The Saudi Arabian animation industry is set to “benefit massively” from a partnership between the Red Sea International Film Festival and Cité de l’Image en Mouvement et des Industries Créatives, the organisers of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, the world’s largest annual animation festival. The three-year strategic partnership, underpinned by an MoU signed in … Read more
The Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF) has announced a further wave of speakers joining its ‘In Conversation With’ strand for the 2025 edition of the festival, which begins on 4 December. This strand welcomes special guests from all over the world to “share insights and have meaningful discussions about their practice, passions … Read more
The Red Sea International Film Festival has announced that it will celebrate five distinguished actors and filmmakers as Red Sea honourees for the festival’s fifth edition, taking place from 4-13 December 2025. In this first wave of honourees are Academy Award-winning French actor and filmmaker Juliette Binoche (In-I Motion, The Return), three-time Academy Award nominated … Read more
The Red Sea International Film Festival has revealed its 2025 ‘In Conversation With’ speakers. Indian cinema icon Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (Ponniyin Selvan: I, Bride and Prejudice), two-time Academy Award winner Adrien Brody (The Pianist, The Brutalist) – who previously spoke at the 2023 edition of Red Sea IFF – and the 2025 Features Jury president, … Read more
The Red Sea International Film Festival has announced Academy Award-winning filmmaker Sean Baker (Anora, The Florida Project) as the president of the Features Jury for its fifth edition, running 4-13 December. Organisers said: “Sean Baker is an Academy Award-winning filmmaker and trailblazer in independent filmmaking. “His latest film, Anora, won five Oscars for Best Picture, … Read more