The Red Sea International Film Festival has set the lineup for its inaugural edition which runs from December 6-15 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The roster includes 138 titles from 67 countries and will open with MGM’s Joe Wright-directed musical romance Cyrano. The film previously played Telluride and Rome among others and releases domestically on December 31.
Closing the Red Sea Fest is the world premiere of Egyptian director Amr Salama’s Bara El Manhag. Sixteen films will run in the competition which is focused on films from Asia, Africa and the Arab world (see full list below).
They will vie for the Golden Yusr Award as well as in individual directing, acting and writing categories. Among the titles screening are Hany Abu-Assad’s Huda’s
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