Omani cinema is still finding its footing as an industry, but the country has produced work of real documentary conviction, from Heiny Srour's landmark The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived to more recent nature-focused films like Nahal - From the Hives of Oman. Small in output, notable in character. See what Macca made of them below.
Rating: 0.5★
I want to be fair here, I genuinely do. Oman doesn't have a deep or sprawling cinema history, so the fact that this fifteen-minute short by Anirban Ray is considered one of the most popular films from the nation isn't exactly a ringing endorsement of
Genre Documentary
The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived (1974)
Genre Documentary
★★½ — Nahal - From the Hives of Oman (2021)
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