The Red Sea International Film Festival announced on Tuesday the winners of the Red Sea Souk Awards, which offer grants to develop projects by emerging Saudi, Arab and African filmmakers.
Arab Cinema Center will be awarded two supported places at the Rotterdam Producers Lab International Film Festival.
Saudi winner: Ghaidaa Abuazzah ("Aux côtés de Hasnaa")
Arab winner: Fatma Racha Shehadeh ("The Girl and the Missing Bed") - Lebanon
MAD Solutions will receive $50,000 for a project in development, production or post-production.
Winner: "Nostalgia: A Life in the First Chapter" by Ameer Fakher Eldin (Syria)
OTICONS will receive a Work-in-Progress film with music consulting services worth $5,000.
Winner: "Les hommes au soleil" by Mahdi Fleifel (Palestine).
SHIFT STUDIOS will receive $12,000 for a promotional package and $8,000 for a full DCP package.
The $8,000 winner: "Men in the Sun" by Mahdi Fleifel (Palestine).
The Arab Radio and Television Network will receive a grant of $10,000 for a Saudi project in development or production and $50,000 for an Arab project in development or production.
The winner of the $10,000 grant: "The Night Whisperer" by Lina Mahmoud (Saudi Arabia).
The winner of the $50,000 grant: "Love Conquers All" by Danielle Arbid (Lebanon).
CineWaves Films will receive $50,000 for a project in development, production or post-production.
Winner: "La Mecque, Berlin" by Majtaba Saeed (Saudi Arabia)
Ithra will receive $50,000 for a Saudi Arabian project in production or post-production.
Winner: "The Night Whisperer" by Lina Mahmoud (Lebanon).
MBC Academy/Shahid will receive $75,000 for a Saudi project in development, $75,000 for a Saudi project in development, production or post-production and $50,000 for an Arab project in development or post-production.
The winner of the $75,000 prize for a Saudi project in development: "In the Beginning, It Is The End" by Ghadeer Binabbas (Saudi Arabia)
The winner of the $75,000 prize for a Saudi project in development, production or post-production. Winner: "By Hasnaa's Side" by Amaal Youssif (Saudi Arabia)
The winner of the $50,000 prize for an Arab project in development or post-production: "Madness and Honey Days" by Ahmed Yassin Al-Daradji (Iraq).
The Project Market Jury Prize went to : "Aux côtés de Hasnaa" by Amaal Youssif, and "Mon père a tué Borghiba" by Fatma Riahi (Tunisia).
The Red Sea Souk Special Jury Mention, worth $25,000, was awarded to "Love Conquers" by Danielle Arbid (Lebanon).
The Red Sea Souk Development Prize, worth $35,000, was awarded to "Quand je ferme les yeux, je vois tes yeux" by Sameh Alaa (Egypt).