Muzna Al Musafer
Muzna Al Musafer | |
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| Born | 1987 |
Muzna Al Musafer (born 1987) is an Omani film director. She is the first female film director in Oman.[1]
Muzna Al Musafer was born in 1987 in Madinat Al Sultan Qaboos in Muscat, Oman. She studied at Kuwait University and Stockholm University.[2]
Her first film, Niqaab, won a student award at the Gulf Film Festival in Dubai in 2010.[3][4] Her second film, Cholo, is about two young half-brothers, one dark-skinned and one light-skinned, who meet for the first time.[5] It was awarded best script at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival in 2013 and screened around the world.[3] She directed two documentaries, Dana's Goats (2015) and Pashk (2015).[4] Her The Crown of Olives (2017) is about the struggles of two friends, a Moroccan woman and an Omani woman, in Muscat.[6] Her Clouds (2022) is about a rural lepoard hunter and his son in Dhofar.[7]
Filmography
- Niqaab (short film, 2010)
- Cholo (short film, 2013)
- بشك/Pashk (short film, 2015)
- عنزات دانا/Dana's Goats (short film, 2015)
- The Crown of Olives (short film, 2017)
- Clouds (short film, 2022)
References
- ^ "A Brief History of Omani Film Industry". Times of Oman. July 2, 2015.
- ^ "Arizona International Film Festival : Cholo". www.filmfestivalarizona.com. Retrieved 2024-08-10.
- ^ a b "OmanPride: Muzna Al Musafir empowers the community through storytelling". Times of Oman. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
- ^ a b "Four Gulf talents shortlisted for 2017 IWC Filmmaker Award". EgyptToday. 2017-11-02. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
- ^ "Ensuring Oman's diversity is reflected on the big screen". Explore Parts Unknown. 2017-06-07. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
- ^ "The Crown of Olives". Doha Film Institute. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
- ^ https://www.pressreader.com/oman/muscat-daily/20180704/281711205397883. Retrieved 2024-08-11 – via PressReader.
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