Eight films will be screened in Red Sea: New Vision, the second edition's new programme strand.
Red Sea International Film Festival has announced Red Sea: New Vision, a new programme strand dedicated to projects showcasing fresh cinematic perspectives.
RedSeaIFF has also revealed the selection of films that will be screened at the upcoming second edition of the festival.
A new programme strand celebrates films that stand out, addressing unique topics with a lens that will challenge and delight. Eight films have been selected to run as part of the New Vision programme, and span multiple regions and genres.
Speaking about the new section, Kaleem Aftab, Director of International Programming for Red Sea International Film Festival, said: “One of our aims at the RedSeaIFF is to inspire the next generation of filmmaking through highlighting a huge variety of films that challenge the way we view cinema. Adding this new strand of programming to the second edition of the festival intends to do exactly that – lift up new voices and highlight fresh perspectives on filmmaking that encourage us to think differently”
Antoine Khalife, Director of Arab Programmes & Film Classics for the RedSeaIFF, added: “It was a great surprise to us curating this selection of films, they are astonishing examples of filmmaking, present a surprising cinematographic language that deals with moving subjects which will most certainly have a strong impact on our audiences. From the explosion in Beirut, the change of urban planning, the impact of the meteors in Morocco or the entry into a fantastic world.”
After the End of the World is the latest feature documentary from Lebanese director Nadim Mishlawi. The film looks beyond Beirut’s political landscape, and focuses on the subtler notion of Beirut as an uncanny urban experiment.
From BAFTA award-winning filmmaker, Mark Jenkin, comes Enys Men (which means Stone Island in the old Cornish language), set in 1973 on an uninhabited island off the Cornish coast, a wildlife volunteer’s daily observations of a rare flower turn into a metaphysical journey that forces her, as well as the viewer to question what is real and what is a nightmare.
Fragments from Heaven is the second feature documentary from Moroccan filmmaker Adnane Baraka.
Canadian documentary maker Jacquelyn Mills is set to debut Geographies of Solitude in its MENA premiere at the RedSeaIFF.
Written, produced, and directed by Anders Emblem comes A Human Position. Set in the picturesque Norwegian town of Alesund, A Human Position centres on two young women, Live and Asta.
The festival will screen animation director Vynom’s latest project, Khamsa – The Well of Oblivion. The story follows a young Adi, who wakes up, and finds himself at the bottom of a dark well and realises he cannot remember anything.
Set to have its world premiere at RedSeaIFF, Lost Treasures of Arabia: The Ancient City of Dadan is a feature-length documentary by directors Dirk Verheye and Inti Calfat. The documentary explores the ancient city of Dadan, which lies in Alula, North West Arabia on the famed Incense Road, mentioned in three bibles, yet little is known or understood about this region. The film follows a team of international archaeologists who will try to decipher its mysteries.
The second feature film from Lebanese director Karim Kassem, Octopus, tells the aftermath of the cataclysmic Port of Beirut explosion.
