Red Sea International Film Festival
red sea international film festival arabic مهرجان البحر الأحمر السينمائي الدولي film festival launched held jeddah western saudi arabia festival mainly focus new storytelling trend well emerging talent saudi arabia arab world rest global south festival look establishing solid foundation film industry saudi arabia may contribute diversifying income country first edition festival held old town jeddah december december second edition festival held st th dec featured best film saudi arabia region curated selection title around world red sea international film festival established plan revive saudi cinema originally scheduled launch march cancelled due impact covid pandemic saudi arabia inaugurated first edition november selection joe wright cyrano festival organized operated red sea film festival foundation nonprofit cultural organization registered saudi arabia foundation chaired jomana alrashid chief executive officer ceo saudi research medium group – srmg edition festival opened december joe wright’s cyrano jeddah saudi arabia film country screened festival includes film competition section closed december world premiere kabir khan‘s film event came several boycott call critic warned saudi authority attempting divert international attention country poor human right record kingdom accused using culture whitewash image global level one critic said without freedom speech festival descended propaganda red sea competition brighton th dir levan koguashvili communion dir nejib belkadhi paka river blood dir nithin lukose hudas salon dir hany abuassad soula dir salah issaad europa dir haider rashid yuni dir kamila andini saloum dir jean luc herbulot rupture dir hamzah jamjoom rehana maryam noor dir abdullah mohammad saad hit road dir panah panahi life suit well dir al hadi uladmohand neighbour dir mano khalil farha dir darin j sallam sharaf dir samir nasr alley dir bassel ghandour winner best film brighton th levan koguashvili – georgia russia bulgaria usa monaco best director europa haider rashid – iraq italy kuwait jury prize hit road panah panahi – iran best actor adam ali europa – iraq italy kuwait best actress arawinda kirana yuni – indonesia singapore france australia best saudi film rupture hamzah k jamjoom – saudi arabia audience award resemble dina amer – egypt france u immersive silver yusr samsara hsinchien huang – taiwan immersive gold yusr end night david adler – denmark france short competition golden yusr tala’vision murad abu eisheh – jordan germany special mention farha darin j sallam – jordan best cinematic contribution amin jafari hit road – iran best screenplay neighbour mano khalil – syria switzerland el gouna film festival official website