Sahara International Film Festival Explained
Sahara International Film Festival
Festival de Cine del Sáhara
الصحراء السينمائي الدولي |
| Location: | Sahrawi refugee camps |
| Founded: | November 2003 |
| Awards: | White Camel |
| Language: | International |
The Sahara International Film Festival, also known as FiSahara, is an annual event which takes place in the Sahrawi refugee camps, at the southwest corner of Algeria, near the border with Western Sahara. It is the only film festival in the world held in a refugee camp.[1] [2] The first festival was in large part organised by Peruvian film director Javier Corcuera.
For its first three years, FiSahara was held alternately in the Wilaya of Smara, the Wilaya of Ausserd, and the Wilaya of El Aaiún. Since 2007, the festival has been staged in the Wilaya of Dajla. The event is backed by the Polisario Front,[3] but largely organised and funded by donors from Spain, the former colonial power in Western Sahara. The festival has attracted support from Spanish film celebrities, including Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, and Pedro Almodóvar. Musicians like Fermín Muguruza,[4] [5] Manu Chao,[2] Macaco,[6] Iván Ferreiro,[7] El Chojin[8] and Tomasito[9] have performed in concerts during the festival.
FiSahara is billed as an initiative to bring film as an entertainment and cultural form to the thousands of Sahrawis who live in the Algerian desert. It also aims to provide cultural entertainment and educational opportunities to the refugees.
In 2010, a twinning agreement was signed between the FiSahara and the San Sebastian Human Rights Film Festival.[10]
White Camel winners
The White Camel (Arabic: الجمل الأبيض) is the festival's top prize, awarded for the best film by election of the spectators.[11] It consists of a white female camel, which is traditionally donated to the refugee family who hosted the actors or director of the winning film during the festival. The winners receive a trophy depicting a white camel and a desert rose.
Guest country
In some years, the festival has chosen a country to be a guest in the event. In such cases, films from the guest country are screened, and related events take place along with the other acts in the festival.
External links
- Web site: FiSahara, International Film Festival, Festival international de Cine . 22 December 2023 . fisahara.es . es .
- Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20131012045547/http://www.donostia.org/info/juventud/casa_paz.nsf/voWebContenidosId/C37C8D1915466617C125783F004313EB/$file/Libro%20Fisahara%20Ingles-Def.pdf . 2013-10-12 . Objective FiSahara English . donostia.org . 22 December 2023 . PDF . The International Sahara Film Festival (FISahara), which began in 2002, is a personal initiative inspired by the President of the State Coordinator of Associated Friends of the Sahara (CEAS), who, without a doubt, discovered how to generate a current of enthusiasm and cohesion among the various active parties within Spanish cinema.. 24-page book about the FiSahara festival, with texts by Javier Bardem, Javier Corcuera, Eduardo Galeano, Juan Carlos Izagirre, Paul Laverty, and others.
- Web site: Sáhara Occidental: La Revolución del Cine o el Cine de la Revolución (translation: West Sahara: Revolution of the Cinema or Cinema of the Revolution) . David . Bollero Real . es . 22 December 2023 . PDF.
- Web site: "The Devil's Garden": Preview of the Sahara Film Festival . Stefan . Simanowitz . May 3, 2009 . prospectmagazine.co.uk . 22 December 2023.
- Web site: A Cinematic Refuge in the Desert: The FiSahara Film Festival (from St Andrew's University's Film Festival Yearbook 2011). 22 December 2023 . Stefan . Simanowitz . Isabel . Santaolalla . scribd.com . Scribd.Inc (digital document library), San Francisco, USA. . During the 1960s, when decolonisation movements were sweeping the world, there was a joke that, after achieving independence, a country had to do three things: design a flag, launch an airline and found a film festival (Rich 1999: 79). Western Sahara has a flag but no airline and, despite a struggle that has lasted over three decades, it has yet to achieve independence. The closest Western Sahara comes to its own film festival is Festival Internacional de Cine del Sahara (FISahara) (www.festivalsahara.com), a festival like no other that takes place in a refugee camp in the middle of the desert..
Notes and References
- Web site: FiSahara, International Film Festival, Festival international de Cine . 22 December 2023 . fisahara.es . es .
- . Con la presencia di Javier Bardem. Comienza 'Fisahara 2008', el único festival de cine en un campo de refugiados . 18 April 2008 . Mundinteractivos, S.A. . es . 22 December 2023.
- Review of African Political Economy . https://web.archive.org/web/20041107213041/http://www.roape.org:80/cgi-bin/roape/show/9920.html . First International Sahara Film Festival . 2004-11-07 . Paul . Laverty . Paul Laverty . March 2004 . 31 . 99 . 175-180 . 22 December 2023.
- http://lacomunidad.elpais.com/festival-cine-sahara/2008/4/23/me-gusta-sahara-me-gustas-tu Me gusta el Sáhara, me gustas tú
- http://www.radiochango.com/castellano/fotos/Festival-Internacional-de-Cine-del-Sahara-FiSa.html Festival Internacional de Cine del Sahara (FiSahara) 2009
- http://macaco.es/2009/05/macaco-actuara-en-la-clausura-del-vi-festival-internacional-de-cine-del-sahara-fisahara/ Macaco actuará en la clausura del VI Festival Internacional de Cine Del Sahara (FiSAHARA)
- http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2010/05/02/cultura/1272809387.html Ivan Ferreiro corona el desierto
- http://www.elchojin.net/2011/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29:el-chjin-en-fisahara-2011&catid=1:general&Itemid=3 El Chojin en FISAHARA 2011
- http://www.inzona.es/el-canijo-de-jerez-y-tomasito-en-el-festival-de-cine-del-sahara.html El Canijo de Jerez y Tomasito en el Festival de Cine del Sahara
- http://www.donostia.org/home.nsf/0/7CAB9FDF66EB6C66C125790C003BD622?OpenDocument&idioma=ing&id=J447717352751 Objective Fisahara: Twinning between the San Sebastian Human Rights Film Festival and the Sahara International Film Festival, seen in pictures and first-hand accounts
- http://www.festivalsahara.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=204%3Aactividades-paralelas-2&catid=53%3Aprogramacion-fisahara-2011&Itemid=60&lang=en Additional festival events
- News: "Legna" film wins first award of FiSahara. Sahara Press Service. 4 May 2014. 16 May 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140517121422/http://www.spsrasd.info/en/content/legna-film-wins-first-award-fisahara. 17 May 2014.
- News: October 8, 2022. Announcement of return of “Fi-Sahara” Film Festival in its 17th edition. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20221008204602/https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2022/10/08/42042.html. October 8, 2022. October 8, 2022. www.spsrasd.info. en.
- Web site: October 15, 2022 . Wanibik, by the Algerian Rabah Slimani, wins the White Camel at the 17 edition of FiSahara . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230128193809/https://fisahara.es/en/news/fisahara2022-closing/ . January 28, 2023 . October 15, 2022 . Fisahara . en-US.
- News: FiSahara 2024 embraces Palestine and awards the film '200 meters' with the White Camel. FI-Sahara. 16 May 2024.
- http://www.somosjovenes.cu/arte/semana2/cinesaha.htm Cuba: país invitado en el III Festival Internacional de Cine del Sahara
- http://www.rebelion.org/noticia.php?id=28119 Cuba será el país invitado en el III Festival Internacional de Cine del Sahara
- http://fisahara.blogspot.com.es/2009/06/arranca-fisahara-09.html Arranca FiSahara 09
- http://blog.hola.com/viviresunplacer/2009/04/fisahara-09.html FISAHARA 09
- http://www.fcat.es/wpFCAT/?p=445 El FCAT con el pueblo saharaui en el FiSahara 2010
- http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/675194/0/fisahara/festival/cine/ FiSahara, el festival de cine que se celebra en un campamento de refugiados
- http://archief.rnw.nl/espanol/article/concluye-el-fisahara-2011-entre-el-cine-y-la-reivindicaci%C3%B3n Concluye el FiSahara 2011: entre el cine y la reivindicación
- http://www.abc.es/20110503/cultura/rc-fisahara-cine-bajo-estrellas-201105032037.html FiSahara: cine bajo las estrellas
- http://www.publico.es/culturas/431732/no-conseguiran-atemorizar-al-fisahara "No conseguirán atemorizar al FiSahara"
- http://www.spsrasd.info/es/content/la-delegaci%C3%B3n-de-m%C3%A9xico-en-el-fisahara-afirma-su-determinaci%C3%B3n-de-romper-el-silencio-informa La delegación de México en el FiSahara afirma su determinación de romper el silencio informativo en el Sáhara Occidental
- http://www.spsrasd.info/en/content/decade-after-fisahara-achieved-international-status-confirms-saharawi-culture-minister Decade after: FiSahara achieved international status, confirms Saharawi Culture Minister
- http://www.sadr-emb-au.net/south-africa-guest-of-honor-of-fisahara-2014-and-nelson-mandela-honored-in-the-occasion/ South Africa guest of honor of FiSahara 2014 and Nelson Mandela honored in the occasion
