Oran International Arabic Film Festival

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

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

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

Participating countries

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

  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.