Launch of the Second Dhafar Film Festival

The Omani Cinema Association launched the second edition of the Dhofar International Film Festival the day before yesterday at the Sultan Qaboos Youth Cultural and Recreational Complex in Salalah, featuring 32 films from 16 countries, distributed across four competitions: short narrative films, Omani short narrative films, international documentary films, and Omani documentary films.

At the opening ceremony, Anwar Al-Riziqi, chairman of the association’s board of directors and festival director, said: “This festival aims to serve as a space for Arab encounter and creative exchange, a platform for cinematic talents and experiences, and an opportunity to strengthen partnerships and collaboration among filmmakers from around the world.”