Sahara Film Festival

Sahara Film Festival

The International Sahara Film Festival was first held in 2004. It is now an annual event which takes place on the Sahrawi refugee camps in the South West Corner of Algeria, near the border with Western Sahara. The Festival is backed by the Polisario Front. [ [http://www.roape.org/cgi-bin/roape/show/9920.html Roape Article] ] This Festival is an initative to bring film as an entertainment and cultural form to the thousands of Sahrawis whose community has lived for more than thirty years in relative isolation in the Algerian desert.The first festival was in large part organised by Peruvian film director Javier Corcuera. [ [http://www.roape.org/cgi-bin/roape/show/9920.html Roape Article] ] The fifth Festival is to take place between April 17 and April 20, 2008. [ [http://www.festivalsahara.com Festival Website] ] The 2008 Festival takes place in Dakhla, the most remote of the four Sahrawi refugee camps in the Algerian desert. Typically, Spanish movies dominate the Festival. The director of the top film will be awarded a white camel. [ [http://www.algeria.com/forums/algerian-cities-villes-algeriennes/19357-fisahara-07-4th-sahara-international-film-festival-april-11th-15th.html Algeria Website] ]

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