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83 articles available in total starting from 16/03/2005. Last article published on 12/12/2025.

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Maha Haj and Anocha Suwichakornpong among the winners of the Red Sea Souk awards

Maha Haj and Anocha Suwichakornpong among the winners of the Red Sea Souk awards

Besides Haj’s Playhouse, a collaborative effort between Palestine, Germany, France and Cyprus, other winning European co-productions include Yesterday the Eye Didn't Sleep and Price of Evil  

12/12 | Red Sea 2025 | Red Sea Souk/Awards

Lost Land and All That’s Left of You triumph at the fifth Red Sea International Film Festival

Lost Land and All That’s Left of You triumph at the fifth Red Sea International Film Festival

Yunan, Hijra and A Sad and Beautiful World have also pocketed prizes, adding to the list of European co-productions that won plaudits at Saudi Arabia’s leading film gathering  

12/12 | Red Sea 2025 | Awards

Review: My Father's Scent

Review: My Father's Scent

Egyptian filmmaker Mohamed Siam’s first narrative feature is an intense family drama that urgently questions the roots of conventional values  

09/12 | Cinemamed 2025

Mohamed Siam • Director of My Father’s Scent

Interview: Mohamed Siam • Director of My Father’s Scent

“I wanted to capture that moment when a child sees their parent not as an authority figure, but as a complex, vulnerable human being”

The Egyptian filmmaker breaks down his story of an intimate and raw exchange between two protagonists at their wits' end  

09/12 | Cinemamed 2025

Holly Daniel • Head, Red Sea Souk

Interview: Holly Daniel • Head, Red Sea Souk

“There’s a great deal to discover in the Saudi market”

The head of the industry section of the Red Sea International Film Festival chats about its fifth edition and its growing relevance for European partners  

04/12 | Red Sea 2025 | Red Sea Souk

Fionnuala Halligan • Director of international film programming, Red Sea International Film Festival

Interview: Fionnuala Halligan • Director of international film programming, Red Sea International Film Festival

“This year, it became clear that many stories are about people finding their place or those who never manage to”

The programmer breaks down this year’s selection process and how she works with Saudi audiences  

02/12 | Red Sea 2025

Mehdi Hmili • Director of Exile

Interview: Mehdi Hmili • Director of Exile

“The Arab Spring failed, and with it our dreams of freedom and social justice”

The Tunisian auteur explains how he decided on the visual approach of his film and reflects on how it comments on the weakening results of the Arab Spring revolution in his home country  

19/11 | Cairo 2025

Critic, programmer, filmmaker: Mark Peranson maps cinema’s “ecosystem” in Riyadh

Critic, programmer, filmmaker: Mark Peranson maps cinema’s “ecosystem” in Riyadh

Programming, Peranson says, is less analysis than finding a good fit in terms of sections, stakeholders and timing  

13/11 | Industry | Market | Europe/Middle East

Carlo Chatrian talks critics, curators and the next chapter for cinema

Carlo Chatrian talks critics, curators and the next chapter for cinema

At the third International Film Criticism Conference, the former Locarno and Berlin head reflected on the shared mission of critics and curators in defending cinema’s diversity  

12/11 | Industry | Market | Europe/Middle East

The fifth Red Sea International Film Festival announces its full line-up

The fifth Red Sea International Film Festival announces its full line-up

Unspooling from 4-13 December in Jeddah, the event will present over 100 films from all over the world, including 16 titles selected for the main competition strand  

06/11 | Red Sea 2025

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