Oran International Arabic Film Festival Explained

Location:	Oran, Algeria
Founded:	1976
Website:	http://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
	Mustapha Ben Boulaid	Ahmed Rashidi	Monday 28-07-2009
	Trip to Algeria	Abdelkrim Bahloul
	Masquerades	Lyes Salem
	Elda-ira	Nawaf Al-Janahi

2010

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

Participating countries

Country	Movie Title	Director	Date Display
	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
	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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 8 Billion to be screened at Oran Arab Film Festival . The Peninsula Qatar . 2013-09-17 . 2015-10-13 . dead . https://archive.today/20140609030622/http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/plus/community-plus/253345/8-billion-to-be-screened-at-oran-arab-film-festival . 2014-06-09 .
2. Web site: Arab film fest wraps up in Oran . June 9, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714174156/http://magharebia.com/en_GB/articles/awi/newsbriefs/general/2013/10/02/newsbrief-06 . July 14, 2014 .
3. Web site: Syrian TV - Syrian film "Mariam" wins grand award at Oran Festival in Algeria . Syriaonline.sy . 2015-10-13.
4. (2 May 2014). "The wheelchair and the giraffe", Al-Ahram Weekly.