Muscat International Film Festival

The 6th Muscat International Film Festival will be conducted from 13th to 20th March 2010.

The Muscat film festival main organizing committee
The president :
Sheikh Hamad bin Hilal bin Ali Al Ma’amari,
Cultural affairs Under secretary ,
Ministry of Heritage & Culture
Vice president :
Dr. Khalid Abdul Rahim Al Zadjali
Chairman , Oman Film Society
Main Committee Members:
1. Sheikh Hilal Mohammad Al- Aamri(DG of heritage & culture)
2. Hussein Mohammad Moosa(ministry of heritage & culture)
3. Abdullah Salem Shuaili(ministry of information, director of production)
4. Hamood Hamad Al- Maharoki(chamber of commerce)
5. Qasim Mohammed Al- Silimy(ministry of information)

Executive Committee

1. media committee: Khalfan Sultan Arashidi
2. film procurement : Mohammed Suleiman Al Kindi
3. ceremonies co- ordination : Saif Al Mavoli
4. film production : Qais Al Asri
5. marketing & communication- Sudha Sha

Main venues :

Shati Al Qurm , Markz Al Bahja and Star Cinema(tributes section)

World films to Muscat 2010
France
Rasol (A Prophet)
Jacques Audiard 150 min, 35 mm, 2009
Netherlands
Dunya & Daizi
Hatem Ali 93 min, 35 mm, 2008
Germany
John Rabi
Florian Gallenberger
134 min, 35 mm, 2008
Italy
Gomora
Matteo Garrone 135 min, 35 mm, 2008
Russia
Just Not Now
Valeriy Pendrakovsky 35 mm, 2009
India

The Living Ghost

Prasantha Nanda
New York
Kabir Khan 153 min, 35 mm, 2009
USA
Frozen River
Courtney Hunt 97 min, 35 mm, 2008
Chili
The Maid
Sebastian Silva 117 min, 35 mm, 2009
Iran
About Elly
Asghar Farhadi
119 min, 35 mm, 2009
Romania
Tales from the Golden Age
Several Directors 155 min, 35 mm, 2009
Turkey
Pandora’s Box
Yasim Ustaoglu 112 min, 35 mm, 2008
Armenia
Border
Harutyun Khachatryan 82 min, 35 mm, 2008
Aspania / Peru
The Milk of Sorrow
Cludia Llosa 100 min, 35 mm, 2009
South Korea
Treeless Mountion
So Yong Kim 89 min, 35 mm, 2008
Ethiopia
Teza
Haile Garima 140 min, 35 mm, 2008
Mexico
Northless
Rigoberto Perezcano 93 min, 35 mm, 2009

Turkey
Autmn
Ozcan Alper
106 min, 35 mm, 2008

Tribute Section To Amitab Bachan

Sholay (Hindi)

To Mohanlal

Kurukshetra

Major Ravi
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Arabic films to Muscat 2010
Competition Films
Egypt
Al Musafir (The Traveller)

Ahmed Maher 125 min, 35 mm, 2009
Syria 1
Allayl Altawil (The Long Night)
Hatem Ali 93 min, 35 mm, 2009
Syria 2
Once Again
Jud Saeed
96 min, 35 mm, 2009
Iraqi Kurdistan 3
Kick Off
Shawkat Amin Korki 81 min, 35 mm, 2009
Morocco 4
The Man Who Sold the Word
Imad Noury, Awel Noury
108 min, 35 mm, 2009
Tunisia / Fr.4
Buried Secrets (Al Dawaha)
Ragaa Ammari 91 min, 35 mm, 2009
Palestine / Fr. 5
The Time That Remains
Elia Suleiman 105 min, 35 mm, 2009
Palestine 6
Zindeeq
Micheil Khleifi 85 min, 35 mm, 2009
Lebanon / Fr.7
Every Day is a Holiday
Dima El Hoor 85 min, 35 mm, 2009
Egypt 8
Asafeer El lneel( Nile’s Birds)
Magdy Ahmed Aly 110 min, 35 mm, 2009
Egypt9
One - Zero
Kamla Abu Zikry
90 min, 35 mm, 2009
Egypt
Heliopolis

Ahmed Abdallah 103 min, 35 mm, 2009
Algeria 10
Voyage A Alger (Journey to Algeria)
Abdelkrim Bahloul 93 min, 35 mm, 2009
Algeria / Fr.11
Harragas
Merzak Allouache 102 min, 35 mm, 2009
Morocco 12
Casanegra
Nour- Eddine Lakhmari 124 min, 35 mm, 2008

Out of the competition
Egypt
Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story
Yousry Nasrallah
134 min, 35 mm, 2009
Morocco
The Man Who Sold the Word
Imad Noury, Awel Noury
108 min, 35 mm, 2009
Algeria/ Fr.
Z’Har (Lucky)
Fatma – Zohra Zamoun
78 min, 35 mm, 2008
Morocco
Tale of a Mchouchi Wrestler
Mohamed Ahed Bensouda
100 min, 35 mm, 2009
Morocco
Finak Alyam
Driss Chouika
99 min, 35 mm, 2009
Iraq
Ibin Babel (Son of Babylon)
Mohamed Al Daradji 82 min, 35 mm, 2009
Iraq / Kurdistan
Herman
Hussein Hassan ? min, 35 mm, 2009
Algeria
Mascarades
Lyes Salem 92 min, 35 mm, 2008
Egypt
Khaltat Fawzia (Fawzia”s Secret Recipe)
Magdy Ahmed Aly 115 min, 35 mm, 2008
Egypt
Basra
Ahmed Rashwan 94 min, 35 mm, 2008
Algeria
Adhen
Rabah Ameur Zaimeche 93 min, 35 mm, 2008
Algeria
London River
Rachid Bouchareb 87 min, 35 mm, 2009
Palestine
Almor Wa Al Romman (Pamegranetes and Myrrh)
Najwa Najjar 95 min, 35 mm, 2008
Palestine
Melh Hada Albahr (Salt of This See)
Annemarie Jacir 109 min, 35 mm, 2008
Palestine
Eid Milad Layla (Layla’s Birthday)
Rashid Masharawi 71 min, 35 mm, 2008
Tunisia
Thalathoun (30’s)
Fadhel Jaziri 100 min, 35 mm, 2008
Tunisia
Amreeka
Shereen Daibis 96 min, 35 mm, 2009
Palestine / Fr.
The Time That Remains
Elia Suleiman 105 min, 35 mm, 2009
Palestine
Zindeeq
Micheil Khleifi 85 min, 35 mm, 2009
Palestine
Almor Wa Al Romman (Pamegranetes and Myrrh)
Magdy Ahmed Aly 95 min, 35 mm, 2008
Palestine
Melh Hada Albahr (Salt of This See)
Annemarie Jacir 109 min, 35 mm, 2008
Palestine
Eid Milad Layla (Layla’s Birthday)
Rashid Masharawi 71 min, 35 mm, 2008
Tunisia
Amreeka
Shereen Daibis 96 min, 35 mm, 2009
Egypt
Al Musafir (The Traveller)
Ahmed Maher 125 min, 35 mm, 2009
Egypt
Asafeer El lneel( Nile’s Birds)
Magdy Ahmed Aly 110 min, 35 mm, 2009
Egypt
One – Zero
Kamla Abu Zikry
90 min, 35 mm, 2009
Egypt
Heliopolis
Ahmed Abdallah 103 min, 35 mm, 2009
Egypt
Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story
Yousry Nasrallah
134 min, 35 mm, 2009
Egypt
Khaltat Fawzia (Fawzia”s Secret Recipe)
Magdy Ahmed Aly 115 min, 35 mm, 2008
Egypt
Basra
Ahmed Rashwan 94 min, 35 mm, 2008

MIND MOVIES!!!

To explore the ways in which film serves as a medium to reflect and shape social and cultural attitudes and values…..

ONE DAY WORKSHOP ON FILM APPRECIATION

International Film Fraternity of Oman (IFFO) conducts

single day Film Appreciation workshop on 6th nov 2009

at Sapphir Hall, Crytel suites, Wadi Kabir

Oscar winner Resul Pookutty will share his views on sound of cinema.
Dr. Jabbar patel will conduct classes and interactive sessions on essential aspects of effective films, the very phenomenon of cinema.

The Workshop will draw attention to some aspects of cinematic narration and muse en scene with representative examples from classic and contemporary films. The classical or 'analytic-dramatic' style will be contrasted with modernist strategies of storytelling developed in contemporary cinema. It will conclude with screening-cum-discussion on his documentaries. The course also screens and discusses about the classics and other significant films, which are the milestones in the history of World cinema.

The participants of this course are enlightened with the real need for Film Appreciation, which comprises of subjects such as:

History of Cinema,

Language and craft of Cinema,

Process of Film- making,

to give an insight into the medium, along with practical by showing different kinds and genres of cinema from all over the world. Knowing more about cinema from experts point of view will help the participant to change the approach and perception of looking at films from an altogether different angle. And the participants of this course vouch for this statement of ours.


6th november friday

morning session 8 o'clock to 12.30(interval 10am)


12.30 - 2 pm break for lunch and prayers


afternoon session

2pm to 7pm(interval 5pm )


7pm screening of movie

Resul Pookutty (born 1971) is an Academy Award and BAFTA Award winning Indian film sound designer, sound editor and mixer. He won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing for the film Slumdog Millionaire. He has worked for Hollywood, Bollywood and Malayalam film industries.
He is a 1995 graduate from Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. He designed sound for the 2008 blockbuster Ghajini, starring Aamir Khan and directed by Murugadoss. His first major international project Slumdog Millionaire won him an Academy award. His work on the film also won him nation-wide acclaim.
2009 : Honorary Doctorate or D.Litt by Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady
2009: Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing along with Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke for his work in Slumdog Millionaire.]

2009: BAFTA Award for Best Sound along with Glenn Freemantle, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers and Ian Tapp for his work in Slumdog Millionaire.
2005: Zee Cine Award for Best Audiography for his work in Musafir.

Jabbar Patel, Film Maker
Born in 1942 in Pandharpur in Maharashtra he was earlier a paediatrician. He founded the noted Marathi experimental theatre group, 'Theatre Academy', which stage Vijay Tendulkar's Ghashiram Kotwal in 1973, followed by, 'Teen Paishacha Tamasha', an adaptation of Brecht's Threepenny Opera in 1974.

Dr. Jabbar Patel A noted Theatre and Film personality. All his films received National and State awards and screened in many International Film Festivals. Directed his first film in Marathi –Samana in 1975 which was an Official Entry to the Berlin International Film Festival. Then he directed –Jait Re Jait a musical produced by the Mangeshkars in 1978.In 1979 came his popular film Simhasan a political satire. In 1981 he directed and produced Umbartha with Smita Patil and Girish Karnad which brought him further National Acclaim. In 1991 he directed Ek Hota Vidushak a musical comedy. In 1994 he directed Mukta which won the National Award for National Integration. He has also directed a film in Hindi- Musafir with Rekha and Naseeruddin Shah in the year 1986.'Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar' a biographical film which he directed won a great acclaim for him. It was shown at the London Film festival and many other international film festivals.


for registeration and participation please contact:

Sudha Sha
92275612

mailto:iffoman@gmail.com


for membership please contact :

Sudha Sha 92056530
Satyabrata Acharya 99704374