40 years of 'temporary' — a family waits for a world that forgot them.
Waiting for the UN is a poetic documentary about life in the desert, literally and figuratively. We follow the everyday life of a Saharawi family from occupied Western Sahara, who have lived ”temporary” in a refugee camp in Algeria for over 40 years. Waiting for God and the UN, as the father puts it.
Cinematography
Desert light that makes waiting look almost beautiful.
Direction
Oltedal lets silence do what the UN won't.
Director
Ane L. Oltedal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Western Sahara is Africa's last major colony; Morocco controls 80% despite a 1991 UN promise of referendum that still hasn't happened. The 'temporary' camps hold 173,000+ Saharawis.
Director Oltedal spent years building trust to film one family — most Saharawi documentaries get blocked or surveilled. This access itself is political.
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