RSIFF 05: Raising the curtain, well begun is half done At the Spectacular festival, the opening film had to be one from the Spectacular Gala. They chose a supernatural comedy, called Hjwn. In...

Get Lodged in the Red Sea Labs, interact with agents and reagents and MAKE YOUR FILM! The Red Sea Labs announced the open call for the 5th edition of The Lodge program. A long-term residency...

Bakhtawar Mazhar: In Flames of Glory A day before the awards were announced, declaring In Flames the best film, at the Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF), I was face–to-face with Bakhtawar...

RSIFF: Winners Declared, the Festival over, or is it? Red Sea International Film Festival was to be held from 29 November to 09 December. But when we got our invitations to the closing night, it was...

RSIFF: The Origin-al Don Quixote, in a Ferrari At an average length of 100 minutes, and a 14-hour day, which is what is available to an average person, after accounting for sleeping, eating,...

RSIFF: Foundation, Fun d-a-mentals, Funding, Figures and Films A major initiative of Saudi Arabia in developing film production and co-production is the Red Sea Film Fund. Supporting Development,...

RSIFF: Souk, the appetiser, and the dessert in the desert In Arabic, Souk is market. In India we have a Film Bazaar at Goa during the International Film Festival of India, every year. Most major...

  Opening the act was Yasir Al Yasiri’s HWJN, with its world première and the screening was attended by the director and lead cast: Nour Alkhadra, Baraa Alem, Naif Aldaferi, Alanoud Saud, Mohsen...

  Competition Section films that I saw, and my opinions about them. THE TEACHER Palestinian school-teacher Basem (Saleh Bakri) grapples with personal devastation, after a tragic incident involving...

Halle Berry on the RSIFF red carpet ...and we have some more for you!