The Red Sea International Film Festival, which returns to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia from 30 November to 9 December, has unveiled its theme for this year: "Your story, your festival".
The festival also unveiled its selection of 36 films from Saudi Arabia, as well as the Arab Spectacular and Red Sea: Competition programmes for this third edition.
The programme of Arab short films selected for the competition.
- "Smokey Eyes" by Ali Ali (Egypt)
- "Manity" by Hussen Ibrahim (Lebanon)
- "The Key" by Rakan Mayasi (Palestine)
- "Somewhewe in Between" by Dahlia Nemlich (Lebanon)
- "Amplified" by Dina Naser (Jordan)
- "The Woodland" by Firas Taybeh (Jordan)
- "The Call of the Brook" by Jad Chahine (Egypt)
- "Farewell" by Ibrahem Melhem (Syria)
- "Saeed" by Rami al-Zayer (Saudi Arabia)
- "Deaf" by Roy Arida (Lebanon)
- "Me and Aydarous" by Sara Balghonaim (Saudi Arabia).
Le film d’ouverture ne sera autre que « Hwjn » de Yasir AL-Yasiri (Irak). Adapté du roman fantastique pour jeunes adultes à succès d’Ibrahim Abbas, le film raconte l’histoire d’un djinn curieux tombé amoureux d’une humaine tout en explorant la réalité derrière sa lignée royale, dans une combinaison éblouissante de folklore arabe et du royaume mystérieux des djinns», a indiqué le festival sur Instagram.Le film met en vedette Baraa Alem, Nour Alkhadra, Naif Aldaferi, Alanoud Saud, Mohsen Mansour et Shaimaa al-Tayeb.
Photo: "Inshallah A Boy" by Amjad al-Rasheed.