The Red Sea International Film Festival has revealed the 26 projects selected as part of the industry-focused Red Sea Souk market, which runs from December 2 to 5.
Projects under development include A youthThe Lebanese-French filmmaker Danielle Arbid Love conquers all And Madness and honeymoons by Iraqi Ahmed Yassin Al-Daradji.
Within the Market selection, there are twelve Red Sea Lodge projects, developed over the course of the year through intensive workshops and in collaboration with the Torino Film Lab. Four of these projects will receive annual Red Sea Lodge production grants of $50,000 each.
All 26 selected projects compete for Red Sea Fund cash prizes awarded by an international jury of producers: $35,000 for development, $25,000 for the Jury Special Mention award and $100,000 for production
Another six projects will be presented in the “Works-in-Progress” section Men in the sun by Palestinian director Mahdi Fleifel, Red frog by the Tunisian Lotfi Achour and Yunan by Kiev-born German director Ameer Fakher Eldin, who is of Syrian descent. (Scroll down for the full list).
All selected films in the Work-in-Progress Showcase will compete for the $30,000 Red Sea Souk Post-Production Award and the $10,000 Jury Special Mention.
“We are delighted to host the Red Sea Souk for the third time as part of the Red Sea IFF, showcasing some of the most innovative and inspiring new talent from the Arab and African region,” said Shivani Pandya, Director of the Red Sea film, said. Festival. Malhotra, Managing Director.
In addition to the ongoing project market and presentations, the souk will also host its “Red Sea 360°” industry workshops, panels and session programs focused on the future of the Arab, African and Asian film industries.
Confirmed speakers so far include former American Marvel TV director Karim Zreik, Jordanian writer and director Tima Al Shomali, South Korean producer Woo-Sik Seo, Saudi animation director Malek Nejer and Colombian producer Diego Ramírez Schrempp.
The Project Market jury consists of the Saudi producer Wael Abumansour (Telfaz 11), the French producer Jean Bréhat (Tessalit Productions), the Moroccan producer Lamia Chraibi (La Prod), the Senegalese producer Oumar Sall (Cinekap) and the Bosnian producer and director Jasmila Žbanić.
Judges for the works in progress include artistic director Gaia Furrer from Venice Giornate degli Autori, Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu and Iraqi-Italian director Haider Rashid.
SELECTED PROJECTS:
The Red Sea Souk Project Market
- A CHILDhood, by Scandar Copti
Hybrid creative documentary animation
Palestine, France - DJELIYA, MEMORY OF MANDING, by Boubacar Sangaré
Creative documentary
Burkina Faso - Love Conquers All, by Danielle Arbid
Lebanon, France - Madness and Honey Days, by Ahmed Yassin Al-Daradji
Iraq, Canada - MIRACLE IN CELL NO.7, by Dina Amer
Lebanon, United Arab Emirates - NOSTALGIA: A STORY IN THE FIRST CHAPTERS, by Ameer Fakher Eldin
Syria, Germany, Italy - SADNESS, by Emmanuela Lalanga 1st feature film
Central African Republic, France, Republic of the Congo - SELFLESS, by Meriem Mesraoua, 1st feature film
Algeria, France, Qatar - TANZANITE, by Kantarama Gahigiri, 1st feature film
Rwanda, South Africa, Kenya, Switzerland - The Return of the Prodigal Son by Rani Massalha
Egypt, Tunisia, France - THE STRANGER, by Gaya Jiji
Syria, France - THE TREASURE, by Abdellah Taïa
Morocco - THREE DAYS 1/3, by Rakan Mayasi 1. Feature Film
Palestine, Lebanon, USA, Belgium - When I Close My Eyes I See Your Eyes, by Sameh Alaa, 1st feature film
Egypt
The Red Sea Lodge projects
- AN ENDLESS NIGHT, by Mohamed Kassaby, 1st feature film
Egypt - BLACK SNAKE, by Naishe Nyambaya, 1st feature film
Zimbabwe - ON HASNAA’S SIDE, by Amaal Youssif, 1st feature film
Saudi Arabia - FANTASTIC STORY, by Vincho Nchogu 1st feature film
Nigeria - IN THE BEGINNING IT IS THE END of Ghadeer Binabbas
Saudi Arabia - MECCA, BERLIN, by Mujtaba Saeed & Ghiath Al Mhitawi 1st Feature Film
Saudi Arabia/UAE/Germany - MY FATHER KILLED BOURGUIBA, by Fatma Riahi & Louai Haffar, second documentary
Tunis/Qatar - TEMPORARY LIVES, by Wessam Hachicho, 1st feature film
France/Norway/Syria - THE GIRL AND THE MISSING BED, by Samer Battikhi, 1st feature film
Jordan/Lebanon - THE MIDDLE, by Sarah Almuneef, 1st feature film
Saudi Arabia/France - THE NIGHT WHISPER, by Lina Mahmoud, 1st feature film
Saudi Arabia - THE SUN SEES EVERYTHING, by Wissam Tanios 2nd feature film
Lebanon
- The Red Sea Souk is a work in progress showcase
ANIMAL, by Emma Benestan
Algeria, France, Belgium - MEN IN THE SUN, by Mahdi Fleifel
Palestine, Great Britain, Greece, Netherlands, France, Germany - MY SEMBA, by Hugo Salvaterra 1st feature film
Angola - SAVE TOAD, by Lotfi Achour
Tunisia, France, Belgium, Poland - RISING UP AT NIGHT, by Nelson Makengo, first feature, creative documentary
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Belgium, Germany, Burkina Faso - YUNAN, by Ameer Fakher Eldin
Palestine, Germany, Canada, Italy, Jordan
Source: Deadline
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