Oscar-nominated director Darren Aronofsky was just taking the stage for a keynote “In Conversation” presentation when thunder started booming over the city, prompting organizers to soon take emergency ...

The Red Sea International Film Festival kicked off with the premiere of the film, Giant, a British-Yemeni boxing biopic directed by Rowan Athale, starring Amir El-Masry as Prince Naseem Hamed and ...

Baltyuor opens up about the central role the Red Sea International Film Festival has in the country's drive to become a global production hub. By Abid Rahman International Editor, Digital But wait, ...

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The fifth edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival, one of the Middle East’s largest film festivals, opened Thursday in the coastal city of Jeddah, marking a ...

Saudi Arabia's Red Sea Film Festival opened its fifth edition this evening with Rowan Athale's biopic Giant starring Amir El-Masry as boxing champion Prince Naseem Hamed. Co-star Pierce Brosnan, who ...

After more than three decades as a dogged movie reviewer, most recently as chief critic for the U.K.'s Screen International, Fionnuala Halligan stepped inside the film festival machinery earlier this ...

The fifth edition of Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival kicked off on Thursday with a glitzy red carpet for the Middle East premiere of Rowan Athale’s Sylvester-Stallone produced “Giant,” starring ...

At the Red Sea International Film Festival, Zain premiered her first feature film, “Sink,” about a mother struggling with her mentally ill son, a subject often overlooked in Arab cinema. Duraie ...

Vin Diesel (R) presents a Honoree Award to Michael Caine (seated) during the Opening Ceremony at the 2025 Red Sea International Film Festival. Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images for The Red Sea International ...