Red Sea International Film Festival, which takes place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, selected 24 projects from across the Arab and African region to participate in Red Sea Souk Market (December 2-5).
The line-up includes 12 Red Sea Lodge projects, which were developed through workshops in partnership with the Torino Film Lab over the course of the past year. Four of these projects are awarded the annual Red Sea Lodge production prizes of $50,000 each.
All 24 selected projects compete for cash prizes offered by the Red Sea Fund, to be awarded by an international jury of producers: $35,000 for development, $25,000 for the Jury Special Mention Award and $100,000 for production.
The line-up also includes six additional projects selected for the Work-in-Progress Showcase, which compete for the Red Sea Souk Post-Production Award of $30,000 and the Special Jury Mention of $10.000. Participating projects are also eligible for additional awards funded by the Red Sea Souk sponsors and partners.
RED SEA SOUK PROJECTS:
Djeliya, Memory Of Manding (Burkina Faso)
By Boubacar Sangaré
Creative Documentary
Love Conquers All (Lebanon, France)
By Danielle Arbid
Madness And Honey Days (Iraq, Canada)
By Ahmed Yassin Al-Daradji
Miracle In Cell No.7 (Lebanon, UAE)
By Dina Amer
Nostalgia: A Tale In First Chapters (Syria, Germany, Italy)
By Ameer Fakher Eldin
Sadness (Central African Republic, France, Congo)
By Emmanuela Lalanga
First Feature
Selfless (Algeria, France, Qatar)
By Meriem Mesraoua
First Feature
Tanzanite (Rwanda, South Africa, Kenya, Switzerland)
By Kantarama Gahigiri
First Feature
The Return Of The Prodigal Son (Egypt, Tunisia, France)
By Rani Massalha
The Stranger (Syria, France)
By Gaya Jiji
The Treasure (Morocco)
By Abdellah Taïa
When I Close My Eyes, I See Your Eyes (Egypt)
By Sameh Alaa
First Feature
RED SEA LODGE PROJECTS:
An Endless Night (Egypt)
By Mohamed Kassaby
First Feature
Black Snake (Zimbabwe)
By Naishe Nyamubaya
First Feature
By Hasnaa’s Side (Saudi Arabia)
By Amaal Youssif
First Feature
Fantastic Tale (Nigeria)
By Vincho Nchogu
First Feature
In The Beginning, It Is The End (Saudi Arabia)
By Ghadeer Binabbas
Mecca, Berlin (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Germany)
By Mujtaba Saeed & Ghiath Al Mhitawi
First Feature
My Father Killed Bourguiba (Tunisia, Qatar)
By Fatma Riahi & Louai Haffar
Second Feature Documentary
Temporary Lives (France, Norway, Syria)
By Wessam Hachicho
First Feature
The Girl And The Missing Bed (Jordan, Lebanon)
By Samer Battikhi
First Feature
The Middle One (Saudi Arabia, France)
By Sarah Almuneef
First Feature
The Night Whisperer (Saudi Arabia)
By Lina Mahmoud
First Feature
The Sun Sees Everything (Lebanon)
By Wissam Tanios
Second Feature
THE RED SEA SOUK WORK-IN-PROGRESS SHOWCASE:
Animale (Algeria, France, Belgium)
By Emma Benestan
Men In The Sun (Palestine, UK, Greece, Netherlands, France, Germany)
By Mahdi Fleifel
My Semba (Angola)
By Hugo Salvaterra
First Feature
Red Path (Tunisia, France, Belgium, Poland)
By Lotfi Achour
Rising Up At Night (DRC, Belgium, Germany, Burkina Faso)
By Nelson Makengo
First Feature, Creative Documentary
Yunan (Palestine, Germany, Canada, Italy, Jordan)
By Ameer Fakher Eldin