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Netflix, Disney+ and AGC Studios execs join Red Sea Souk talks programme
Red Sea Film Festival’s industry programme will have 160 exhibitors from 45 countries at its marketplace.
Sean Baker named jury president of Red Sea’s feature competition
The Red Sea features competition spans 16 films from Asia and Africa, including the Arab world.
Red Sea unveils 2025 programme including opening film ‘Giant’
‘The Voice Of Hind Rajab’, ‘Sirât’ to play as Special Screenings.
‘Erupcja’ starring Charli XCX, Lena Góra acquired for UK-Ireland cinema release
EXCLUSIVE: Distributor aiming for spring 2026 release.
Red Sea Souk projects include CJ Obasi, Maha Haj and Mohamed Kordofani titles
New films from CJ ‘Fiery’ Obasi and Maha Haj are among the 40 projects in the Red Sea Souk Project Market, the co-production platform of Red Sea International Film Festival (December 4-13).
‘Erupcja’ starring Charli XCX, ‘Rose Of Nevada’ among latest Red Sea selections
‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’, ‘The SpongeBob Movie’ also chosen.
Front Row lands MENA rights to Red Sea opener ‘The Tale of Daye’s Family’
The Egyptian drama was also selected for the Berlinale.
Fionnuala Halligan to leave Screen International for Red Sea programmer role
Halligan has worked at Screen since 2004 across two spells.
Kaleem Aftab leaves Red Sea International Film Festival (exclusive)
Antoine Khalife will remain as director of Arab programmes; festival will update on international team “in due course”.
‘Little Jaffna’: Red Sea Review
A cop goes undercover in a Tamil gang in this solid Paris-set thriller
Terrorism drama ‘Red Path’ takes top awards at Red Sea film festival 2024
Further winners included ‘To A Land Unknown’, ‘Seeking Haven For Mr. Rambo’ and ‘Snow White’.
Red Sea Souk awards over $900,000 in industry prizes
Katia Jarjoura’s ‘Robbing Beirut’ took the largest prize, the $75,000 production award.
‘Snow White’: Red Sea Review
Sensitive, big-hearted Cairo-set drama looks set to be a breakout crowd-pleaser
Cannes head Thierry Fremaux: “If I do bad selections two years in a row, I will leave”
”I will say I am not connected anymore with the cinema of my times,” said Fremaux at Red Sea.
‘Superboys Of Malegaon’ filmmakers: “We felt it had an opportunity outside of India”
”The material lends itself to a global audience,” says director Reema Kagti.
Visit Films sells across slate including Cannes, Toronto, Sundance titles (exclusive)
Numerous key territories sell on Sundance drama ‘Ghostlight’.
SXSW award-winner ‘Oddity’ makes space in France, Germany, Spain (exclusive)
Blue Finch handles sales on Damian McCarthy’s thriller.
Yaqoub Alfarhan, Adwa Bader join Hana Al-Omair’s ‘Dancing On Fire’ (exclusive)
Based on bestselling Saudi novel ’Divers Of The Desert’ by Amal Al-Faran.
Red Sea 2024: Screen’s dailies
Click on the front covers to read Screen’s daily digital editions from this year’s Red Sea film festival, which takes place December 5-14 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
MBC Studios, Telfaz11 forge partnership to “champion Saudi stories”
New partnership will support Saudi talent and aims to create diverse stories.
