His jury has yet to be unveiled.
There are mixed views.
Life should and must go on, they said, confirming their attendance.
The TeacherGoodfellas
Antoine Khalife, Director of Arab Programs and Film Classics, echoed these sentiments.
Arab cinema is increasingly mirroring the realities of everyday life, he said.
Special Screenings
TO MY SON (World Premiere)Dir.
Dhafer LabidineSaudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
JEANNE DU BARRYDir.
MaiwennFrance, Saudi Arabia
Red Sea International Film Festival: Arab Spectacular
FOUR DAUGHTERSDir.
Kaouther Ben HaniaFrance, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Tunisia
HAJJADir.
Jamal KutbiSaudi Arabia
FEVER DREAM (World Premiere)Dir.
Faris GodusSaudi Arabia
THREE (World Premiere)Dir.
Nayla AlkhajaUnited Arab Emirates, Thailand
HWJN (World Premiere)Dir.
Yasir AlyasiriSaudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
BACK TO ALEXANDRIADir.
Tamer RuggliFrance, Switzerland, Egypt
NAGADir.
Meshal AljaserSaudi Arabia
SHAMAREEKH (World Premiere)Dir.
Amr SalamaEgypt
YESTERDAY AFTER TOMORROW (World Premiere)Dir.
Abdulghani AlsaighSaudi Arabia
A NOSE AND THREE EYES (World Premiere)Dir.
Amir RamsesEgypt, United Arab Emirates
I AM AL-ITTIHAD (World Premiere)Dir.
Hamza TarzanSaudi Arabia
Red Sea International Film Festival: In Competition
INSHALLAH A BOYDir.
Amjad Al RashidJordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, France, Qatar
BEHIND THE MOUNTAINSDir.
Halkawt MustafaNorway, Iraq
BACKSTAGEDir.
Farah NaboulsiUnited Kingdom, Palestine, Qatar
DALMA (World Premiere)Dir.
Humaid AlsuwaidiUnited Arab Emirates
MANDOOBDir.
Ali KalthamiSaudi Arabia
SIX FEET OVERDir.
Karim BensalahAlgeria, France
DEAR JASSIDir.
Tarsem Singh DhandwarIndia
IN FLAMESDir.ZarraKhanPakistan, Canada
WAKHRI (ONE OF A KIND) (World Premiere)Dir.
Iram Parveen BilalPakistan, USA
SUNDAY(YAKSHANBA)Dir.
Shokir KholikovUzbekistan
TIGER STRIPESDir.
Amanda Nell EuMalaysia, Taiwan R.O.C., Singapore, France, Germany, Netherlands, Indonesia, Qatar
ROXANADir.
Parviz ShahbaziIran
OMEN(AUGURE)Dir.
BalojiBelgium, Netherlands, Democratic Republic of the Congo
EVIL DOES NOT EXISTDir.
