The cinema of Oman is very small. There is only one Omani film, ''
Al-Boom'' (2006), . Partly inspired by
Samuel Beckett's ''
Waiting For Godot'', ''Al-Boom'' deals with the challenges facing a small fishing community.
A joint US-Indian-Omani production, ''Pirate's Blood'', starring
Sunny Leone
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was co-produced by Stegath Dorr in 2008. Stegath Dorr's film ''Blood Desert'' was released in 2014, many years after it premiered at the 2006 Oman Film Festival. A few
Hollywood movies have been partly filmed in the country.
An annual film festival is held in
Muscat
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.
Films shot in Oman
* ''Blood Desert'' (filmed in 2006)
* ''
Killer Elite'' (2011)
* ''
Operation Oman'' (2014)
* ''
Pirate's Blood'' (Hollywood) (2010)
* ''
Given more than i had'' (Bollywood, Director -
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* ''
Personal Shopper
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'' (Hollywood) (2016)
* ''
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'' (2013)
See also
*
Cinema of West Asia
*
Cinema of the world
This is a list of cinema of the world by continent and country.
By continent
* Cinema of Africa
*Cinema of Asia
**South Asian cinema
**Southeast Asian cinema
* Cinema of North America
* Cinema of Latin America
*Cinema of Europe
* Cinema of Oceani ...
References
External links
Oman Film Society official siteArticle about the prospects for Oman's film industry Small article on 'Al-Boom'IMDB entry for Oman
{{Asia in topic, Cinema of
Omani culture