March 26 to 31, 2018 – –Star-studded ‘social themed’ 10th MIFF at PACA auditorium and VOX Cinemas from March 26 to 31 was the second episode of B&W team organizing the 6 day film festival by B&W team. Abdulaziz bin Mohammed Al Rawas, advisor to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said for cultural affairs, was the chief guest at the opening ceremony. The opening and closing night ceremonies will dazzle with a heady mix of regional and international stars, global artistes and local Oman talent, including the likes of Swedish-Lebanese singer Maher Zain, Grammy award-winning Japanese flautist Kitaro, world-whistling champion Dutchman Geert Chatrou, Danish-Palestinian percussionist Simona Abdallah, Russian Jaw harpist Olga Uutai, India’s only woman saxophonist S Lavanya and Oman’s well-known Munshid singers Watasimu, popular singer Haitham Mohammed Rafi and talented Oud artist Ziyad Harbi and band. An array of film personalities were honoured including Dr Abdel Haq Al-Muntarsh, Manisha Koirala, Ghassan Massoud, Ali Badrakhan, Franco Nero, Mira Nair, Dariush Mehrjui, Fakhriya bint Khamis Al Ajmi, Amr Waked, Zahra Arafat, Bossi Shalaby and Ateeqa Atrash amongst others.
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