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Elaf who was: The Film Commission supervises the National Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival with the aim of highlighting the prosperity of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the field of film industry.
The Kingdom’s participation in the festival comes in its 75th edition, which will be held during the period from 17 to 28 May, in a pavilion that includes a number of government and private agencies; These are: the Ministry of Investment, the Red Sea Film Festival, the Al-Ula Film, the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture “Ithraa”, the NEOM Company, the MBC Group, in addition to bodies representing the media and entertainment sectors in the Kingdom, including production, distribution and content companies, and an elite group of talents. Saudi Arabia’s promising film industry.
The CEO of the Film Authority, Abdullah Al Ayyaf, stressed that returning to the Cannes Film Festival to communicate with the international film industry to spread awareness about what is happening in the emerging film sector in the Kingdom, and to present the elements it possesses that make it a unique cinematic destination in the film industry, returning the festival as an ideal opportunity to present what is It is owned by the Kingdom in this vital field, in addition to being an important platform to support emerging Saudi talents who display their works in one of the most important international festivals.
The Saudi pavilion will host a session entitled “The Reality of Arab Cinema” in the “Souk Cannes” region, organized by the Film Authority, in which Egyptian producer Mohamed Hefzy, Saudi producer and director Ayman Khoja, and Tunisian director Lotfi Nathan, who is participating in the current session of the Cannes Festival in the “One Look” section, will participate. With his new film “Harqa”, which won the Red Sea Market Award from the Red Sea International Film Festival, the session deals with the reality and future of Arab cinema, and the opportunities and challenges that must be overcome to build a strong sector that will raise the status of Arab cinema to enjoy opportunities for international competition.
The “Al-Ula Film” also highlights the potential of the Kingdom as a global center for the film industry, in a symposium organized in cooperation with the American Pavilion, in which the Director General of Sector Development and Investment Attraction from the Film Authority Abdul Jalil Al-Nasser, Stephen Strachan of Al-Ula Film, and the General Director of Sectors will participate. Media, Entertainment and Culture from NEOM Wayne Borg, General Manager of MBC Studios in the Kingdom, Zainab Abu Al-Samh, Hideaway Entertainment President Producer Matt Rhodes, and Capstone CEO Christian Mercury.
The symposium will discuss the advantages that the Kingdom will offer to the regional and international film industry, through huge internal investments coupled with strong financial offers and incentives, and a stimulating and incubating environment for creativity that supports production and contributes to creating a new scene that enriches filmmakers locally and globally.
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— Film Authority (@FilmMOC) May 19, 2022