108 local and international films at the Red Sea Film Festival
Detect Red Sea International Film Festival revealed the most prominent activities of the fifth session, which will be held over a period of 10 days under the slogan "In love with Cinema" During the period from the 4th to the 13th of next December, and about the list of feature films participating in its official competition, which will compete for the Yusr Awards.
The CEO of the Red Sea Film Foundation, Faisal Baltoor, explained on Tuesday during his opening press conference, that the fifth session of the festival includes more than 100 films, specifically 108 films, most of which are shown for the first time in the world, 35% of which are Saudi films, and also films from more than 60 countries.
In addition to many accommodations.
of activities during The Red Sea Festival this year in terms of expanding the scope of the market, as well as greater market activities.
Local and international companies
Baltoor confirmed that the festival witnesses greater growth every year, and this shows the position it has reached.
He said: "We will have greater activation of the festival market with the presence of pavilions for countries, and these are active countries that have large and well-established cinema, including pavilions for the film industry in India, as well as China, Russia, Turkey and others, and more than 10 participating countries.
In addition to approximately 100 pavilions from companies from the Kingdom as well as large international companies, many surprises will be announced soon for some of the entities participating for the first time."
7 supported films
This year’s selection includes 7 films supported through the Red Sea Film Foundation system, including the film that represents the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the Academy Awards. "migration"In addition to Lebanon’s representative at the Oscars Film Awards "Stars of hope and pain".
It also includes a movie "sinking"And a movie "Ruqayyah" And based on "Black decimal" In Algeria, and the Kenyan documentary film "See you mama"which highlights realistic stories full of courage and determination.
The official competition of the festival shines with the world premiere of the feature film. "Barney"The competition will witness two regional screenings of my films "Two strange seasons" Award winning "Golden cheetah" At the Locarno Film Festival "Lost land"
The competition embraces the Palestinian film "What’s left of you?"in addition to the Egyptian film "THE STORIES"And the Iraqi film "Irkala is a dream of Gilgamesh".
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