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All Saudi Arabia articles – Page 11
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NewsSaudi’s Red Sea Film Festival appoints producer Mohammed Al Turki as CEO
New position will see Saudi producer step up involvement in festival to spearhead its growth and that of local film and TV industry.
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NewsCairo film festival announces earlier 2022 dates, clashing with Marrakech
The festival is under new management following the departure of former CIFF president Mohamed Hefzy.
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NewsMarrakech film festival announces earlier 2022 dates
Morocco’s biggest film festival was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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NewsSaudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival sets 2022 dates
The inaugural edition in December 2021 welcomed 30,000 spectators and some 3,000 press and industry guests.
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NewsSaudi’s Muvi Cinemas, Telfaz11 launch joint pop-up Wadi Cinema event
The pop-up initiative showcases independent cinema within the framework of the Diriyah Biennale.
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FeaturesRed Sea’s Shivani Pandya on the “great vibe” of the first edition despite logistical hiccups and a no-show artistic director
Former managing director of Dubai International Film Festival has been a driving force behind the new festival.
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NewsSaudi distributor CineWaves, Egypt’s Film Clinic sign output deal
Cinewaves CEO Faisal Baltyour, Film Clinic head Mohamed Hefzy Riyadh-based distributor CineWaves, one of the first Saudi companies to move into arthouse films, has signed an artistic cooperation pact with Egypt’s Film Clinic Indie Distribution. Under the deal, CineWaves will handle the Saudi release of Film Clinic ...
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FeaturesRed Sea jury president Giuseppe Tornatore gives his first impressions of Saudia Arabia
“They’ve set everything on fire,” said the Italian director.
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Features‘Rupture’ director Hamzah Jamjoom on his love of using genre films to smuggle in social commentary
The Saudi filmmaker’s debut film shot in Romania, standing in for London.
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NewsSaudi Film Commission teases 40% cash rebate for production
Incentive package becomes most competitive in Gulf region.
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News‘Brighton 4th’ wins best film at Saudi’s first Red Sea International Film Festival
Giuseppe Tornatore was jury president for the inaugural competition featuring 16 features.
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News‘Contra’, ‘Akashinga’, ‘Aïcha’ scoop Red Sea project prizes
The inaugural edition of the Red Souk project market handed out $355,000 worth of prizes and other collateral awards.
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NewsRed Sea lays on Talent Days for next generation of Saudi professionals
Some 250 aspiring Saudi filmmakers are expected to attend the two-day event.
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NewsFront Row’s Gianluca Chakra on the first year of his Saudi distribution label
New label has released 40 titles in Saudi Arabia including The Father, Another Round and Pinocchio.
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FeaturesWord of mouth is driving cinemagoing in Saudi, says Muvi Cinemas executive
Homegrown exhibitor currently owns and runs just under half of Saudi Arabia’s 420 screens.
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NewsSaudi Arabia sets sights on 100 feature films by 2030
Ministry of Investment official was speaking at a Red Sea industry talk
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Features“Never take no for an answer,” says groundbreaking Saudi filmmaker Haifaa Al Mansour
Saudi Arabia’s first female filmmaker is a guest of honour at the Red Sea International Film Festival.
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Reviews‘Farha’: Red Sea Review
Darin J. Sallam delivers a harrowing debut in this portrait of a Palestinian woman hiding out from Israeli forces
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NewsWhat is it like to shoot an international production in Saudi Arabia?
There is huge investment in the Saudi locations infrastructure but what is the reality on the ground?
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NewsAGC Studios CEO Stuart Ford talks shooting $100m ‘Desert Warrior’ in Saudi Arabia
With a budget in excess of $100m, it is the biggest production to shoot in Saudi Arabia since the lifting of its 35-year cinema ban.