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With director Darin J. Sallam and actress Karam Taher How can one not be touched by directorial tour- de- force from Darin J. Sallam: ‘FARHA’ . This is the touching journey of a 14 year old girl, Farha, played by newcomer Karam Taher, in 1948 in Palestine and who is …

Interview with Director: Samir Nasr SHARAF is an amazing tour de force by maverick director Samir Nasr. It explores with a visceral attitude the dystopian prison world in the Arab world. This was one more breathtaking film to watch during the Red Sea International Film Festival. After the premiere, we …

‘HUDA’S SALON’ With: Actress Manal Awad (“Huda”) and director Hany Abu-Assad Another quite shocking film to discover at The Red Sea International Film  Festival was ‘Huda’s Salon’, a co-production between Palestine, Egypt, Qatar and The Netherlands. What a fantastic international collaboration to bring to light the nightmare of a young …

“BECOMING” Interview with Directors: Hind Alfahhad, Jowaher Alamri, Sara Mesfer et Fatima Al-Banawi If there was one movie not to miss at The Red Sea International Film Festival of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, it was: ‘Becoming’. Not only is this the first Saudi movie combining the enlightening visions of five …

Last week at The Red Sea Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia,  the most important Saudi female filmmaker, Haifaa Al-Mansour , was finally celebrated for her courage, her talent and her vision to encourage waves of changes in this country with a “bad reputation”. Such reputation is sure to be …

An interview with French director Yamina Benguigui. Yamina Benguigui is truly a force of nature in France. She is a very respected filmmaker as well as a political voice whose visions bring changes to this world. Therefore, this was not a surprise that the first edition of The Red Sea …