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Little Jaffna

‘Little Jaffna’: Red Sea Review

A cop goes undercover in a Tamil gang in this solid Paris-set thriller

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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’.

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Red Sea Souk awards over $900,000 in industry prizes

Katia Jarjoura’s ‘Robbing Beirut’ took the largest prize, the $75,000 production award.

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‘Snow White’: Red Sea Review

Sensitive, big-hearted Cairo-set drama looks set to be a breakout crowd-pleaser

Thierry Frémaux

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.

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‘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.

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Visit Films sells across slate including Cannes, Toronto, Sundance titles (exclusive)

Numerous key territories sell on Sundance drama ‘Ghostlight’.

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SXSW award-winner ‘Oddity’ makes space in France, Germany, Spain (exclusive)

Blue Finch handles sales on Damian McCarthy’s thriller.

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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.

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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.

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MBC Studios, Telfaz11 forge partnership to “champion Saudi stories”

New partnership will support Saudi talent and aims to create diverse stories.

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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.

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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.

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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

‘Saba’: Red Sea Review

A Bangladeshi woman is torn between responsibility and desire in this sensitively-handled debut

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‘Napoli-New York’: Red Sea Review

Benign post-war drama from Gabriele Salvatores is based on an early Fellini treatment

East Of Noon

Red Sea, Cannes Directors’ Fortnight title ‘East Of Noon’ marks first sales (exclusive)

Hana Elkoussy’s film follows a musician rebelling against his elders.

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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

‘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

[From left to right] Zain Duarie, Mohsen Alkhalfi, Essam Omar, Oumaima Barid, Maria Bahrawi

Screen reveals Arab Stars of Tomorrow 2024

Arab Stars of Tomorrow celebrates Arab talent from across the MENA region.