Between Us and the World

dir: Wallace Minchong Li
prod: Latina Tongtong Li

UK / 17 min / 2026 / experimental non-fiction

European archival footage from the 1950s documents the life of indigenous, nomadic Sahrawi children and youth in Western Sahara / Morocco. Seventy years later, local young people from Laayoune (El Aaiún) revisit locations that may have appeared in the footage. From ocean to desert to oasis, under trembling starlight, they share their thoughts on life, dreams, and utopia as they search for an uncertain upstream.

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• Crew

  Director: Wallace Minchong Li
  Producers: Latina Tongtong Li, Wallace Minchong Li
  Image: Wallace Minchong Li, Yinyun Lin
  FX Artist: Siyun Sun
  Sound Recording: Yinyun Lin
  Sound Design: Wallace Minchong Li, James Brimmell
  Sound Mix: Wallace Minchong Li, James Brimmell
  Editor: Wallace Minchong Li

  With:
  Saad Eddine Boujemal, Abderrahman El Achhab, Badr Eddine Rachidi, Amira Boujemal, Ruby, Marwa Fasla, Hassouna Mohamed Amine, Fadali Cheikh Malaynine, Aya Iffa, Alaaeddine Lazar, Abderrahmane Dellai

• Festivals

  • Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada / 1 - 11 Oct 2026
    MODES

  • Film Fest Gent, Belgium / 7 - 18 Oct 2026
    International Short Film Competition

  • BFI London Film Festival, United Kingdom / 7 - 18 Oct 2026
    Experimenta

  • Beirut Shorts International Film Festival, Lebanon / 1 - 6 Nov 2026
    Official Competition