“It’s a real opportunity to talk to people and build cinema with an audience that’s eager for ideas, to open up, to talk, to be part of a conversation,” says [Finn] Halligan, ahead of this year’s festival, which will play 111 films in the port city of Jeddah from December 4-13.”
This sounds like an exciting development for Saudi Arabia’s film industry. The aim is to build a film culture and not just a once a year festival event. Whilst the programme is limited due to the size of the venue, I can see this growing and opening up the market to European films, as foreign language entrants.
What are your thoughts about this?
https://www.screendaily.com/interviews/red-seas-finn-halligan-and-antoin...?
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I don't know if I've seen content from Saudi Arabia yet Geoff Hall. I had to check to see where The Stoning of Soraya M. was located: Jordan. I guess I'll have to check out a couple Saudi films on Netflix.
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Debbie Elicksen sounds like a good idea, Debbie. Please let me know what you find.