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Belgian-Rwandan filmmaker Jonas d’Adesky (“Twa Timoun”) brings his latest feature, “Kwibuka, Remember,” to the Red Sea Film Festival, a drama inspired by questions of identity and the…
The Red Sea Film Festival closed its fifth edition on Thursday night with a star-studded awards ceremony in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia that saw Akio Fujimoto’s “Lost Land” take home the…
Palestinian American writer-director-actor Cherien Dabis received the Variety International Vanguard Director Award at the Red Sea Film Festival on Wednesday. The award presentation…
Palestinian filmmaker Maha Haj‘s “Playhouse” was the major winner at the Project Market Awards of the Red Sea Souk, the industry arm of Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival. The Red Sea…
Speaking at the Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, Anthony Hopkins explained how he approached the role of Hannibal Lecter in Jonathan Demme’s “The Silence of the Lambs.”…
Soaked festival-goers were still trying to bypass confused security guards when lauded American filmmaker Darren Aronofsky unexpectedly entered Cinema 1 at the Red Sea Film Festival home…
Indian actor Kartik Aaryan didn’t fear typecasting at the start of his career, rather he welcomed it. Speaking during an “In Conversation” session at the Red Sea Film Festival, the…
“Anora” director Sean Baker, who is at the Red Sea Film Festival as the head of the international jury, commented on the industry’s most burning current topic while speaking at the…
In 2021, Sharlto Copley (“District 9,” “The Witcher”) and Aiysha Hart (“Mogul Mowgli,” “Colette”) spent five months in a scenic desert area near the site of the futuristic city of NEOM to…
Lebanese director Nadine Labaki, whose “Capernaum” is the highest-grossing Arabic and Middle Eastern film of all time with over $68 million worldwide, spoke about “how difficult it is” to…
Of all the attendees at the Red Sea Film Festival, only jury member Nadine Labaki can lay claim to having directed the most successful Arabic film in history. “Capernaum,” Labaki’s third…
Speaking in conversation at the Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong director and producer Stanley Tong (“Rumble in the Bronx”) traced the unlikely, injury-filled route that…
Saudi filmmaker Shahad Ameen’s road movie “Hijra,” about the bond formed between different generations of Saudi women during a journey across the desert, delves deep into the country’s…
Lauded French actor Juliette Binoche, who is currently at the Red Sea Film Festival both as an honoree and to present her directorial debut “In-I in Motion,” praised Arab filmmakers…
Oscar-nominated Franco-Algerian director Rachid Bouchareb (“Days of Glory”) is preparing his next feature, “Reggane,” a fiction film set against the backdrop of France’s first nuclear…
Annemarie Jacir‘s drama “Palestine 36,” which reconstructs the largely unknown Palestinian revolt against British colonial rule in 1936, is the very definition of a passion project for the…
Bollywood star Kriti Sanon was among the star guests at the Red Sea Film Festival on Friday, where she gave an In Conversation at the 5th edition of the Saudi Arabian event. Shortly after…
In the early pre-production stages of Andrew Dominik’s “Blonde,” not everyone involved in the project backed Ana de Armas’ casting as Marilyn Monroe. Speaking at the Red Sea Film Festival,…
The fifth edition of the Red Sea Film Festival opened its doors on Thursday night in Jeddah, with the regional premiere of “Giant,” telling the story of ’90s British boxing icon Prince…
“Materialists” star Dakota Johnson, who founded production label Tea Time Pictures back in 2019, said producing has emphasized a “love-hate” relationship with her career. During an…
Queen Latifah captivated a packed crowd at the first of the Red Sea Film Festival “In Conversation” series, where she sat down with Saudi podcaster Mo Islam (“The Mo Show”) to reflect on…
British-Indian filmmaker Rowan Athale (“The Rise”) was just five years old when he first spotted Sylvester Stallone and Mr. T on the cover of a tape in a video store in Sheffield, England.…
Oscar-winning “Anora” director Sean Baker will serve as president of this year’s Red Sea Film Festival‘s features jury. The Saudi Arabian fest is holding its fifth edition from Dec. 3 to…
Bollywood superstar Rekha is set to attend Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival for a special screening of Muzaffar Ali‘s freshly restored film “Umrao Jaan,” which will be…
