Red Sea Film Fest reveals details of first edition at press conference
The Festival is set to kick off on March 12 and will see the opening of a new cinema complex with 1200 seats. Cash awards totalling $250K will be given ...
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The Festival is set to kick off on March 12 and will see the opening of a new cinema complex with 1200 seats. Cash awards totalling $250K will be given ...
The Development and Investment Entertainment Co. (DIEC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Saudi Arabias Public Investment Fund (PIF), has been rebranded to Saudi Entertainment Ventures (SEVEN). Former Disney executive Bill Ernest has ...
Saudi Arabias sovereign wealth fund PIF is exploring the acquisition of up to a $700 million stake in Legendary Entertainment, the U.S. movie studio behind films such as Jurassic World ...
Feature film Shabab Sheyab has premiered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, becoming the first GCC film to play in cinemas in the country following the opening of cinemas in the ...
From left: Khulud Abu Homos, CEO and co-founder of Arab Format Lab with Chief Operating Officer Mustafa Alaidaroos.Khulud Abu Homos and Mustafa Alaidaroos are geared to experiment ...
Saudi Arabian production company Nebras Films has opened a post-production facility in Riyadh. London-based media and entertainment technology solutions providers root6 and Jigsaw24 carried out the four-week installation process. The ...
From not having any cinema screens until last year, it is estimated that KSA will be able to accommodate around 2,600 by 2030 and generate $950m in box office revenues, ...
Saudi Arabia-based production house, Alamiya, broadcast the Kingdom's first professional boxing event to more than 40 regional and international broadcasters including MBC, KSA Sports and ESPN, among others.The World Boxing ...
Leila Masinaei, Managing Director of GM Events, organiser of the MENA Cinema Forum.Box office revenue exceeded USD 500m (AED 1.83bn) in the Middle East and North ...
Hadi Ghanem, owner of Seven Production.With an estimated audience of 200 million viewers watching the Saudi National Day celebrations on TV, the event became a global ...
Abdullah Alnafeesah, Chairman of Al Nafees Holding Company and Nebras Films.When the 35-year-old ban on cinema halls was lifted in Saudi Arabia, Nebras Films had already co-produced ...
Michael Garin, CEO of Image Nation Abu Dhabi.Image Nation Abu Dhabi has begun production in Saudi Arabia on No Kitchen Required- a TV series that follows ...
Majid Al-Futtaim Cinemas held the first screening of an Egyptian film in Saudi Arabia with the action comedy hit, El Badla directed by Tamer Hosny who also stars in the ...
Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment Authority presented one of the largest custom-made events by Cirque du Soleil to mark the 88th Saudi National Day on the 23 September. The event was ...
Leila Masinaei, Managing Director of GM Events, organiser of the MENA Cinema Forum.The first-ever MENA Cinema Forum will be held at the Grand Hyatt hotel in ...
From left: Peter Grauer, Chairman of Bloomberg L.P., and Dr. Ghassan Alshibl, Chairman, SRMG.Following the announcement made last September by Bloomberg and Saudi Research and Marketing ...
The partnership was signed by the GCAM Director General of Media Sector Development, Jassim Alharoon, and the Director of Operations at iflix, Mark Allan Burt.Saudi Arabias ...
Executives from both companies at the signing ceremony.Saudi Arabia-based real estate developer Dar Al Arkan, has signed an agreement with UAE-based retail operator Majid Al Futtaim,to ...
Cinema exhibitor Cinépolis, has partnered with Al Tayer Group, to build and operate cinemas across the GCC region. This venture will introduce Cinépolis cinema-going experience including Luxury, Premium, Macro XE, ...
Akshay Kumar-starrer Gold became the first Bollywood film to release in Saudi Arabia.The Hindi-language film, based on the 1948 London Olympics, is the second movie after actor Rajinikanths movie, Kaala, ...
Germany-based events organiser, Better Entertainment, has announced a collaboration with Spacetoon Event, the MENA-based entertainment company aimed at children and a subsidiary company of Dubai-based media development group, Global New Age Media ...
Dignitaries at the signing ceremony.Abu Dhabi Media has signed a media cooperation agreement with Thamer bin Saud Al Muraibdh (TSM Group) in Saudi Arabia.According to a ...
Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal has taken a 2.3% stake in Snapchat, as per media reports. He reportedly paid about $11 a share.With the acquired shares valued at $250m, Prince ...
Haifaa al-Mansour has announced plans to return to her native Saudi Arabia next month for a new film project. In an interview to AFP, the 43-year-old director said that her ...
Saudi Arabias Kingdom Holding Company (KHC) has announced the completion of a $266.5M deal to buy newly issued shares in Deezer, a global digital music streaming service, through KHC and ...
Saudi Arabia's Minister of Media and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Authority for Audiovisual Media, Dr. Awwad Al-Awwad, issued the third license for operating cinema theaters ...
Dubai-based Al-Futtaim and India-based film exhibition company, PVR Limited, have signed an agreement to explore opportunities for jointly developing a cinema business in the MENA region.The joint venture will reportedly ...
Dubai-based content developer, producer and distributor, Arab format lab, has launched the Saudi Format lab an alliance between nine Saudi Arabia-based startup media companies specialised in content creation and ...
The Saudi Broadcasting Corporation will now be called the Saudi Broadcasting Authority, according to an announcement by its Board of Directors, which reached the decision at a meeting held recently ...
Vista Entertainment Solutions, a Vista Group company, has deployed the Vista Cinema software suite in the first Saudi Arabian cinema venues and has become the first cinema management software providing ...
Imax and Saudi Arabias General Culture Authority have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly seek opportunities to identify and develop local Imax-format films.Under a non-exclusive MOU signed on the ...
Fadi Ismail, Group Director of O3 Productions.O3 Productions, the drama and film production arm of MBC Group and Image Nation Abu Dhabi, have announced a new ...
A training session at SBC. Pic courtesy AFP.Saudi Arabia will launch a new public TV channel, SBC, on the first day of Ramadan for young viewers ...
Telfaz11, a Saudi digital media company with 20 million YouTube subscribers to its network, said it has received $9 million in funding from lead investor Saudi Technology Ventures (STV). VentureSouq ...
South Korea-based CJ 4DPLEX has partnered with Cinemacity, a cinema exhibitor in Saudi Arabia, to expand reach of 4DX in the Middle East. Through this deal, three 4DX locations will open in the ...
HRH Prince Faisal Bin Bandar Bin Sultan Al Saud, President of the Saudi Arabian Federation For Electronic And Intellectual Sports (SAFEIS ).The Saudi Arabian Federation for ...
President of Saudi Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) Dawood Al-Shoryan has announced the launch of the SBC channel for Ramadan, to cater to Saudi and Arab drama. SBC will be replacing the ...
Dubai-based Majid Al Futtaim has announced plans to open 600 new Vox Cinema screens across Saudi Arabia over the next five years at an investment of $533 million (SR2 billion).The ...
Marvels Black Panther will be the first film shown in Saudi Arabian movie theaters in 35 years. The film will be screened on April 18 with a gala premiere in Riyadh. Saudi ...
Saudi Arabias first female director, Haifaa Al-Mansour will be on the newly-constituted board of directors.Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Awwad Bin Saleh Al-Awwad has appointed ...
Dr Awwad Alawwad, Minister of Culture and Information and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Saudis General Culture Authority.Saudi Arabia will make its Cannes Film ...
From left: Adam Aaron, Chairman and CEO of AMC Entertainment Holdings and Dr. Awwad Al-Awwad, Minister of Culture and Information.AMC Entertainment has been granted the first ...
VOX Cinemas, a unit of Dubai-based mall operator Majid Al Futtaim, is planning to open 300 cinemas in Saudi Arabia by 2021, as reported by Zawya.The report, quoting CEO Cameron ...
Ahmed Al-Mazeed, CEO of The Saudi General Authority for Culture (GAC).The Saudi General Authority for Culture (GAC) has announced the creation of Saudi Film Council.Ahmed Al-Mazeed, ...
Still from Arabian WarriorThe Middle East premiere of the first joint Saudi-American movie production, Arabian Warrior, takes place on 12 March, at Roxy Cinemas in City Walk, ...
An artist's rendition of one of the three multiplexes that the Kuwait National Cinema Company (KNCC) has secured in Saudi Arabia.Saudi Arabia has approved licensing regulations ...
Saudi Arabia has announced that it will invest USD 64 billion over the next ten years to build its entertainment industry as part of the Kingdoms Vision 2030 programme. Construction ...
A rendering of Hayy: Creative Hub, commissioned by Art Jameel and designed by ibda design.Art Jameel, an organisation that supports heritage, education and the arts, has ...
Waleed bin Ibrahim al-IbrahimSaudi authorities have released founder of MBC network Waleed bin Ibrahim al-Ibrahim from the Ritz Carlton in Riyadh, the company CEO told employees ...
Pic courtesy Saudi GazetteThe 11th Asian Film Festival celebrating Asian cinema and culture kicked off with a screening of a popular Indonesian movie at the Indonesian ...
Picture only for illustrative purposesIn a significant development in the fight against copyright piracy, Saudi authorities are clamping down on illegal cable networks that operate mainly ...
Abu Dhabi-based filmmaker Nancy Paton and Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan will be shooting a female-centric feature Frame in Riyadh this September, as reported by the UAE's The National.The movie, for ...
Saudi director and producer Mamdouh Salem, who is also the CEO of Cinema 70, oversaw the organisation of the first Saudi film festival in 2006.As cinemas ...
STC officials at the launch ceremony in Riyadh.Saudi Telecom Company (STC), the kingdom's telecom services operator, has begun constructing the largest network operations centre in the ...
