The Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF) has announced Edouard Waintrop as its artistic director ahead of the inaugural edition in November, 2021.This is a coup for the event given Waintrop’s standing on the circuit.
The former critic was Director of Cannes’ parallel strand Directors’ Fortnight from 2012 – 2018.Also joining the RSIFF team as Special Program Manager is Faizah Ambah, the writer-director and former Washington Post correspondent.Waintrop will join a team of programmers including film critic Kaleem Aftab (Director of International Programming), Antoine Khalife (Director of Arab Programs & Film Classics), and Mohyee Qari (Program Manager).The programming team is also adding Marta Balaga, Alice Kharoubi, Leigh Singer,
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