All Saudi Arabia articles – Page 2
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News
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.
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Visit Films sells across slate including Cannes, Toronto, Sundance titles (exclusive)
Numerous key territories sell on Sundance drama ‘Ghostlight’.
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“I don’t like being in the safe zone when it comes to content”: director Abdulaziz Almuzaini talks Saudi satire ‘Lail Nahar’
Muvi Cinemas financed and supported the film that is set for release on December 12.
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MBC Studios, Telfaz11 forge partnership to “champion Saudi stories”
New partnership will support Saudi talent and aims to create diverse stories.
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Saudi rom-com ‘A Matter Of Life And Death’ readies January shoot
Acclaimed Egyptian producer Mohamed Hefzy is on board the feature.
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Saudi hit ‘Mandoob’ heads to India, Australia, Latin America (exclusive)
The film grossed over $7m following its Saudi release in December 2023.
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Ticket prices and Imax to the fore as Saudi exhibitor Muvi head sees bigger picture
Muvi has just opened its first Imax screen in Jeddah’s Mall of Arabia.
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Features
UK producers on filming in Saudi Arabia: ‘Infrastructure is beginning to emerge’
UK producers Georgie Paget and Thembisa Cochrane talks filming in Saudi Arabia for Ahd Kamel’s My Driver And I.
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Features
Arab Stars of Tomorrow 2024: Maria Bahrawi, actress (Saudi Arabia)
In the AlUla-shot Norah, Bahrawi plays an illiterate orphan from a remote Saudi Arabian village in the 1990s.
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Arab Stars of Tomorrow 2024: Oumaima Barid, actress (Morocco)
Barid is enjoing a breakout moment after landing four lead roles in quick succession.
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Arab Stars of Tomorrow 2024: Essam Omar, actor (Egypt)
Omar starred in Venice Horizons title ’Seeking Haven For Mr Rambo’.
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Features
Arab Stars of Tomorrow 2024: Mohsen Alkhalifi, producer (Yemen)
Alkhalfi’s two features have been the only two to ever represent his country at the Academy Awards.
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Arab Stars of Tomorrow 2024: Zain Duraie, writer/director (Jordan)
Duarie has just shot her first feature Sink in Amman and is currently in post-production.
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Saudi-Emirati comedy ‘Al Eid Eiden’ acquired for streamer Yango Play
Front Row Filmed Entertainment closed the exclusive worldwide deal.
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Features
In focus: The 2024 Red Sea Lodge projects
Twelve rising filmmakers are vying to be among the four picked to share Red Sea Lodge’s $180,000 prize pool, including two submissions from Asia for the first time.
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Red Sea film festival opens fourth edition with star-studded ceremony
Emily Blunt, Will Smith, Vin Diesel, Cynthia Erivo, Michelle Yeoh, Michael Douglas all in attendance.
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Emily Blunt talks ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ sequel: “There’s stuff churning around”
Blunt would “love to” do ‘Jungle Cruise 2’; teases Benny Safdie’s ‘The Smashing Machine’ with Dwayne Johnson.
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Korean ‘Concrete Utopia’ director Um Tae Hwa set to train Saudi talent
The filmmaker will conduct an intensive workshop in the region next year.
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Features
“I like a challenge”: director Karim Elshenawy on telling ’The Tale Of Daye’s Family’
The inspirations behind family drama ’The Tale Of Daye’s Family’, which opens the 2024 Red Sea International Film Festival.
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Red Sea Souk director Holly Daniel outlines the market’s changes and ambition
Red Sea’s international film market, the Souk, has a new location this year and now encompasses Asia as well as the Arab world and Africa.