Saudi Arabian film director Mahmoud Sabbagh, who made a splash with groundbreaking romcom “Barakah Meets Barakah” and black comedy “Amra and the Second Marriage,” roughly a year ago became presiden…
, who made a splash with groundbreaking romcom “Barakah Meets Barakah” and black comedy “Amra and the Second Marriage,” roughly a year ago became president of Saudi’s Red Sea International Film Festival, the kingdom’s first full-fledged festival and market. The ambitious event, which will run March 12-21 in Jeddah, recently announced a lineup featuring a fresh mix of international films launching in the region as well as a robust representation of Arab titles.
The question we asked ourselves is what would our audience want to see? What are the types of discussions or conversations we want our audience to engage in?…Commercial cinemas opened in Saudi roughly a year-and-a-half ago. Ever since, the dominant type of programming has been Hollywood blockbusters.
” is an American film; but it’s by an Australian female director. I love these types of films because they are more of a hybrid when it comes to nationality, more fluid when it comes to identity.We have 3 or 4 world premiers, which wasn’t even something we were really looking for. And there are some really great finds like the documentary “Beirut, la vie en rose,” by Spanish director Eric Motjer who immersed himself in the one-percent rich society in Lebanon.
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