Boumerdès, August 12, 2025 (SPS) – Participants in the Summer University for Executives of the Sahrawi State organized a protest against the filming of a movie in the occupied territories of Western Sahara.
The protesters raised slogans condemning the film, directed by British filmmaker Christopher Nolan, which violates international law and the sovereignty of the Sahrawi State.
The protest was held to express absolute rejection of all forms of exploiting the seventh art as a propaganda tool serving colonial agendas and to emphasize that cinematic creativity should be a platform for truth and support for oppressed peoples—not a stage to legitimize occupation and violate the sovereignty of nations by filming scenes in a colonized territory.
The controversial film disregards United Nations resolutions and international law by engaging in expansionist projects in Sahrawi territories, attempting to influence international public opinion. The Moroccan occupation is actively luring countries, as well as political, artistic, and cultural bodies, to carry out activities in the occupied Sahrawi lands.
During the protest, participants raised banners denouncing the exploitation of cinema to manipulate public opinion and chanted slogans in solidarity with the Sahrawi people’s struggle, calling for respect for their inalienable right to self-determination.
Representatives from Sahrawi and Algerian delegations delivered speeches expressing their outright condemnation of filming this movie in the occupied territories, stressing that history and facts on the ground expose all attempts at deception.
This protest sends a strong message to all those who attempt to use the arts to serve occupation, emphasizing that cultural and artistic awareness is a fundamental part of the liberation struggle. The Sahrawi people will continue their fight on all fronts—political, diplomatic, media, and cultural—until full independence is achieved.
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