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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.
  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.
  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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