🏙 Towns & cities
Oualata
commune of Mauritania
🇲🇷 Mauritania · 17.2978, -7.0235
Oualata is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Oualata, rather than at one identified spot.
“Shot in Oualata, Mauritania, Timbuktu was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the François Chalais Prize.”
Movies filmed in Oualata
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Oualata?
1 production is recorded as filmed in Oualata, including Timbuktu (2014).
Where is Oualata?
Oualata is in Mauritania, at 17.2978, -7.0235.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by c.hug, CC BY-SA 2.0.