Red Sea Souk Project Market 2023: Full Line-Up

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