Ali bin Khalfan al Jabri, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Information, opened the first short film festival organised by the Oman Society for Films and Theatre (OSFT) at the society on Saturday.The one-week-long festival from December 18 to 23 will screen 27 locally made films from 7pm to 9pm everyday.Speaking to the Observer, Dr Saif Nasser al Maawali,.
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This Omani filmmaker is helping organise a film fest to spread hope
By: Times News Service
Omani filmmaker Dr Khaled Al Zadjali has been named the Festival Director for the first ever Hope International Film Festival, an event created to celebrate just that: hope.
We could all do with a little hope right now.
Come September, Dr Khaled Al Zadjali will be travelling to Stockholm for the Hope International Film Festival, for which he has been named the Festival Director.
The event aims to celebrate humanitarian issues and focus on how people have overcome their disabilities. Through the films screened at the festival, the organisers hope to share tales of inspiration from those who face challenges the rest of us are privileged to have avoided, and spread awareness on the hurdles those with physical and mental disabilities need to face almost daily.