The third edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival (RedSeaIFF) will run in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from November 30 till December 9, 2023.
The inaugural Red Sea International Film Festival took place from December 6 -15, 2021 with live dailies on filmfestivals.com.
The Red Sea International Film Festival brings the best in Arab and World Cinema to Jeddah Old Town. The Festival showcases exciting new films on the Saudi big-screen, alongside retrospective programs celebrating the masters of cinema, the latest Saudi films, and feature and short film competitions. There are also industry events and workshops nurturing the next generation of talent.
In ‘Celebration of Women in Cinema’, the Red Sea International Film Festival (RedSeaIFF), hosted a gala event this evening at the 75th Cannes International Film Festival on the grounds of the magnificent Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d’Antibes.
The hugely popular actor, film producer, martial artist and television personality – and the only Bollywood actor to make it on to the Forbes rich list – shares his inspiring story.
He shared a few words on the red carpet earlier, on opening night.
Cannes Film Festival head Thierry Fremaux brings passion and humour to his commentary on this astonishing collection of short films by cinema’s early pioneers, the Lumiere Brothers.
Introduced by Cannes head Thierry Fremaux. New Wave visionary Jean-Luc Godard Godard’s 1965 masterpiece is a road movie with elements of musical comedy, film noir and flamboyant melodrama.
Yamina Benguigui presents her story of three French-Algerian sisters who go back to Algiers as their father is dying to try to find their long-lost brother.
Somalian director Khadar Ayderus Ahmed presents his film about a poor Djibouti gravedigger trying to scrape together money for an operation to save his beloved wife’s life.
Palestinian director Ameer Fakher Eldin brings his story of an unlicensed doctor working in the Golan Heights who has his life changed when he meets a man wounded in the war in Syria.
Georgian director Levan Koguashvili presents his triple-winner at Tribeca Festival, in which a father comes to the US to try to sort out his gambling-addicted son.
From Bangladesh, director Abdullah Mohammad Saad comes with an edge-of-your-seat drama about a medical professor determined to expose a male colleague’s abuse of students.
Set in Beirut in 2052, where a band of revolutionaries is working to overthrown an authoritarian regime, this is the Arab world’s first sci-fi series. Presented by director Amin Dora.
Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz enjoy making fun of movie making and its pretensions in this satirical romp about a Spanish tycoon who decides to make a film as his cultural legacy.
Red Sea Immersive
Starts today at Hayy Jameel, Arwa bint Abdulmutalib St, Al Muhammadiyah: Jeddah’s new dedicated home for the arts! Continuing every day after that from 11.00 to 23.15 (except Friday, when it opens from 14.00 to 00.30) until December 15th.
What’s it all about? Put on a VR headset and become a character inside a cinematic world. A selection of award-winning immersive works with something for everyone: immersive documentaries, crazy animations, interactive narratives and new ways to look at art, with settings ranging from miraculous renderings of the real world to places and spaces you could never have imagined. Bookings online for one-hour slots. BUY NOW
Exhibitions
While you’re visiting Red Sea: Immersive at Jeddah’s new arts hub, Hayy Jameel! you can also check out the following exhibitions.
Staple: What’s On your Plate?
Curated by Arahul Gudipudi and Dani Burrows
Illuminate: A Noor Riyadh Capsule
Touring and adapted from the inaugural 2021 festival organised by Riyadh Art
