Red Sea International Film Festival

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The fith edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival (RedSeaIFF) will run in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from November  December 4-13, 2025.
The inaugural Red Sea International Film Festival took place from December 6 -15, 2021 with live dailies on filmfestivals.com.

The Red Sea International Film Festival brings the best in Arab and World Cinema to Jeddah Old Town. The Festival showcases exciting new films on the Saudi big-screen, alongside retrospective programs celebrating the masters of cinema, the latest Saudi films, and feature and short film competitions. There are also industry events and workshops nurturing the next generation of talent.

In ‘Celebration of Women in Cinema’, the Red Sea International Film Festival (RedSeaIFF), hosted a gala event this evening at the 75th Cannes International Film Festival on the grounds of the magnificent Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d’Antibes.

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The Red Sea International Film Festival revealed it's full line up

  Lineup includes 138 standout, original and compelling films from 67 countries alongside a wave of Saudi films from talent shaping the Kingdom’s filmmaking culture The First Edition will open with...


The Red Sea Fest will open with Cyrano directed by Joe Wright and close with Bara El Manhag directed by Amr Salama

Lineup includes 138 standout, original and compelling films from 67 countries alongside a wave of Saudi films from talent shaping the Kingdom’s filmmaking culture The Red Sea International Film...


16 films competing in the Red Sea Competition

Soula  directorial debut feature film from Salah Issaad: world premiering at RSIFF    The Red Sea International Film Festival (RedSeaIFF), today announced the 16-strong lineup of films competing in...


18 short films of which 8 are directed by female filmmakers will screen in the Red Sea Festival’s inaugural Short Competition

The Red Sea International Film Festival (RedSeaIFF), which will have its inaugural edition from 6-15 December, is today announcing the 18 films of which 8 are directed by female filmmakers that will...


Red Sea International Film Festival announces New Saudi/New Cinema: Features

The Red Sea International Film Festival (RedSeaIFF) which will run 6-15 December, today announced the brand new and distinctive films from Saudi filmmaker’s films making up its New Saudi/New Cinema:...


The Red Sea International Film Festival (RedSeaIFF) announces the first slate of films in its ‘Arab Spectacular’ strand

The first eight films announced make up the Festival’s ‘Arab Spectacular’ strand bringing compelling authentic stories from Iraq, Palestine, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon and Morocco   The Red...


Eight masterpieces and classics selected in The Red Sea International Film Festival Treasures section

The Treasures selection celebrates seminal and innovative classics from the Arab world and beyond, many of which will be seen for the first time in Saudi Arabia on the big screen Pierrot le Fou,...


Red Sea International Film Festival announced the selected projects and films selected for the Red Sea Souk

Dirty, Difficult, Dangerous by Wissam Charaf (France, Lebanon, Italy), Contra by Lotfy Nathan (Tunisia, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany), Abdelinho by Hicham Ayouch (Morocco, France) The Red...


First look at the inaugural RSIFF sections

01. RED SEA: COMPETITION The competition focusses on original, daring fiction, documentary or animated productions by emerging and established voices, which fit the overarching theme...


The Red Sea Film Festival Foundation has announced the $10 million Red Sea Fund

The $10 million fund will support projects with directors from the Arab World and Africa, launching a new generation of filmmakers and supporting established auteurs as they bring their work from...