Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Fund has announced its latest round of funding for feature films from the Arab world and Africa.
The announcement comes just days after the Fund revealed it is on board French director Maïwenn’s upcoming costume drama. Joan of Barry alongside Johnny Depp in his first European investment as an executive producer.
In the latest round of funding for Arab and African filmmakers, it supports 36 productions by Saudi, Arab and African filmmakers, 25 in or near production, 11 in post-production.
The 25 production award winners include emerging films by established directors such as Abderrahmane Sissako The fragrant hillHaifa Al Mansour Miss camelAnnemarie Jacir, Kaouther Ben Hanias imitatingCherien Dabis and Karim Moussaouis The disappearance.
The fund has also rallied behind dynamic, emerging talent such as Saudi Arabian filmmaker Sara Mesfer, who is preparing for her first solo film. Me and Habibi in Eden.
Two of the selected films were earlier supported in development by the fund, that of Joel Karekezi Captain Mbaye and Ouch by Mehdi M. Barsaoui, who received several awards for his film debut in 2019 A boy.
The 11 post-production beneficiaries include floating in a vacuum, the third film by Mohamed Ben Attia, his film debut today Best First Feature at the Berlinale 2016; Tawfik Alzaidi’s Noura, produced by Paul Miller, and Karim Bensalah’s Blacklight, which won the Venice Final Cut last year.
The Red Sea Fund falls under the umbrella of the Jeddah-based Red Sea International Film Festival Foundation, which also oversees December’s Red Sea International Film Festival.
“We are confident that the Red Sea Funds will support the winners through the creative process of sharing these important stories and showcasing an array of exciting new and established Saudi, Arab and African talent,” the Foundation’s CEO, Mohammed Al – Turkish, said.
The complete list of funded films.
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Mehal Separi
Directed by Abraham Gezahagne. Feature Film (Ethiopia, Canada, Denmark)
The walking souls of Kinshasa
Directed by Dieudo Hamadi. Episodic (Democratic Republic of the Congo, France)
Captain Mbaye
Directed by Joel Karekezi. Feature Film (Rwanda)
Sidi Kaba and the gate house
Directed by Rony Hotin. Game Animation (France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany)
Ouch
Directed by Mehdi M Barsaoui. Feature Film (Tunisia, France, Saudi Arabia)
Thanks for baking with us!
Directed by Laila Abbas. Feature Film (Palestine)
Big boys don’t cry
Directed by Mohammed Mustapha. Documentary (Egypt, Germany)
Searching for a haven for Mr. Rambo
Directed by Khaled Mansour. Feature Film (Egypt)
imitating
Directed by Kaouther Ben Hania. Feature film (France, Tunisia)
dogs
Directed by Kamal Lazraq. Feature film (Morocco).
Amina
Directed by Nora El Hourch. Feature film (Morocco).
The fragrant hill
Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako. Feature Film (Mauritania, France, Luxembourg, Taiwan ROC)
The disappearance
Directed by Karim Moussaoui. Feature film (Algeria)
Yunnan
Directed by Ameer Fakher Eldin. Feature Film (Germany, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, France, Italy)
Fifty meters
Directed by Yomna Khattab. Feature documentary (Egypt).
The Walled-Off Hotel VR Experience
Directed by Amer Shomali. Immersive (Palestine, Germany, Netherlands)
She was not alone
Directed by Hussein Al-Asadi. Documentary (Iraq)
men in the sun
Directed by Mahdi Fleifel. Feature Film (UK, Greece, Netherlands, Palestine, Denmark)
The 67th summer
Directed by Abu Bakr Shawky. Feature film (Egypt, France, Austria)
Me and Habibi in Eden
Directed by Sara Mesfer. Short Film (Saudi Arabia, Qatar)
Miss camel
Directed by Haifaa Al Mansour. Feature Animation (Saudi Arabia)
Already there
Directed by Abdullah Bamajboor. Feature Film (Saudi Arabia)
3 cold dishes
Oluseyi Asurf and Apolline Traoure directed. Feature Film (Nigeria)
All that is left of you
Directed by Cherien Dabis. Feature Film (Germany, Palestine, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Qatar, Cyprus and Saudi Arabia)
Anything for you
Directed by Annemarie Jacir. Feature film (Saudi Arabia, Palestine, United Kingdom).
After production
nora
Tawfik Alzaidi handled it. Feature Film (Saudi Arabia)
black light
Directed by Karim Bensalah. Feature Film (Algeria, France)
Backstage
Directed by Afef Ben Mahmoud and Khalil Benkirane. Feature film (Morocco, Tunisia, Belgium, France)
Spring began to smile
Directed by Noha Adel. Feature Film (Egypt)
Border breakers
Directed by Mohamed Ismail Louati. Documentary (Tunisia, France, Germany, Lebanon)
concrete floor
Directed by Asmahan Bkerat. Documentary (Jordan)
land of women
Directed by Ayman El Amir and Nada Riyad. Documentary (Egypt, France, Denmark, Qatar)
third party
Directed by Karim Kassem. Documentary (Lebanon)
A city below zero
Directed by Medoo Ali. Documentary (Iraq)
A fidai film
Directed by Kamal Aljafari. Documentary (Palestine, Germany)
floating in vacuum
Directed by Mohamed Ben Attia. Feature film (Tunisia)
Author: Melanie Goodfellow
Source: Deadline
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