Red Sea Fund opens second cycle of 2025 for production support
Filmmakers from Saudi Arabia, the Arab world, Africa and Asia can apply through the website before the April 21 deadline.
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Filmmakers from Saudi Arabia, the Arab world, Africa and Asia can apply through the website before the April 21 deadline.
In this new series, the foundation will spotlight some of the filmmakers who were part of this programme.
The discussion will shed light on how the foundation cultivates emerging talent and supports innovative storytelling.
Last year’s theme, “The New Home of Film,” celebrated the festival’s new headquarters Al-Balad, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Red Sea Film Foundation will also participate in the Saudi Pavilion at the European Film Market during the film festival.
The closing date for submissions for the first cycle is February 27, 2025.
The docudrama, set in Lebanon, is a joint production between Lebanon, France, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
Red Sea Film Foundation has raft of activities at Venice Film Festival
Slim’s third feature fiction, presented at the 2023 Atlas Workshops at Marrakech Film Festival, focuses on a remote town in Tunisia where missing people return after many years.
The film, developed through the Red Sea Lodge programme in 2021 and also supported by the Red Sea Fund, will have its world premiere in the Orizzonti Extra section.
All selected projects will compete for the Red Sea Souk cash awards provided by the Red Sea Fund and awarded by the Project Market juries.
The deadline for submissions is August 21, 2024.
As part of the Red Sea Fund, 'Behind the Mountain' won both production and post-production rounds in 2021 and 2022, respectively.
The line-up has been announced for the 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival, taking place from August 28 to September 7, 2024.
'Norah' is the first Saudi feature film to be shot at AlUla with an all-Saudi cast and more than 40% Saudi crew.
The Fund provides support for developing projects from the Arab and African region – whether they are features, short films or series.
The film made history as the first Saudi feature ever to be screened in Cannes’ Official Selection.
The submission is open to films and projects directed by individuals of Saudi, Arab, African, or Asian nationality or origin.
As part of the Red Sea Fund, 'Behind the Mountain' won both production and post-production rounds in 2021 and 2022, respectively.
The film was supported by the Red Sea Fund and shot entirely in AlUla, northwest Saudi Arabia, featuring an all-Saudi cast and a 40% Saudi crew.
The film is supported by the Saudi Film Commission’s Daw Initiative and Neom, which provided incentives and on-the-ground support.
The fund now accepts applications from directors of Arab and African origin and nationality.
'Diaries From Lebanon' is a joint production between Lebanon, France, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia.
The closing date for submissions for the first cycle is February 21, 2024.
Director Mohamed Ben Attia will introduce both screenings and will be available for post-screening Q&A sessions, joined by producer Dora Bouchoucha and actors Majd Mastoura and Samer Bicharat.
As part of the Red Sea Fund, 'Behind the Mountain' won both production and post-production rounds in 2021 and 2022, respectively.
Sudan has submitted Mohamed Kordofani’s feature 'Goodbye Julia' for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards.
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.
