In addition, the Red Sea Fund has announced 23 winners for its second development stage cycle.
Red Sea Film Festival Foundation has announced the fourth cycle of the Red Sea Fund, with support to filmmakers that reaches up to $100,000 per film.
The fourth cycle will support projects with directors from Saudi Arabia, Arab World and Africa, launching a new generation of filmmakers and supporting established auteurs as they bring their work from script to screen.
This cycle offers funding to support post-production, for films that are already at the rough cut stage but need a boost to take them through to completion, distribution and exhibition. The cycle will close on August 22, 2022.
In a statement, the foundation said: “This year marks the fund’s largest funding boost for the film industry. The Red Sea Fund looks for bold, original ideas covering a diverse range of subjects. Funded films should inform, educate and entertain global audiences. The fund supports several genres of film, including feature fiction, feature documentaries, animations and episodic films. Support is also available for short films, although these are only open to Saudi directors.”
The Red Sea Fund also announced the 23 winners of its cycle two development grants. The winning projects include five films from Africa, eleven from the Arab world, and seven films with Saudi directors. The winning genres comprise of three episodic projects, one feature animation, three feature documentaries, 13 feature fiction films, and three short fiction films.
Mohammed al Turki, CEO of RedSeaIFF, added: “For the last two years, the Red Sea Fund has supported many directors and producers – but each round of funding brings a new, exciting selection of untold stories that deserve a larger audience. It is truly inspiring to see the industry grow in this way and to see so many passionate filmmakers eager to share their visions. We are proud of our role in encouraging this creativity to flourish and grow.”
