Hillary & Chelsea Clinton EP’d Irish Oscar Entry ‘In The Shadow Of Beirut’ & ‘Chicken Run Dawn of the Nugget’ Head To Saudi Red Sea Film Fest
deadline.comGarry Keane and Stephen Gerard Kelly’s documentary In The Shadow Of Beirut, which is Ireland’s Oscar category this year, is headed to the Red Sea International Film Festival, running November 30 to December 9 in the Red Sea port of Jeddah.
The work, which is executive produced by Hillary and Chelsea Clinton as well as Siobhan Sinnerton under their HiddenLight Productions banner, is an immersive work capturing life in the slum neighborhoods of Sabra and Shatila neighborhoods outside Beirut, three decades after they hit world headlines following the infamous massacre of 1982.
The documentary is among six titles selected for the New Vision line-up alongside Jurgen Buedts and Sahim Omar Kalifa biodoc The Iraq’s Invisible Beauty about Iraqi photographer Latif Al Ani, which world premieres at the Red Sea, and Thien An Pham’s first feature Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell which won Camera d’Or at Cannes this year. (scroll down for the full list). “We hold a special attachment to the Red Sea: New Vision section.
These are our cinematic favorites—films with a different, creative, original, and, above all, unique cinematographic language,” said Antoine Khalife, Director of Arab Programs & Film Classics at the festival. “Filmmakers delve into strong themes, whether it’s the quest for a new country, the lost beauty of a country, the struggle of women for an independent and robust country, or the revolution in a country led by its young citizens for a brighter future.” The festival also unveiled its Red Sea: Series sidebar showcasing four new shows: Ashfaq Carim and Gokhan Deniz’s culinary docu-series South Africa Eats; Iranian director Nima Javidi’s Shakespeare-inspired The Actor; Auckland-set drama Miles From Nowhere by Ghazaleh
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