Muscat, (ONA) - The Oman Film and Theatre Society concluded today its artistic participation in the activities of the Digital Gate International Short Film Festival, which was hosted by the Republic of Algeria, with the participation of 34 films from different countries of the world.

Humaid bin Saeed Al Amri, director of cinematic culture at the Omani Society for Cinema and Theatre, explained that this virtual festival is the first of its kind in Algeria and the Arab world, explaining that the Sultanate, represented in this society, participated with 11 films, which reflects the maturity of cinema in the Sultanate, the abundance of cinema production and the interest of the Sultanate's youth in filmmaking.

He added that the Sultanate had an artistic presence in the festival through the participation of director and producer Muhammad bin Sulaiman Al-Kindi as a permanent member of the permanent international selection committee.

He pointed out that the most prominent Omani films that were shown at the festival and won the approval and approval of the festival’s organizers, the movie (White Gold), which is a short documentary film dealing with one of the natural treasures in the Sultanate. The work sheds light on the natural salt found in the Wilayat of Mahout and deals with its diversity, sources and importance in society.

(ONA)