Desert Movies

A short documentary about Heidi Schwegler, a wildly imaginative artist who faced a crisis in her practice, went on a journey, and was then profoundly...

A thirsty man searches for water in the desert.

In 1973 Roberto Saldivar was arrested and imprisoned in an old Salpetermine in northern Chile. The mine was used as concentrationcamp for political...

A social media celebrity gets kidnapped and is forced to make a viral video in a desert, where he tries to rebuild his estranged relationship with...

A surreal post-apocalyptic drama by Patrick Kennelly inspired by the clipping. album “Splendor & Misery”

A group of four college friends decide to reunion in the desert of Saudi Arabia, but encounter a menacing presence in the desert that's stalking them.

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

During a warm summer day in the middle of the desert, a young man enters an ice cream parlour to order some ice cream. But his ambition to cool...

Survival! is a 22-minute, Alan Madison-directed instructional wilderness survival film focusing on safety techniques. It is often described as a...

Ali Baba steals hidden treasure from some raiders who then seek revenge on his family.

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...

In a dry world, water is key for survival. The water source is guarded so dearly by one species of desert-dwellers, who prevents others to benefit...

Ambivalent about her pregnancy, Connie attempts to withstand the desert, her husband and herself.

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...

Before disappearing in the Mojave Desert, Robbie Zagorac captured love, life and heartbreak in a video diary.

A mysterious woman wakes up left for dead in the desert and makes her way to a small town to enact her revenge.

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...

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

Osiris' Gift is a short stop motion animated film that follows an explorer in a desert searching for mythical 'immortality mushrooms'.