Oran International Arabic Film Festival

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Oran International Arabic Film Festival
Location(s)Oran, Algeria
Founded1976
Websitehttp://oranfestival.com

The Oran International Arabic Film Festival (Arabic: مهرجان وهران الدولي للفيلم العربي), French: Festival international du film arabe (FIFAO)) is a recurring film festival, held in Oran.[1][2][3]

The 2012 top award went to the film Coming Forth by Day by Hala Lotfi.[4]

Participating countries[edit]

Country Movie Title Director Date Display
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria Mustapha Ben Boulaid Ahmed Rashidi Monday

28-07-2009

Trip to Algeria Abdelkrim Bahloul
Masquerades Lyes Salem
United Arab Emirates Elda-ira Nawaf Al-Janahi

2010[edit]

In 2010 the festival took place between December 16 to December 23 in Oran.

Participating countries[edit]

Country Movie Title Director Date Display
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria العابر الأخير - el-abir el-akhir mounes khammar 21-12-2010
خويا - khouya Yaniss Koussim 21-12-2010
قراقوز - garagouz abdenour zahzah 22-12-2010
الساحة - el-saha dahman ouzid 22-12-2010
طاكسيفون - taxiphone mohamed soudani 22-12-2010
United Arab Emirates صولو - solo amine el djabiri 17-12-2010
ثوب الشمس - thaoub el chems said salemine 19-12-2010
سبيل - sabeel khaled el mahmoud 21-12-2010

References[edit]

  1. ^ "8 Billion to be screened at Oran Arab Film Festival". The Peninsula Qatar. 17 September 2013. Archived from the original on 9 June 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Arab film fest wraps up in Oran". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Syrian TV - Syrian film "Mariam" wins grand award at Oran Festival in Algeria". Syriaonline.sy. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  4. ^ (2 May 2014). "The wheelchair and the giraffe", Al-Ahram Weekly.