For Cinema AlJadidah's AlUla Cinema Week, the Red Sea International Film Festival is curating a diverse program of films. Here are six screenings from the selection:
Six films to catch at Cinema AlJadidah’s AlUla Cinema Week, with RSIFF
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‘Sattar,’ Feb. 23
The Saudi film follows Saad, whose floundering personal and professional life prompts him to pursue his childhood dream of becoming a freestyle wrestler.
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‘Ajoomma,’ Feb. 26
The Singaporean-South Korean drama follows a widow obsessed with Korean soap operas who travels abroad for the first time in her life.
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‘How I Got There,’ Feb. 27
The Kuwaiti film, which won the Red Sea Film Festival’s audience award, is a comedy-action movie about two best buddies.
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‘Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo,’ Feb. 28
The animated film by Marya Zarif and Andre Kadi tells the story of the heart-breaking journey of a Syrian girl driven out of her country by war.
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‘Khali Balak Min Zouzou,’ March 1
One of Egyptian superstar Soad Hosny’s most beloved films, the 1972 Egyptian movie was directed by Hassan El-Imam.
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‘Raven Song,’ March 4
“Raven Song” is a stylish jump back to 2002, a formative time for the country. Stick around for a Q&A with the director Mohamed Al-Salman and actor Asem Alawad.
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