From starry on-stage talks to debut features from emerging local filmmakers, THR picks out the best activities on offer at the second edition of the major Saudi event, which starts in Jeddah on Thursday, Dec. 1.
The Chance to Explore Emerging Saudi Cinema
The first-ever Red Sea Film Festival, due to take place in March 2020, was set to open with local featurefrom brothers Faris and Suhaib Godus. Sadly, the COVID pandemic had other plans, and the inaugural event was eventually shifted to December 2021 . This year’s opener may not be Saudi , but there’s still an impressive array of local films in the lineup, not least for a country where cinema was banned until less than five years ago.
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