Desert Movies

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...

It's 1990 and an Indonesian fishing boat abandons Iraqi and Cambodian refugees in a remote part of the Western Australia. Although most are quickly...

If you think Burning Man is all about naked dancers tripping on substances, think again. This debut documentary by Renea Roberts takes an intelligent...

Esmael Barari's second short film whch has won The Golden Butterfly from 1990 Isfahan International Festival of Films for Children & Young Adults

A rancher, thrown from his horse, must cross an inhospitable desert and avoid those who live there.

Documentary-essay short film about a inner/outter trip to the flowery desert in the north of Chile. A student film by Gabriel Lizama AKA Liz Taylor.

In West Africa, Polish intelligence sergeant Milczek discovers the bandit Sheikh Abdullah’s desert stronghold but is captured until the...

Woody Woodpecker, hot, hungry and thirsty, is walking across a dry, bleak Western desert.

The untold story of a series of Reagan-era guerrilla punk and industrial desert happenings in Southern California that are now recognized as the...

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

A collection of seven little stories about Niger and its Sahara desert from the illustrated book by Hideko Fukuda & Masanori Inui.

A short film about the life and death of California's most famous post-apocalyptic hell-hole, the Salton Sea.

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

A fictional story about Cleopatra in her teen years. She lives a Royal life of luxury in Ancient Egypt with her parents and siblings. One night she...

The story takes place in Uzbekistan. A girl is traveling to visit her grandfather. The train stops at a small, remote station surrounded by sand...

In this short film, a newlywed couple drive into Death Valley and wind up gambling for their life.

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