Today’s Talks
14.30 to 15.30
Vox Cinemas Al Balad 2
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.
16.00 to 17.35
Vox Cinema Al Balad 1
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.
Watch the film - and meet the team behind it
Red Sea: Competition
18.00
Gala Theatre by Vox Cinemas
For two Palestinian women, a simple visit to the local hairdresser’s leads to blackmail, kidnapping and interrogation. With director Hany Abu-Assad.
Treasures
18.00
Vox Cinemas Al Balad 2
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.
International Spectacular
18.45
Vox Cinemas Al Balad 1
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.
Festival Favourites
18.15
Vox Cinemas. Al Balad 2 1815
Sharlto Copley gives an extraordinary performance as the killer known as the Unabomber, living as a hermit before his arrest in Tony Stone’s drama.
19;00
VOX Cinemas Al Balad 3
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.
21:15
VOX Cinemas Al Balad 2
Competition
21: 45
VOX Cinemas Al Balad 3
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.
21.45
VOX Cinemas Al Balad 1
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.
Arab Spectacular
21.45
VOX Cinemas Al Balad 4
Michel Kammoun presents his story of a Lebanese ex-con who sees his future opening an amusement arcade – if only he can get the money together.
Episodic
16.45
VOX CINEMAS Al Balad
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.
Other Films Screening
International Spectacular
21.45
Gala Theatre by Vox Cinemas
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
Paused Mirror: The Saudi Artists
A new commission by Osama Esid
Hayy Jameel Façade Commission
Awarded to Nasser Almulhim with Tamara Kalo
07.12.2021 | Red Sea International Film Festival's blog
Cat. : FESTIVALS