Desert Movies

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

The engineer Manuel Iglesias is commissioned to supervise the expansion of the ChihuahuaPacífico railway; for this he wants his adopted son...

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

After the fall of Abberossa, a conquered desert land ruled by gold and fear, a rebellion begins to rise. Told through the eyes of Sylvanna, a woman...

A young man with a backpack walks all on his own into the endless Mexican cactus desert. He takes some peyote. How does he get out again? Pure cinema...

A thirsty man searches for water in the desert.

A desert endurance event turns ominous for two women and their fellow participants. As they trek through the harsh, barren terrain, what began as a...

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

Three people looking for a better life become stranded in the desert with little hope of survival.

"My Blue Heaven" follows a man living outside of Las Vegas, searching to escape life's monotony. Trapped in a cycle that he struggles to break out...

A young man haunted by anxiety about time finds himself on a surreal journey through the desert, where his memories, doubts, and fears materialize...

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

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

Riley Venn is being chased by spirits. His family and friends think he is crazy and delusional. A documentary filmmaker is asked by his producer to...

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

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

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

An undercover documentary film produced and directed by British filmmaker Dominic Brown, about the struggle of the indigenous Sahrawi people of...