All Saudi Arabia articles
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Reviews
‘Desert Warrior’ review: Visually stunning Saudi Arabian epic lacks an emotional core
Antony Mackie and Sir Ben Kingsley star in Rupert Wyatt’s 7th century Arabian drama
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‘Unidentified’ review: Haifaa Al Mansour’s Saudi thriller sees a grieving woman turn detective
The Saudi Arabian director reteams with star Mila Alzahrani, who plays a true-crime enthusiast investigating a murder
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News
Front Row lands MENA rights to Red Sea opener ‘The Tale of Daye’s Family’
The Egyptian drama was also selected for the Berlinale.
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Saudi’s delayed $150m historical epic ‘Desert Warrior’ to premiere at Zurich
The drama is led by ‘Captain America’ star Anthony Mackie alongside Oscar-winner Ben Kingsley.
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Features
International execs ‘optimistic’ about return of young audiences to cinemas
A Venice Film Festival roundtable hosted by Screen International and sponsored by the Saudi Film Commission debated young cinema audience trends.
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Reviews
‘Hijra’ review: Family bonds are tested when a teenage girl vanishes in accomplished Saudi drama
Saudi filmmaker Shahad Ameen’s story centres on a grandmother and granddaughter in search of their missing relative
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News
Red Sea film festival boosts programming team
Toronto film curator Giovanna Fulvi, former MAMI Mumbai Film Festival artistic director Deepti D’Cunha and Good Chaos CEO Mike Goodridge are among the appointments.
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Korea’s CJ ENM launches Saudi subsidiary to accelerate Middle East expansion
The base in Riyadh will oversee production and distribution for the South Korean entertainment giant in the MENA region.
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Saudi Film Commission unveils new studio complex to open in Riyadh
Jax Film Studios will include two soundstages and a Sony virtual production volume
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Red Sea Film Foundation names Saudi film pioneer Faisal Baltyuor as CEO
Baltyuor is founder of leading Saudi distributor CineWaves Films and former CEO at Muvi Studios.
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MBS Group closes deal to manage Saudi Arabia’s AlUla Studios
US-based The MBS Group is known as the home of James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’ franchise.
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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”.
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Saudi Film Commission and Korean Film Council sign strategic partnership
The agreement builds on the memorandum of understanding signed in 2019.
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SPC reteams with Haifaa Al Mansour on contemporary Saudi thriller ‘Unidentified’
Mila Al Zahrani, Shafi Al Harthi star.
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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’.
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Red Sea Souk awards over $900,000 in industry prizes
Katia Jarjoura’s ‘Robbing Beirut’ took the largest prize, the $75,000 production award.
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Saudi’s MBC Studios sets feature adaptation of Osamah Almuslim’s horror novel ‘Travellers’ Hell’
Rising Saudi filmmaker Hana Al-Omair is set to direct Traveller’s Hell
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Stampede Ventures’ thriller ‘Fourth Wall’, starring Emma Roberts, to shoot at Saudi's AlUla Studios
Production also marks a reset of the partnership between Saudi’s Film AlUla and Stampede Ventures
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Features
‘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.
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News
Indonesian feature sets up rare shoot in holy city of Mecca (exclusive)
Visual Media Studio is set to shoot ‘Assalamualaikum Baitullah’.