All Saudi Arabia articles – Page 3
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FeaturesHow local production ‘Norah’ represents a new wave of Saudi filmmaking
Budgeted at sub-$2m, Norah is a co-production between Riyadh-based Black Sugar Pictures and local service provider Nebras Films.
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Saudi’s Red Sea Film Festival teams with Venice Final Cut
RSIFF will give a cash award of €5,000 to one of the projects.
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Biggest ever Saudi series ‘Rise Of The Witches’ begins shoot at Neom
Ten-part adventure-fantasy series is made by MBC Studios.
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Saudi Arabia’s Telfaz11 pacts with France’s Easy Riders on four-picture slate
Telfaz11 was at the forefront of Saudi Arabia’s YouTube content revolution of the 2010s and is now pushing into cinema.
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Saudi Arabia launches 40% cash rebate for film productions
Film Saudi programme aims to grow the kingdom’s creative economy.
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Major film studio to be built in AlUla, Saudi Arabia
The complex will have two soundstages and production support buildings.
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‘Yomeddine’ director A.B. Shawky signs for Saudi feature ‘Sea Of Sands’ (exclusive)
Saudi-Egyptian co-production revolves around the special bond between a young Bedouin orphan and a camel.
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Saudi Arabia’s AlUla shooting location welcomes first local production ‘Norah’ (exclusive)
World heritage site in northwestern Saudi Arabia has previously hosted international productions Kandahar and Cherry.
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Saudi’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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Cairo 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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Marrakech 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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Saudi 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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Saudi’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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Red 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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Saudi 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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Red 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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‘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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Saudi Film Commission teases 40% cash rebate for production
Incentive package becomes most competitive in Gulf region.
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‘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.
