Red Sea Labs announces selected lodge projects for 2023 edition
Winning projects will receive a share of $200,000 in awards at the third edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival in December.
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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.
The second edition is slated for December 1 to 10 and hopes to bring the best in Arab and World Cinema to Jeddah.
Two projects will receive $100,000 production grants at the second edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival in December.
In cooperation with TorinoFilmLab, Red Sea Lodge seeks to empower cinematic talents to launch and succeed in the film industry.
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.
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 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.
Realness has, so far, supported 30 feature film projects from all over Africa.
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.
Jane Williams, Director - Film Connection & Film ForumOn training programmes, cash awards and outreach towards the larger Arab market for filmmakersWe have been organising Interchange ...
