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{{Infobox film festival
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| name = Sahara International Film Festival<br/>''Festival de Cine del Sáhara''<br/>الصحراء السينمائي الدولي
| name = Sahara International Film Festival<br/>''Festival de Cine del Sáhara''<br/>الصحراء السينمائي الدولي
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| website = http://www.festivalsahara.com<br/>{{es icon}}
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[[Image:Veronica Forque en el Sáhara libre.jpg|300px|thumb|The Spanish actress [[Verónica Forqué]] at the 2007 edition festival.]]
[[Image:Veronica Forque en el Sáhara libre.jpg|300px|thumb|The Spanish actress [[Verónica Forqué]] at the 2007 edition festival.]]
The '''Sahara International Film Festival''', also known as '''FiSahara''', is an annual event which takes place in the [[Sahrawi refugee camps]], at the South West corner of [[Algeria]], near the border with [[Western Sahara]]. It is the only film festival in the world taking place in a [[refugee camp]].<ref name="ElMundoFiSahara08">[http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2008/04/17/solidaridad/1208429499.html Comienza 'Fisahara 2008', el único festival de cine en un campo de refugiados] [[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]], 18 April 2008 {{es icon}}</ref> The first three years the festival was held alternately in the [[Wilaya of Smara]], [[Wilaya of Ausserd]] and [[Wilaya of El Aaiun]], but since 2007 the FiSahara had stayed in the [[Wilaya of Dakhla]]. The event is backed by the [[Polisario Front]],<ref name="Roape Article">[http://www.roape.org/cgi-bin/roape/show/9920.html Roape Article]</ref> but largely organised and funded by donors from [[Spain]], the former colonial power in Western Sahara, attracting support from Spanish film celebrities as [[Penélope Cruz]], [[Javier Bardem]] and [[Pedro Almodóvar]].<ref>{{cite news|title=FiSahara: The World’s Most Remote Film Festival|url=http://blog.africageographic.com/safari-blog/events-festivals/fisahara-the-worlds-most-remote-film-festival/|author=Holly Meadows|publisher=Africa Geographic|date=11 April 2012|accessdate=17 December 2012|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430052640/http://blog.africageographic.com/safari-blog/events-festivals/fisahara-the-worlds-most-remote-film-festival/|archivedate=30 April 2013|df=}}</ref> This Festival is an initiative 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, being the only film festival in the world taking place in a [[refugee camp]].
The '''Sahara International Film Festival''', also known as '''FiSahara''', is an annual event which takes place in the [[Sahrawi refugee camps]], at the southwest corner of [[Algeria]], near the border with [[Western Sahara]]. It is the only [[film festival]] in the world held in a [[refugee camp]].<ref name="ElMundoFiSahara08">[http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2008/04/17/solidaridad/1208429499.html Comienza 'Fisahara 2008', el único festival de cine en un campo de refugiados] [[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]], 18 April 2008 {{es icon}}</ref> The first festival was in large part organised by Peruvian film director [[Javier Corcuera]].<ref name="Roape Article"/>
The first festival was in large part organised by Peruvian film director [[Javier Corcuera]].<ref name="Roape Article"/>


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For its first three years, FiSahara was held alternately in the [[Wilaya of Smara]], the [[Wilaya of Ausserd]], and the [[Wilaya of El Aaiun]]. Since 2007, the festival has been staged in the [[Wilaya of Dakhla]]. The event is backed by the [[Polisario Front]],<ref name="Roape Article">[http://www.roape.org/cgi-bin/roape/show/9920.html Roape Article]</ref> but largely organised and funded by donors from [[Spain]], the former colonial power in Western Sahara. The festival has attracted support from Spanish film celebrities, including [[Penélope Cruz]], [[Javier Bardem]], and [[Pedro Almodóvar]].<ref>{{cite news|title=FiSahara: The World’s Most Remote Film Festival|url=http://blog.africageographic.com/safari-blog/events-festivals/fisahara-the-worlds-most-remote-film-festival/|author=Holly Meadows|publisher=Africa Geographic|date=11 April 2012|accessdate=17 December 2012|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430052640/http://blog.africageographic.com/safari-blog/events-festivals/fisahara-the-worlds-most-remote-film-festival/|archivedate=30 April 2013|df=}}</ref> Musicians like [[Fermín Muguruza]],<ref>[http://lacomunidad.elpais.com/festival-cine-sahara/2008/4/23/me-gusta-sahara-me-gustas-tu Me gusta el Sáhara, me gustas tú] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012015101/http://lacomunidad.elpais.com/festival-cine-sahara/2008/4/23/me-gusta-sahara-me-gustas-tu |date=2013-10-12 }} Cine entre las dunas&nbsp;– ''[[El País]]'', 23 April 2008 {{es icon}}</ref><ref>[http://www.radiochango.com/castellano/fotos/Festival-Internacional-de-Cine-del-Sahara-FiSa.html Festival Internacional de Cine del Sahara (FiSahara) 2009] Radiochango.com {{es icon}}</ref> [[Manu Chao]],<ref name="ElMundoFiSahara08"/> [[Macaco (band)|Macaco]],<ref>[http://macaco.es/2009/05/macaco-actuara-en-la-clausura-del-vi-festival-internacional-de-cine-del-sahara-fisahara/ Macaco actuará en la clausura del VI Festival Internacional de Cine Del Sahara (FiSAHARA)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704232901/http://macaco.es/2009/05/macaco-actuara-en-la-clausura-del-vi-festival-internacional-de-cine-del-sahara-fisahara/ |date=2013-07-04 }} Macaco.es, 7 May 2009 {{es icon}}</ref> [[Iván Ferreiro]],<ref>[http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2010/05/02/cultura/1272809387.html Ivan Ferreiro corona el desierto] El Mundo, 3 May 2010 {{es icon}}</ref> [[El Chojin]]<ref>[http://www.elchojin.net/2011/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29:el-chjin-en-fisahara-2011&catid=1:general&Itemid=3 El Chojin en FISAHARA 2011] Elchojin.net, 12 April 2011 {{es icon}}</ref> and [[Tomasito]]<ref>[http://www.inzona.es/el-canijo-de-jerez-y-tomasito-en-el-festival-de-cine-del-sahara.html El Canijo de Jerez y Tomasito en el Festival de Cine del Sahara] Inzona.es, 1 May 2012 {{es icon}}</ref> have performed in concerts during the festival.
The festival has the two-fold aim of providing cultural entertainment and educational opportunities to refugees, and of raising awareness of the plight of the Sahrawi people, who have been exiled from their native Western Sahara for more than three decades. Western Sahara, “Africa’s last colony,” was given to Morocco and Mauritania by the Spanish when they withdrew in 1976. The Moroccans subsequently annexed the entire territory in 1979, in defiance of a ruling from the [[International Court of Justice]]. A sixteen-year war ensued between the Moroccans and the native Sahrawi independence movement, the Polisario Front. Under the terms of a 1991 UN ceasefire agreement, a referendum for self-determination was promised, but has been blocked by Morocco. In the meantime an estimated 165,000 refugees continue to live in four large camps in the inhospitable Algerian desert.


FiSahara is billed as an initiative to bring film as an entertainment and cultural form to the thousands of Sahrawis who live in the [[Algerian Desert|Algerian desert]]. It also aims to provide cultural entertainment and educational opportunities to the refugees.
Home to around 30,000 refugees, Dakhla is the most remote of the camps, located 175&nbsp;km away from the nearest city, [[Tindouf]].<ref>{{cite news|title=FiSahara: Film Festival in the Desert|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/may/13/desert-film-festivalaccessdate=11|author=Stefan Simanowitz|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=13 May 2010}}</ref> It has no electricity or paved roads and is dependent on outside supplies of food and water.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/how-a-saharan-refugee-camp-launched-an-international-film-festival-1685002.html The Riddle of the Sands: How a refugee camps set up an international film festival] Stefan Simanowitz, ''The Independent'', 15 May 2009</ref>

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Musicians like [[Fermín Muguruza]],<ref>[http://lacomunidad.elpais.com/festival-cine-sahara/2008/4/23/me-gusta-sahara-me-gustas-tu Me gusta el Sáhara, me gustas tú] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012015101/http://lacomunidad.elpais.com/festival-cine-sahara/2008/4/23/me-gusta-sahara-me-gustas-tu |date=2013-10-12 }} Cine entre las dunas&nbsp;– ''[[El País]]'', 23 April 2008 {{es icon}}</ref><ref>[http://www.radiochango.com/castellano/fotos/Festival-Internacional-de-Cine-del-Sahara-FiSa.html Festival Internacional de Cine del Sahara (FiSahara) 2009] Radiochango.com {{es icon}}</ref> [[Manu Chao]],<ref name="ElMundoFiSahara08"/> [[Macaco (band)|Macaco]],<ref>[http://macaco.es/2009/05/macaco-actuara-en-la-clausura-del-vi-festival-internacional-de-cine-del-sahara-fisahara/ Macaco actuará en la clausura del VI Festival Internacional de Cine Del Sahara (FiSAHARA)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704232901/http://macaco.es/2009/05/macaco-actuara-en-la-clausura-del-vi-festival-internacional-de-cine-del-sahara-fisahara/ |date=2013-07-04 }} Macaco.es, 7 May 2009 {{es icon}}</ref> [[Iván Ferreiro]],<ref>[http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2010/05/02/cultura/1272809387.html Ivan Ferreiro corona el desierto] El Mundo, 3 May 2010 {{es icon}}</ref> [[El Chojin]]<ref>[http://www.elchojin.net/2011/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29:el-chjin-en-fisahara-2011&catid=1:general&Itemid=3 El Chojin en FISAHARA 2011] Elchojin.net, 12 April 2011 {{es icon}}</ref> or [[Tomasito]]<ref>[http://www.inzona.es/el-canijo-de-jerez-y-tomasito-en-el-festival-de-cine-del-sahara.html El Canijo de Jerez y Tomasito en el Festival de Cine del Sahara] Inzona.es, 1 May 2012 {{es icon}}</ref> had also performed in concerts during the festival.


In 2010, a twinning agreement was signed between the FiSahara and the [[San Sebastian Human Rights Film Festival]].<ref>[http://www.donostia.org/home.nsf/0/7CAB9FDF66EB6C66C125790C003BD622?OpenDocument&idioma=ing&id=J447717352751 Objective Fisahara: Twinning between the San Sebastian Human Rights Film Festival and the Sahara International Film Festival, seen in pictures and first-hand accounts] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20131011233739/http://www.donostia.org/home.nsf/0/7CAB9FDF66EB6C66C125790C003BD622?OpenDocument&idioma=ing&id=J447717352751 |date=2013-10-11 }} Donostia.org</ref>
In 2010, a twinning agreement was signed between the FiSahara and the [[San Sebastian Human Rights Film Festival]].<ref>[http://www.donostia.org/home.nsf/0/7CAB9FDF66EB6C66C125790C003BD622?OpenDocument&idioma=ing&id=J447717352751 Objective Fisahara: Twinning between the San Sebastian Human Rights Film Festival and the Sahara International Film Festival, seen in pictures and first-hand accounts] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20131011233739/http://www.donostia.org/home.nsf/0/7CAB9FDF66EB6C66C125790C003BD622?OpenDocument&idioma=ing&id=J447717352751 |date=2013-10-11 }} Donostia.org</ref>


==White Camel Winners==
==White Camel Winners==
The '''White Camel''' ({{lang-ar|'''الجمل الأبيض'''}}) is the festival's highest prize, awarded for the best film by election of the spectators.<ref>[http://www.festivalsahara.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=204%3Aactividades-paralelas-2&catid=53%3Aprogramacion-fisahara-2011&Itemid=60&lang=en Additional festival events] Festivalsahara.com</ref> It consists on a white female [[camel]], which is traditionally donated to the refugee family who had hosted the actors or director of the winner film during the festival. Instead, the winners take home a trophy depicting a white camel and a [[Desert rose (crystal)|desert rose]].
The '''White Camel''' ({{lang-ar|'''الجمل الأبيض'''}}) is the festival's top prize, awarded for the best film by election of the spectators.<ref>[http://www.festivalsahara.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=204%3Aactividades-paralelas-2&catid=53%3Aprogramacion-fisahara-2011&Itemid=60&lang=en Additional festival events] Festivalsahara.com</ref> It consists of a white female [[camel]], which is traditionally donated to the refugee family who hosted the actors or director of the winning film during the festival. The winners receive a trophy depicting a white camel and a [[Desert rose (crystal)|desert rose]].


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'''Guest Country'''
==Guest Country==
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Since 2006, some years the festival elect a country to be guest in the event. In such cases, films from the guest country are screened and related events take place along the other acts in the festival.


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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.donostia.org/info/juventud/casa_paz.nsf/voWebContenidosId/C37C8D1915466617C125783F004313EB/$file/Libro%20Fisahara%20Ingles-Def.pdf Objective FiSahara] Donostia.org&nbsp;– 24-page book about the FiSahara, with texts by Juan Carlos Izagirre, [[Eduardo Galeano]], [[Paul Laverty]], Javier Corcuera, Javier Bardem and others.
*[http://www.donostia.org/info/juventud/casa_paz.nsf/voWebContenidosId/C37C8D1915466617C125783F004313EB/$file/Libro%20Fisahara%20Ingles-Def.pdf Objective FiSahara] Donostia.org&nbsp;– 24-page book about the FiSahara, with texts by Juan Carlos Izagirre, [[Eduardo Galeano]], [[Paul Laverty]], Javier Corcuera, Javier Bardem and others.
*[http://rua.ua.es/dspace/bitstream/10045/19860/1/Quaderns_Cine_07_09.pdf SÁHARA OCCIDENTAL: LA REVOLUCIÓN DEL CINE O EL CINE DE LA REVOLUCIÓN] by David Bollero Real {{es icon}}
*[http://rua.ua.es/dspace/bitstream/10045/19860/1/Quaderns_Cine_07_09.pdf Sáhara Occidental: La Revolución del Cine o el Cine de la Revolución] by David Bollero Real {{es icon}}
*[http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/search/blog?s=stefan+simanowitz Prospect Magazine&nbsp;– Blogs] Preview of 6th FISahara
*[http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/search/blog?s=stefan+simanowitz Prospect Magazine&nbsp;– Blogs] Preview of 6th FISahara


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Sahara International Film Festival
Festival de Cine del Sáhara
الصحراء السينمائي الدولي
LocationWilaya of Dakhla, Sahrawi refugee camps, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic / Algeria
FoundedNovember 2003
AwardsWhite Camel
LanguageInternational
Websitehttp://fisahara.es/?lang=en
The Spanish actress Verónica Forqué at the 2007 edition festival.

The Sahara International Film Festival, also known as FiSahara, is an annual event which takes place in the Sahrawi refugee camps, at the southwest corner of Algeria, near the border with Western Sahara. It is the only film festival in the world held in a refugee camp.[1] The first festival was in large part organised by Peruvian film director Javier Corcuera.[2]

For its first three years, FiSahara was held alternately in the Wilaya of Smara, the Wilaya of Ausserd, and the Wilaya of El Aaiun. Since 2007, the festival has been staged in the Wilaya of Dakhla. The event is backed by the Polisario Front,[2] but largely organised and funded by donors from Spain, the former colonial power in Western Sahara. The festival has attracted support from Spanish film celebrities, including Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, and Pedro Almodóvar.[3] Musicians like Fermín Muguruza,[4][5] Manu Chao,[1] Macaco,[6] Iván Ferreiro,[7] El Chojin[8] and Tomasito[9] have performed in concerts during the festival.

FiSahara is billed as an initiative to bring film as an entertainment and cultural form to the thousands of Sahrawis who live in the Algerian desert. It also aims to provide cultural entertainment and educational opportunities to the refugees.

In 2010, a twinning agreement was signed between the FiSahara and the San Sebastian Human Rights Film Festival.[10]

White Camel Winners

The White Camel (Template:Lang-ar) is the festival's top prize, awarded for the best film by election of the spectators.[11] It consists of a white female camel, which is traditionally donated to the refugee family who hosted the actors or director of the winning film during the festival. The winners receive a trophy depicting a white camel and a desert rose.

Year Date Film Nationality Director
2003 20–23 November The Living Forest  Spain Ángel de la Cruz
Manolo Gómez
2004 December (Not Held) N/A N/A N/A
2005 3–6 March Madame Brouette  Senegal
 France
 Canada		 Moussa Sene Absa
2006 5–9 April The Story of the Weeping Camel  Mongolia
 Germany		 Byambasuren Davaa
Luigi Farloni
2007 10–15 April Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest  France
 Belgium
 Spain
 Italy		 Michel Ocelot
2008 17–20 April It's a Free World...  United Kingdom Ken Loach
2009 5–10 May Che: Part 2  United States
 Spain
 France		 Steven Soderbergh
2010 26 April-2 May The Problem  Spain Jordi Ferrer
Pablo Vidal
2011 2–8 May Entrelobos  Spain
 Germany		 Gerardo Olivares
2012 1–6 May Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony  Spain Alvaro Longoria
2013 8–13 October Mayibuye I  South Africa Milly Moabl
2014 29 April–4 May Legna: Habla el Verso Saharaui[12]  Sahrawi Republic
 Spain		 Juan Robles
Bahia Awah
Juan Carlos Gimeno
2015 28 April-3 May Granito: How to Nail a Dictator  United States Pamela Yates

Guest Country

In some years, the festival has chosen a country to be a guest in the event. In such cases, films from the guest country are screened, and related events take place along with the other acts in the festival.

Year Guest Country/Continent
2006  Cuba[13][14]
2009  Algeria[15][16]
2010  South Africa[17][18]
2011  Venezuela[19][20]
2012  Mexico[21][22]
2013  United States[23]
2014  South Africa[24]

References

  1. ^ a b Comienza 'Fisahara 2008', el único festival de cine en un campo de refugiados El Mundo, 18 April 2008 Template:Es icon
  2. ^ a b Roape Article
  3. ^ Holly Meadows (11 April 2012). "FiSahara: The World's Most Remote Film Festival". Africa Geographic. Archived from the original on 30 April 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Me gusta el Sáhara, me gustas tú Archived 2013-10-12 at the Wayback Machine Cine entre las dunas – El País, 23 April 2008 Template:Es icon
  5. ^ Festival Internacional de Cine del Sahara (FiSahara) 2009 Radiochango.com Template:Es icon
  6. ^ Macaco actuará en la clausura del VI Festival Internacional de Cine Del Sahara (FiSAHARA) Archived 2013-07-04 at the Wayback Machine Macaco.es, 7 May 2009 Template:Es icon
  7. ^ Ivan Ferreiro corona el desierto El Mundo, 3 May 2010 Template:Es icon
  8. ^ El Chojin en FISAHARA 2011 Elchojin.net, 12 April 2011 Template:Es icon
  9. ^ El Canijo de Jerez y Tomasito en el Festival de Cine del Sahara Inzona.es, 1 May 2012 Template:Es icon
  10. ^ Objective Fisahara: Twinning between the San Sebastian Human Rights Film Festival and the Sahara International Film Festival, seen in pictures and first-hand accounts Archived 2013-10-11 at archive.today Donostia.org
  11. ^ Additional festival events Festivalsahara.com
  12. ^ ""Legna" film wins first award of FiSahara". Sahara Press Service. 4 May 2014. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ Cuba: país invitado en el III Festival Internacional de Cine del Sahara Somosjovenes.cu Template:Es icon
  14. ^ Cuba será el país invitado en el III Festival Internacional de Cine del Sahara Rebelion.org, 13 March 2006 Template:Es icon
  15. ^ Arranca FiSahara 09 FiSahara.blogspot.com.es, 23 March 2009 Template:Es icon
  16. ^ FISAHARA 09 Archived 2014-03-27 at the Wayback Machine Vivir bien es un placer!!! (¡Hola!), 21 April 2009 Template:Es icon
  17. ^ El FCAT con el pueblo saharaui en el FiSahara 2010 Archived 2012-07-08 at the Wayback Machine African Film Festival of Tarifa Template:Es icon
  18. ^ FiSahara, el festival de cine que se celebra en un campamento de refugiados 20 minutos, 12 April 2010 Template:Es icon
  19. ^ Concluye el FiSahara 2011: entre el cine y la reivindicación Archived 2014-04-13 at the Wayback Machine Radio Netherlands Worldwide, 9 May 2011 Template:Es icon
  20. ^ FiSahara: cine bajo las estrellas ABC, 4 May 2011 Template:Es icon
  21. ^ "No conseguirán atemorizar al FiSahara" Público (EFE), 2 May 2012 Template:Es icon
  22. ^ La delegación de México en el FiSahara afirma su determinación de romper el silencio informativo en el Sáhara Occidental Archived 2014-04-13 at the Wayback Machine Sahara Press Service, 3 May 2012 Template:Es icon
  23. ^ Decade after: FiSahara achieved international status, confirms Saharawi Culture Minister Archived 2014-04-13 at the Wayback Machine Sahara Press Service, 10 July 2013
  24. ^ South Africa guest of honor of FiSahara 2014 and Nelson Mandela honored in the occasion SADR Permanent Mission in Ethiopia and African Union, 9 April 2014
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