AmfAR to honour Mohammed Al-Turki at Venice Film Festival
Recently, Al-Turki stepped down as CEO of Red Sea Film Foundation to focus on personal projects and further his career as an independent film producer and businessman.
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Recently, Al-Turki stepped down as CEO of Red Sea Film Foundation to focus on personal projects and further his career as an independent film producer and businessman.
Former Red Sea Film Foundation board member Mohammed Asseri will serve as the foundation’s acting CEO in the interim.
Submissions must be made by August 22, 2024, while the early bird submission period ends on July 5.
This partnership aims to empower women in cinema by supporting 22 film projects by the students of Effat University.
The films is a co-production between Egypt, Tunisia and France.
At the Opening Gala, three honorary awards were presented, with Abdullah Al-Sadhan receiving recognition from Mohammed Al Turki, Diane Kruger being honored by juror Fatih Akin, and Ranveer Singh receiving ...
The festival is scheduled to commence on November 30, screening the fantasy film HWJN' directed by Yasir Al-Yasiri as the opening film
The festival, taking place from November 30 to December 9 in Jeddah, has also introduced its theme for this year: "Your Story, Your Festival."
The films selected for the programme represent Saudi Arabia’s upcoming talent, reflecting the “We Dream, We Achieve” motto of the 93rd Saudi National Day.
The films participated within the Centrepiece, Docs, Discovery and Special Presentations programmes at TIFF.
The highly anticipated star-studded gala event was scheduled to take place on September 1.
Aiming to support films from Saudi, the Arab world and Africa, Film AlUla will finance 10 Fund-selected and Fund-winning projects, alongside the opportunity to shoot the film partially or entirely ...
Red Sea International Film Festival has provided post-production support for the period drama.
Last year’s edition featured 143 films from 66 countries to 39,410 filmgoers and 4,345 film professionals, media and students, with an overall percentage capacity increase of 12%.
Female filmmakers to receive awards include Saudi Arabia’s Haifaa Al-Mansour, Palestine’s Annemarie Jacir, Tunisia’s Kaouther Ben Hania and Palestinian-American Cherien Dabis.
Muvi Studios and Saudi Tefaz11's new production arm, AlShimaisi Films, have produced the film.
The award was handed out by Red Sea Festival execs Mohammed Al Turki, Jomana Al-Rashid, and Egyptian actress Yousra.
Labaki and Kapoor will also appear at the festival as part of the 'In Conversation' series on December 3 and 7, respectively.
The renowned Italian-Algerian director will participate in an intimate In-Conversation ahead of a special screening of his latest film, 'Bones and All' at this year's edition.
The feature will open the programme for the event’s new open-air Red Sea Corniche venue, which will host free screenings and concerts across the 10 days of the festival.
The actor is reportedly shooting his latest film 'Dunki' directed by Rajkumar Hirani in Jeddah.
The British director will also take part in an "In Conversation" event during the festival's second edition.
The festival will open with Shekhar Kapur’s romantic comedy ‘What's Love Got to Do With It?’ and conclude with 'Valley Road' by Saudi director Khaled Fahd.
Industry professionals will get the chance to learn first-hand about the development of media industries in Neom at the Red Sea Souk event.
MBC Group's Shahid will award cash prizes worth $230,000 to three Saudi projects in development and production during the Talent Day programme.
Film AlUla will also present an exhibition booth at the festival Red Sea Souk to promote the location, along with a 40% cash rebate programme and a range of support ...
They have honoured Haifaa al-Mansour, Ahd Kamel, Sumaya Rida, Kaouther Ben Hania, Hend Sabry and Dorra Zarrouk, who are paving the way in the film industry.
In addition, the Red Sea Fund has announced 23 winners for its second development stage cycle.
Saudi filmmakers, who have taken part in previous funding cycles, are also eligible to submit their short films for consideration for funds.
Chairman of the Red Sea Film Festival Committee, Mohammed Al-Turki, spearheaded the event.
Al Turki is currently representing Saudi Arabia at the Cannes Film Festival in Southern France.
