The Red Sea International Film Festival lives in Jeddah Old Town, an ancient urban hub on the Saudi Arabian coast. Future-leaning and artist-led, the Festival takes place annually in March. The setting embraces history and cultural exchange, establishing a new destination for Arab and international cinema amid a labyrinth of medieval coral-built architecture. Long a vibrant port city, Jeddah is a trading hub of ideas and cultures. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Old Town is a coastal enclave that teems with myths, delicate buildings, and deep histories – it is a culture rooted in Saudi, yet expansively open to the world.

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Committed to a new wave in Arab cinema, the Red Sea Lodge is shaped by the Foundation’s artist-forward philosophy. Through training and mentorship, the initiative equips this generation and the next with the skills and determination for their bold new approaches. Supporting artistic and creative development, as well as production and promotion strategies, the intensive lab program, with its final award of $500,000, is open to talent from Saudi Arabia and the Arab world.

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The Red Sea International Film Festival is dedicated to supporting and showcasing Saudi, Arab and international film. Our program reflects the best of current world and regional cinema. We are excited and inspired by helping elevate new and established voices in film, so we encourage filmmakers to submit their films formally to the festival. Film students, short filmmakers, documentarians, animators, feature film directors: we want to see them all. Submit your film now.

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