of the Clouds: Last Colony" for been nominated and won the "White Camel" Award in the 9th edition of the Sahara International Film Festival which have concluded on May 6th in the Dakhla Refugee Camp.
Several saharawi women among them the famous Human Rights activist Aminetu Haidar have participated in this Documentary-Films directed by Javier Bardem where all of them have underlined the important role of the saharawi women in the struggle for peace and justice andrespect of human rights in their homeland, Western Sahara.
The documentary film on Western Sahara “Sons of the Clouds: Last Colony” starring Oscar-winning actor Javier Bardem and directed by Alvaro Longoria has won the White Camel Award as best film in the famous Sahara International Film Festival which has been opened by the Saharawi Minister of Culture, Khadidja Hamdi, that has reaffirmed the will of the saharawi people to continue struggling for peace and justice and thanks the hundreds of artists and participants in the event for their solidarity.
White Camel is a symbolic award presented by administration of FiSahara to the winner film. This year White Camel has been provided by the Festival administration for the Saharawi security forces as recognition to efforts they did to ensure of this edition.
“Sons of the Clouds” explores the Western Sahara conflict: its historical roots, the reasons behind the political stalemate and the human rights and humanitarian crises it created.
“Gdeim Izik: Camp of Saharawi Resistance” by Mexican Antonio Velázquez and Spanish Isabel Terrazam, which documented with photos and videos the moments of the Camp dismantling by the Moroccan occupation forces, came second in the rank.
“Wilaya” by director Pedro Pérez Rosales, about young Saharawi woma, Fatimetu, (Nadhira Mohamed) who returned after the death of her mother to visit her family in the Saharawi refugee camps, came third.
