The Red Sea Film Festival Foundation ( ar, مؤسسة مهرجان البحر الأحمر السينمائي) is a non-profit cultural organization registered in

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. The foundation is chaired by Jomana Al Rashid, the president of the foundation is the Saudi producer

Mohammed Al Turki Mohammed Al Turki is a Saudi Arabian film producer. Filmography Notes References External links * {{IMDb name, 4312073 Living people Saudi Arabian film producers Year of birth missing (living people) ...

Responsibilities

The main responsibility of the foundation is organizing the

Red Sea International Film Festival The Red Sea International Film Festival ( ar, مهرجان البحر الأحمر السينمائي الدولي) is a film festival launched in 2019 and held in Jeddah, western Saudi Arabia. The festival mainly focuses on new storytelling tre ...

, an annual

film festival A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually in a single city or region. Increasingly, film festivals show some films outdoors. Films may be of recent date and, depending up ...

launched in 2019 and held in Jeddah, western

, starting from 2020. The 2021 film festival will be held on Dec 6–15. The foundation is also in charge of supporting the local film industry and national storytellers by providing education and grants.

Red Sea Lodge

The foundation has introduced Red Sea Lodge intending to provide supports for filmmakers through training and mentorship. In collaboration with

TorinoFilmLab TorinoFilmLab (TFL) is a Turin-based laboratory that primarily supports persons working on their first and second fiction feature films. Its four main fields of involvement are training, development, funding and distribution. TorinoFilmLab runs se ...

, the Lodge will select some filmmakers and provide them with training and development through all stages of filmmaking. The outcomes of the training and development processes will then be presented during the Red Sea International Film Festival. The winning work will be awarded a $500,000 prize.

References

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