As part of the Red Sea Fund, 'Behind the Mountain', previously known as Floating in a Vacuum, won both production and post-production rounds in 2021 and 2022, respectively.
Red Sea Fund also provided financial support to the film during the production and post-production rounds in 2021 and 2022.
Director Mohamed Ben Attia is also a Red Sea Lodge instructor.
The workshop aligns with the RedSeaIFF’s objectives of promoting professional and talented writers and honing their skills in an effort to support the artistic and cultural community in the Kingdom.
Winning projects will receive a share of $200,000 in awards at the third edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival in December.
The deadline for the submission of applications is January 21.
A total of $830,000 in cash prizes and $126,000 in-kind prizes were awarded to Saudi, Arab and African projects in the development and work-in-progress stages.
Ahead of the 2021/22 season, the Professional Football League has awarded Amazon the majority of broadcast rights to France’s top-flight soccer competition for three seasons.
The second edition of the Souk will take place from December 3-6, with an awards ceremony on the final day.
MBC Group's Shahid will award cash prizes worth $230,000 to three Saudi projects in development and production during the Talent Day programme.
There are 10 feature debuts across the Red Sea Souk selection, which aims to discover and connect Arab and African filmmakers to the international film community.
The second edition is slated for December 1 to 10 and hopes to bring the best in Arab and World Cinema to Jeddah.
In Cineum Cannes, the immersive DTS:X audio system is combined with Flexound Augmented Audio technology that creates natural vibrations and equal sound in every seat regardless of the location.
The sixth edition of GFF will be held in the resort town of El Gouna from October 13 to 22, 2022.
Two projects will receive $100,000 production grants at the second edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival in December.
The first edition of the festival featured 138 films and shorts from 67 countries in 34 languages, with female directors representing 38% of the slate.
In cooperation with TorinoFilmLab, Red Sea Lodge seeks to empower cinematic talents to launch and succeed in the film industry.
The four-day event presented 23 projects in development, including 12 Red Sea Lodge projects, 11 Red Sea Souk projects, and five films in post-production.
In the Souk area, six exhibitors will offer activities, including MBC, Telfaz11, Nstars, Effat University, SAIP, and MAD Celebrity.
The initiative will help support Arab and African filmmakers and offer them a platform to further develop and finance their projects and connect with the film industry.
Three committees of industry professionals have been selected for each section of funding.
A total of 12 projects have been selected for the eight-month programme that will seek to mentor Saudi and Arab directors, producers and writers to develop inventive feature films.
The theme of the fest’s first edition Metamorphosis celebrates cinema’s ability to adapt to post-industrial, digital new normal and as an interface between Saudi Arabia and the world.
The Lodge will see production grants of $100,000 awarded to two films and offer expanded mentoring and training programmes.
The jury, composed of Nadia Turincev, Meinolf Zurhorst and Yousry Nasrallah, selected and announced the winners.
The Red Sea Lodge Residency, which was due to take place at the Red Sea International Film Festival in March, will resume as a digital event on October 19.
The Saudi-based festival, will select a Cairo Film Connection project from the fiction projects to attend the inaugural Project Market of the Red Sea Souk from March 13-16, 2020.
The Golden Yusr Trophy for best feature carries a $100,000 cash prize and the Silver Yusr Trophy for best director is worth $50,000. There will also be an audience award carrying a cash prize of $50,000.
Ang Lee.The IBC2016 International Honour for Excellence, IBCs highest accolade, went to movie director Ang Lee. The IBC awards were presented in an engaging ceremony on ...
The IBC2016 Best Conference Paper award goes to a paper entitled WIB A New System Concept for Digital Terrestrial Television. Authors of the paper are Erik Stare of Teracom ...
Vijaya Cherian, Group Editor, BroadcastPro ME presented the IBC Innovation Award for Content Management to Irish national broadcaster RTÉ for its FAST project.As presenter Rob Curling ...
