The fund now accepts applications from directors of Arab and African origin and nationality.
The Red Sea Fund, a programme under the Red Sea Film Foundation, has announced the open call for production projects as part of its second cycle for 2024.
From April 6 through April 30, 2024, filmmakers from Saudi Arabia, the Arab world, and Africa can submit their applications.
This cycle aims to support projects at the production stage, offering financial grants to assist filmmakers in realising their visions. Eligible projects encompass feature, fiction, documentary, and animation films, as well as series and short films.
To apply for the fund, projects must meet specific criteria. Feature films, documentaries, or animation films must be a minimum length of 60 minutes. For Saudi projects, short films, documentaries, or animation films not exceeding 59 minutes are eligible.
Scripted episodic series must be a minimum length of 25 minutes but no more than 59 minutes per episode.
Directors must be of African nationality or Arab nationality/origin.
Required documents must be submitted in English, except for the script for Saudi projects, which can be in Arabic. These documents include a logline, synopsis, film’s chain of titles, English script for non-documentary projects, writer’s treatment for feature documentaries and episodic documentaries, English script and writer’s treatment for fiction and animation, pilot episode script and treatment in English for fiction episodic, director’s statement/vision, director’s motivation video with English subtitles, and links to the director’s previous work.
Additionally, the production company profile, registration documents, passport of the authorised signatory, and official document proving the legal authorisation and capacity of the signatory to sign on behalf of the company must be provided for feature and series projects (if selected).
Since its inception in 2021, the Red Sea Fund has supported over 250 projects, including feature films, shorts, documentaries, series, and animation films. Many films backed by the Fund have garnered numerous international awards over the years.
