The festival also honored the Indian actor at the opening ceremony Shahrukh Khan British director Guy Ritchie and Egyptian actress Yousra won the (Honorary Yusr) award for "Their exceptional contributions to the film industry".
The festival, which continues until the tenth of December in the coastal city of Jeddah in the west of the Kingdom, raises a slogan "Cinema everything".
The main competition of the festival includes 16 films competing for the (Al Yusr Awards), including the two Saudi films (crow song) by director Muhammad Al-Salman and (Between the Sands) by director Muhammad Al-Atawi, while the rest of the films came from Syria, Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, Indonesia, India, Kazakhstan, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Kenya, Angola and South Korea.
The competition jury is chaired by American director, producer and screenwriter Oliver Stone, with the membership of each of the Egyptian actresses Nelly Karim And Tunisian director Kawthar Ben Haniyeh, Palestinian actor Ali Suleiman, and director Levan Koguashvili from Georgia.
The festival organizes a series of interviews with international stars and directors, including actor Jackie Chan and the American director Spike Lee And German director Fatih Akin, Indian actor Akshay Kumar, Lebanese actress Nadine Labaki, and Italian director Luca Guadagnino.
In conjunction with the festival, the (Red Sea Market) will be held from the third to the sixth of December, with the aim of stimulating joint production, exchanging experiences, and finding opportunities for artistic cooperation and distribution of works.
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The red carpet of the festival received a number of movie stars Internationals such as Sharon Stone from the United States, Meryem Ozerli from Turkey and Alex Gonzalez from Spain, Michelle Moroni from Italy, Priyanka Chopra from India, Luna Maya from Indonesia, and Hussein Fahmy from Egypt.
The festival also honored the Indian actor at the opening ceremony Shahrukh Khan And British director Guy Ritchie and Egyptian actress Yousra received the (Honorary El Youssr) Award for their “extraordinary contributions to the film industry.”
The festival, which continues until the tenth of December in the coastal city of Jeddah in the west of the Kingdom, raises the slogan “Cinema is everything.”
The main competition of the festival includes 16 films competing for the (Al Yusr Awards), including the two Saudi films (crow song) by director Muhammad Al-Salman and (Between the Sands) by director Muhammad Al-Atawi, while the rest of the films came from Syria, Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, Indonesia, India, Kazakhstan, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Kenya, Angola and South Korea.
The competition jury is chaired by American director, producer and screenwriter Oliver Stone, with the membership of each of the Egyptian actresses Nelly Karim And Tunisian director Kawthar Ben Haniyeh, Palestinian actor Ali Suleiman, and director Levan Koguashvili from Georgia.
The festival organizes a series of interviews with international stars and directors, including actor Jackie Chan and the American director Spike Lee And German director Fatih Akin, Indian actor Akshay Kumar, Lebanese actress Nadine Labaki, and Italian director Luca Guadagnino.
In conjunction with the festival, the (Red Sea Market) will be held from the third to the sixth of December, with the aim of stimulating joint production, exchanging experiences, and finding opportunities for artistic cooperation and distribution of works.