LA BERMA

44° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
DOCUMENTARIES COMPETITION

LA BERMA

THE BERM
by Agustin Dominguez Cordero
Country: Spain
Year: 2026
Duration: 90'


La Berma is the story of Yauguiha Mohamed Embarec, a young Sahrawi refugee who works clearing mines along the longest operational military barrier on the planet: the Moroccan Wall, also known as the Western Sahara Berm. Throughout its 2,720 kilometers of length, more than 10 million mines are hidden, making it the most heavily mined area in the world.

Biography

film director

Agustin Dominguez Cordero

(Spain) studied Economics at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and then in 1985 studied Photography. In 2000, he began exploring digital cinema in a self-taught manner. In 2004, he founded and became president of Gran Angular, the organization behind the festival San Rafael en corto (SREC). He directed the short films Agüita de amor (2005), El señor G (2013), Renacer (2020), Storni (2022), Yo siempre fui Amelia (2024), and Dátiles (2025), as well as the feature films 700 Razones (2018), Desconocidas, mujeres palestinas bajo la ocupación (2019), and Mudjeris di Areia (2020).

FILMOGRAFIA

Agüita de amor (cm, 2005), El señor G (cm, 2013), 700 Razones (2018), Desconocidas, mujeres palestinas bajo la ocupación (2019), Mudjeris di Areia (2020), Renacer (cm, 2020), Storni (cm, 2022), Yo siempre fui Amelia (cm, 2024), Dátiles (cm, 2025).

Cast

& Credits

DIRECTOR, PRODUCER: Agustín Domínguez Cordero. SCREENPLAY: Agustín Domínguez, Mercedes Afonso. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Pablo Ramírez Bolaños. EDITING: Borja Ramírez Mederos. MUSIC: Belén Álvarez Doreste. SOUND: Moisés Sánchez Moreno. CAST: Yauguiha Mohamed Embarec, Matamulana Sidi Brahim. CONTACT: Films Selected - info@selectedfilms.com
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