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Spike Lee

Spike Lee to head jury of Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea film festival

The Oscar-winning director will also take part in an on-stage discussion.

asmae cj

Red Sea Souk market includes Asmae El Moudir, CJ Obasi projects

Moudir’s ‘Holy Cow’ follows a truck driver transporting cattle in Morocco.

'The Tale Of Daye's Family'

Red Sea unveils line-up and ‘The Tale Of Daye’s Family’ as opening film

Fourth edition of the festival takes place from December 5-14 in the port city of Jeddah.

Lail Nahar

Red Sea selects five features for Arab Spectacular strand

Four of the selected films are world premieres.

Mohammed Al Turki

Red Sea Film Foundation CEO Mohammed Al-Turki steps down

Exec will focus on personal projects and career as a film producer, and will continue as advisor to Foundation.

Intl talking points

Six talking points for the international film industry in 2024

Government funding cuts, AI and potential sales company consolidation are in the spotlight this year.

Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage mulls move to TV, says ‘Dream Scenario’ has helped him process fame

Oscar-winner took part in an In Conversation event at the Red Sea Film Festival

In Flames

Zarrar Kahn’s ‘In Flames’ wins top prize at Red Sea film festival

Oscar winner Nicholas Cage received a Red Sea Honouree award

Baz Luhrmann

Baz Luhrmann: I’d rather retire than add more ‘noise’ to the entertainment world

Red Sea jury president was speaking during an In Conversation event at the festival

Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow on whether she will return to acting and why she’s never watched ‘Avengers: Endgame’

Oscar winner was speaking at an In Coversation event at the Red Sea International Film Festival

Halle Berry

Halle Berry scouts for locations for ‘Maude v Maude’ in Jeddah’s historic old town

Oscar winning actress was Saudi Arabia to deliver Red Sea masterclass.

Red Sea 4 cover 2023

Red Sea 2023: Screen’s dailies

Click on the front covers to read Screen’s daily digital editions from this year’s Red Sea film festival (November 30-December 9).

six feet over

Red Sea Competition title ‘Six Feet Over’ secures sales representation (exclusive)

The Algerian-French drama had its world premiere in Montpellier in October.

Hajjan

How the Neom desert region inspired camel-racing epic ‘Hajjan’

Film plays in Arab Spectacular at Red Sea having world premiered at Toronto.

Red Sea Film Festival

Buzzy Red Sea Souk firms up reputation as meeting place for Saudi, international industry

International execs note the quality of projects on offer and growth potential of Saudi industry

CHRISTINA WAYNE - MANAGING DIRECTOR at MBC STUDIOS

MBC Studios to offer production services for international film and TV shoots in Saudi

“This really is soup to nuts - everything when it comes to doing a production on the ground,” says MBC Studios’s Christina Wayne.

Hajjan

Abu Bakr Shawky’s ‘Hajjan’ secures Saudi theatrical deal

Saudi-Egypt production world premiered at Toronto and is in Competition at Red Sea

Tarak Ben Ammar

Tarak Ben Ammar: Saudi film industry is like "California in the 1920s"

Eagle Pictures and Studios de Paris owner says he is looking to partner with Saudi executives on film industry investments in the country

The Mother Of All Lies

Red Sea Fund lauds seven-strong Oscar tilt

Seven films backed by Fund have been submitted to the Academy Awards’ international feature category