The ambitious event, which is Saudi’s first full-fledged film festival and market, has rapidly become the region’s main movie industry hub and films supported by its Red Sea Fund have fared nicely this year, with Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania’s “Four Daughters” scoring an Oscar nomination and Tawfik Alzaidi’s “Norah” becoming the first-ever Saudi film to play at the Cannes Film Festival.
Source: https://variety.com/2024/film/global/red-sea-film-festival-hq-arab-cinema-1236211273/