FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL D'ORAN DU FILM ARABE

The International Arab Film Festival has been taking place in Oran since 2007 and celebrated its 10 years of existence in 2017. Great actors and directors of the Arab world then travel to Oran to present their film. This is an important event for the Arab world.

Some thirty cinematographic works (feature films, short films and documentaries) representing a dozen Arab countries are planned during the festival. At the end of the festival, the jury awarded the «gold wihr», the equivalent of the gold palm in Cannes, to the best cinematographic work. In 2017, the gold wihr was awarded to the film while waiting for the swallows of the Algerian Karim Moussaoui.