Muzna Al Musafer Explained

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Muzna Al Musafer (born 1987) is an Omani film director. She is the first female film director in Oman.[1]

Muzna Al Musafer was born in 1987 in Madinat Al Sultan Qaboos in Muscat, Oman. She studied at Kuwait University and Stockholm University.[2]

Her first film, Niqaab, won a student award at the Gulf Film Festival in Dubai in 2010.[3] [4] Her second film, Cholo, is about two young half-brothers, one dark-skinned and one light-skinned, who meet for the first time.[5] It was awarded best script at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival in 2013 and screened around the world. She directed two documentaries, Dana's Goats (2015) and Pashk (2015). Her The Crown of Olives (2017) is about the struggles of two friends, a Moroccan woman and an Omani woman, in Muscat.[6] Her Clouds (2022) is about a rural lepoard hunter and his son in Dhofar.[7]

Filmography

Notes and References

  1. News: July 2, 2015 . A Brief History of Omani Film Industry . Times of Oman.
  2. Web site: Arizona International Film Festival : Cholo . 2024-08-10 . www.filmfestivalarizona.com . en.
  3. Web site: 18 April 2017 . OmanPride: Muzna Al Musafir empowers the community through storytelling . 2024-08-11 . . en.
  4. Web site: 2017-11-02 . Four Gulf talents shortlisted for 2017 IWC Filmmaker Award . 2024-08-11 . EgyptToday.
  5. Web site: 2017-06-07 . Ensuring Oman’s diversity is reflected on the big screen . 2024-08-11 . Explore Parts Unknown . en-US.
  6. Web site: The Crown of Olives . 2024-08-11 . Doha Film Institute . en-US.
  7. Web site: PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions . 2024-08-11 . www.pressreader.com.

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