AlUla Creates is currently building the infrastructure and global network of mentorships and other resources to support the next generation of female Saudi storytellers pairing them with accomplished writers, directors ...
The collection of 11 films will be available on Netflix from September 29, 2022.
The second edition is slated for December 1 to 10 and hopes to bring the best in Arab and World Cinema to Jeddah.
The 14 fiction features and documentaries hail from Palestine, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Qatar, Iraq, Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco.
Chairman of the Red Sea Film Festival Committee, Mohammed Al-Turki, spearheaded the event.
Al Turki is currently representing Saudi Arabia at the Cannes Film Festival in Southern France.
The programme was presented in collaboration with Generation 2030, a Franco-Saudi friendship association founded in 2019.
The applicants will get access to three days of technical workshops and mentorship before the 48-hour shoot which will take place from October 22 to 24.
The study is based on responses from a total of 422 people, of which 40% were filmmakers, 30% comprised students and 17% included film crew.
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.
Following his departure, Sabbagh hopes to return as a director and producer to work on his third feature film.
The fund aims to help Saudi filmmakers who have sustained a financial loss resulting from cancelled/postponed events related to the coronavirus precautionary measures.
The screening marks the first time the 1992 film will play on the big screen in Saudi Arabia since it was shot 30 years ago.
The two entities will come together for a Shorts Pitch Competition, various panels, talent days and workshops that will be held during the festival.
The Festival is set to kick off on March 12 and will see the opening of a new cinema complex with 1200 seats. Cash awards totalling $250K will be given ...
Produced and funded by the Red Sea International Film Festival, the anthology film furthers the Festival’s commitment to daring new work by Saudi directors.
The Red Sea Film Festival Foundation has restored nine key works of Egyptian neorealist director Khairy Bishara. The films will premiere as part of a full retrospective of his work ...
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.
