All Festivals articles – Page 227
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News
Rotterdam confirms physical 2022 edition and unveils opening film
The festival will open on January 26, with the industry component online.
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Features
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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‘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.
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Black directors make just 1% of competition films at major festivals (exclusive)
Just eight of 670 competition films over three years came from black filmmakers.
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Festival do Rio opens in-person 2021 edition after 2020 absence
Seventy-one Brazilian features and shorts as well as international awards contenders.
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Reviews
‘The Exam’: Red Sea Review
Shawkat Amin Korki’s taut drama concerns a young woman who risks everything to ensure she passes her exams
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Reviews
‘Broken Keys’: Red Sea Review
Jimmy Keyrouz’s impressive debut feature chronicles the horrors of war-torn Syria
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Front Row’s Gianluca Chakra on the first year of his Saudi distribution label
New label has released 40 titles in Saudi Arabia including The Father, Another Round and Pinocchio.
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Features
“Getting the call ignited something like hope in me”: how making ‘Communion’ saved its team from despair
‘Communion’ is screening in competition at the Red Sea International FIlm Festival
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Reviews
‘Daughters of Abdul-Rahman’: Cairo/Red Sea Review
Squabbling sisters try to find their way in Jordan’s all-powerful patriarchy
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News
Berlinale 2022 poster revealed, aims to ignite “curiosity and good spirits”
The festival is set to take place in-person February 10-20.
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Features
Word of mouth is driving cinemagoing in Saudi, says Muvi Cinemas executive
Homegrown exhibitor currently owns and runs just under half of Saudi Arabia’s 420 screens.
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Saudi Arabia sets sights on 100 feature films by 2030
Ministry of Investment official was speaking at a Red Sea industry talk
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Sundance 2022 line-up includes ‘Good Luck To You, Leo Grande’, ‘Living’, ‘Final Cut’
More than half of 82-strong feature roster directed by filmmakers who identify as women.
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Features
“Never take no for an answer,” says groundbreaking Saudi filmmaker Haifaa Al Mansour
Saudi Arabia’s first female filmmaker is a guest of honour at the Red Sea International Film Festival.
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Features
How Egyptian director Samir Nasr turned censorship issues into opportunity to make Red Sea title ‘Sharaf’
When an Eygptian shoot proved impossible, the director elevated the local story to an Arab one.
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Reviews
‘Farha’: Red Sea Review
Darin J. Sallam delivers a harrowing debut in this portrait of a Palestinian woman hiding out from Israeli forces
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Reviews
‘Communion’: Red Sea Review
Writer-director Nejib Belkadhi stars as a man battling mental illness in the midst of the Covid-19 lockdown
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News
Michelle Yeoh action sci-fi ’Everything Everywhere All At Once’ to open SXSW 2022
Feature marks follow-up to The Daniels’ ’Swiss Army Man’