Latest
‘Little Jaffna’: Red Sea Review
A cop goes undercover in a Tamil gang in this solid Paris-set thriller
Terrorism drama ‘Red Path’ takes top awards at Red Sea film festival 2024
Further winners included ‘To A Land Unknown’, ‘Seeking Haven For Mr. Rambo’ and ‘Snow White’.
Red Sea Souk awards over $900,000 in industry prizes
Katia Jarjoura’s ‘Robbing Beirut’ took the largest prize, the $75,000 production award.
‘Snow White’: Red Sea Review
Sensitive, big-hearted Cairo-set drama looks set to be a breakout crowd-pleaser
Cannes head Thierry Fremaux: “If I do bad selections two years in a row, I will leave”
”I will say I am not connected anymore with the cinema of my times,” said Fremaux at Red Sea.
‘Superboys Of Malegaon’ filmmakers: “We felt it had an opportunity outside of India”
”The material lends itself to a global audience,” says director Reema Kagti.
Visit Films sells across slate including Cannes, Toronto, Sundance titles (exclusive)
Numerous key territories sell on Sundance drama ‘Ghostlight’.
SXSW award-winner ‘Oddity’ makes space in France, Germany, Spain (exclusive)
Blue Finch handles sales on Damian McCarthy’s thriller.
Yaqoub Alfarhan, Adwa Bader join Hana Al-Omair’s ‘Dancing On Fire’ (exclusive)
Based on bestselling Saudi novel ’Divers Of The Desert’ by Amal Al-Faran.
Red Sea 2024: Screen’s dailies
Click on the front covers to read Screen’s daily digital editions from this year’s Red Sea film festival, which takes place December 5-14 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
MBC Studios, Telfaz11 forge partnership to “champion Saudi stories”
New partnership will support Saudi talent and aims to create diverse stories.
Brendan Fraser praises Saudi film industry growth: “You’ve got the hard part out the way”
Fraser gave the latest in-conversation talk at Red Sea International Film Festival.
Olivia Wilde: “Girls are told to be an actress; boys are told to be a director”
Wilde gave the latest in-conversation discussion at Red Sea International Film Festival.
Doha-based Katara Studios unveils four-film slate at Red Sea
Features include a biopic of a Kuwaiti tech pioneer and a title billed as “the first commercial Qatari feature film”.
‘Saba’: Red Sea Review
A Bangladeshi woman is torn between responsibility and desire in this sensitively-handled debut
‘Napoli-New York’: Red Sea Review
Benign post-war drama from Gabriele Salvatores is based on an early Fellini treatment
Red Sea, Cannes Directors’ Fortnight title ‘East Of Noon’ marks first sales (exclusive)
Hana Elkoussy’s film follows a musician rebelling against his elders.
Saudi hit ‘Mandoob’ heads to India, Australia, Latin America (exclusive)
The film grossed over $7m following its Saudi release in December 2023.
‘Sima’s Song’: Red Sea Review
Two women struggle to maintain their friendship in the Afghanistan tinder-box of the 1970s as the Russians invade
Screen reveals Arab Stars of Tomorrow 2024
Arab Stars of Tomorrow celebrates Arab talent from across the MENA region.