Five years after lifting a 35-year cinema ban, Saudi Arabia is shaping a new film industry with the Red Sea International ...

Saudi Arabia film director Haifaa Al-Mansour (right) receives the award of best film for her movie Wadjda at Dubai International Film Festival in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Dec. 16, 2012. The ...

Saudi Arabia has increased its private investment in state-backed film production. On Tuesday, during the Cultural Investment Conference 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia unveiled two new film investments ...

The Red Sea Film Festival is set to make cinema history for Saudi Arabia at its upcoming edition as it hosts the country’s first silent film screening accompanied by a live musical accompaniment. The ...

When Saudi Arabia’s Cultural Development Fund gathered filmmakers, producers, investors and entrepreneurs at its Film Future reception during the Red Sea Film Festival, the goal was not simply to ...

Baltyuor opens up about the central role the Red Sea International Film Festival has in the country's drive to become a global production hub. By Abid Rahman International Editor, Digital But wait, ...

Saudi Arabia’s nascent Red Sea International Film Festival has revealed 14 Arabic feature films selected to receive production and post-production funding from its Red Sea Fund. The announcement was ...

Saudi Arabia has chosen Shahad Ameen’s female-focused drama Hijra as its entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 98th Academy Awards, the Saudi Film Commission announced on ...

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — The fifth edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival, one of the Middle East’s largest film festivals, opened Thursday in the coastal city of Jeddah, marking a ...

The Red Sea Film Festival is set to make cinema history for Saudi Arabia at its upcoming edition as it hosts the country's first silent film screening accompanied by a live musical accompaniment. The ...