Toronto Int’l Film Festival screens five Red Sea Film Foundation-backed films
The films participated within the Centrepiece, Docs, Discovery and Special Presentations programmes at TIFF.
The films participated within the Centrepiece, Docs, Discovery and Special Presentations programmes at TIFF.
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.
The fund will assist budding filmmakers by providing financial support, mentorship, and other resources.
The deadline for submissions is August 21, 2023.
Director Mohamed Ben Attia is also a Red Sea Lodge instructor.
'Banel & Adama' is Senegalese filmmaker Ramata-Toulaye Sy's first feature film.
'Goodbye Julia' tells the story of two women who represent the complicated relationship and differences between northern and southern Sudanese communities.
Aiming to support films from Saudi, the Arab world and Africa, Film AlUla will finance 10 Fund-selected and Fund-winning projects, alongside the opportunity to shoot the film partially or entirely ...
The development cycle received a record-breaking 497 submissions.
The submission is exclusively open to films and projects directed by Arab and African nationalities/origin.
The second cycle of the fund will enable filmmakers from Saudi Arabia, the wider Arab region, and Africa to secure access to crucial funding at the early stages of crafting ...
The four funding strands will accelerate the growth of film production and support the early careers of ambitious filmmakers in the Arab world and Africa.
Female filmmakers to receive awards include Saudi Arabia’s Haifaa Al-Mansour, Palestine’s Annemarie Jacir, Tunisia’s Kaouther Ben Hania and Palestinian-American Cherien Dabis.
The film will be produced as an OSN Original, demonstrating a growing commitment to investing in local premium talent-led productions.
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.
In addition, the Red Sea Fund has announced 23 winners for its second development stage cycle.
In addition, the Red Sea Fund has announced 10 winners for its first post-production cycle.
The second edition is slated for December 1 to 10 and hopes to bring the best in Arab and World Cinema to Jeddah.
Saudi filmmakers, who have taken part in previous funding cycles, are also eligible to submit their short films for consideration for funds.
In the meantime, BroadcastPro ME is hosting its second annual sports conference, this time under the sponsorship of IP Studios.
The first of four funding cycles for 2022 has now opened for post-production.
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.
Among the projects receiving funding, 11 are from Africa, 60 are from the Arab world, and 26 are from Saudi Arabia.
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.
The 14 fiction features and documentaries hail from Palestine, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Qatar, Iraq, Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco.
Three committees of industry professionals have been selected for each section of funding.
The $10m Red Sea Fund will back more than 100 projects in its first year, as well as episodic content.