BRIGHTON 4TH
By: Levan Koguashvili
Representing Georgia in the Oscar race, the film presents a touching exploration of masculinity in...
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COMMUNION
By: Nejib Belkadhi
Life under lockdown: Sara works from home, helping people distressed by COVID-19. Her husband Kais...
EUROPA
By: Haider Rashid
Intent on leaving Iraq for Europe, Kamal faces a long, difficult and dangerous journey on foot....
FARHA
By: Darin J. Sallam
Palestine, 1948. Farha is 14, an age at which most girls in her village are married or betrothed,...
HIT THE ROAD
By: Panah Panahi
Panah Panahi’s first feature is both a classic road movie and an emotional rollercoaster,...
HUDA'S SALON
By: Hany Abu-Assad
New mother Reem goes to Huda’s salon in Bethlehem for a haircut and some bonding female...
LIFE SUITS ME WELL
By: Al Hadi Ulad-Mohand
It is the mid-1990s. In a small town in the north of Morocco, Fouad is the only employee of the...
NEIGHBOURS
By: Mano Khalil
Syrian Muslims, Kurds and Jews live amicably together in a small village on the Turkish border. The...
PAKA (RIVER OF BLOOD)
By: Nithin Lukose
Nithin Lukose’s Malayalam-language drama introduces us to two families in North Kerala that have...
REHANA MARYAM NOOR
By: Abdullah Mohammed Saad
“Rehana Maryam Noor” is a tense tale of abuse, accusation, and resistance in an unpredictable...
RUPTURE
By: Hamzah K. Jamjoom
A pregnant Saudi woman must distinguish reality from dreams, drug-induced delusions, and...
SALOUM
By: Jean Luc Herbulot
“Saloum” is a mysterious genre-shifting thriller that mixes revolutionary politics with the...
SHARAF
By: Samir Nasr
Sharaf may dream of being fabulously rich, but when he ends up in prison after killing a man in...
SOULA
By: Salah Issaad
Soula Bahri plays herself in Salah Issaad’s debut feature, a road movie about a young single...
THE ALLEYS
By: Bassel Ghandour
East Amman’s labyrinthine neighbourhood Jabal Al Natheef runs on a toxic brew of gossip and...
YUNI
By: Kamila Andini
At 16, Indonesian schoolgirl Yuni will qualify for a highly-prized college scholarship if she...
Red Sea: Short Competition (1) R18
ANXIOUS BODY
By: Yoriko Mizushiri
Hand-drawn images of shapes in our world – living, artificial, geometrical and sinuous – are...
ASTEL
By: Ramata-Toulaye Sy
It is the end of the rainy season in Fouta, Senegal. Life is peaceful for Astel and her father, but...
BY THE SEA
By: Wissam Al Jafari
Struggling with both the occupation and the pandemic, a woman left alone with her son insists on...
CARNIVOROUS BEAN SPROUT
By: Sae-Rom Seo
An animated black comedy about an unidentifiable strange creature that will satisfy the desires of...
FROM THE MOUNTAIN
By: Faisal Attrache
The fiery leader of the Great Syrian Revolt of 1925 fights to keep the revolution alive in exile....
SEEKING ALINE
By: Rokhaya Marieme Balde
Rokhaya, a young filmmaker returns home to Dakar to make a film about a local historical figure....
THE PYRAMID
By: Mohamed Ghazala
An ancient Egyptian man tries to build an inverted pyramid in Mohamed Ghazala’s witty animated...
Red Sea: Short Competition (2) R18
ALL THE CROWS IN THE WORLD
By: Yi Tang
High school girl Shengnan is invited to a mysterious party by her cousin. The party is filled with...
LAST DAY OF SUN
By: Kays Mejri
The year is 1987: Ben Ali has come to power in Tunisia, heralding the dawn of a new era. Meanwhile,...
LOVESICK IN THE WEST BANK
By: Said Zagha
Hasna and Nabil, an elderly Palestinian couple, are surprised when a young American tourist asks if...
NEW ABNORMAL
By: Sorayos Prapapan
Based on true stories and following several characters, this film reflects both on life during the...
SPACE WOMAN
By: Hadi Moussally
Tripoli, North of Lebanon: at 64, Maha retires from teaching and confronts her loneliness as a...
ZAWAL
By: Mujtaba Saeed
Eight year-old Adam confronts a mutated world, when he breaks out of the designated quarantine area...
Red Sea: Short Competition (3) R18
CHILDREN'S GAME
By: Rim Mejdi
Kamilia is an eleven-year-old girl who's not afraid of anyone. One day, while playing football on...
I AM INNOCENT
By: Malak Quota
A woman deemed guilty for killing a young girl is executed. An experimental film that questions the...
NUMBER 26
By: Gvantsa Meparishvili
Ski school instructor Nika initially tries to hide an accident on the slopes that happened on his...
TALA'VISION
By: Murad Abu Eisheh
At 8 years old, Tala is not allowed to go outside: violence can erupt at any time. Her only link...
WHAT REMAINED
By: Rogina Bassaly
Religion comes between Sharif and Laila, bringing their love story to an end. Sharif moves on with...
A CHIARA
By: Jonas Carpignano
Calabrian town Gioia Taura is synonymous with the notoriously violent ‘Ndrangheta mafia...
A HERO
By: Asghar Farhadi
Divorced father Rahim has spent years in prison for failing to pay a debt, but there seems to be a...
A TALE OF LOVE AND DESIRE
By: Leyla Bouzid
Ahmed, a young Parisian of Algerian origin, meets a student who has recently arrived from Tunisia...
AMIRA
By: Mohamed Diab
More than 100 Palestinian children have been fathered by prisoners, using sperm smuggled out of...
APPLES
By: Christos Nikou
As a pandemic that triggers sudden amnesia sweeps through the world, one victim finds himself in a...
AS IN HEAVEN
By: Tea Lindeburg
This award-winning adaptation of Marie Bregendahl's 1912 novel is set on a farm in late 1800s...
BROKEN KEYS
By: Jimmy Keyrouz
In a war-torn town in Syria, young musician Tarek resolves to sell his precious piano to finance...
EARWIG
By: Lucile Hadzilhalilovic
Visionary director Lucile Hadžihalilović's first English-language movie is a transfixing,...
FEATHERS
By: Omar Al Zoheiry
A magic trick goes wrong at a 4-year-old’s birthday party when the magician turns the family’s...
INTREGALDE
By: Radu Muntean
In this humorous and touching satire about the limits of generosity and philanthropy, aid workers...
MARINER OF THE MOUNTAINS
By: Karim Ainouz
In 2019, following the death of his mother, filmmaker Karim Aïnouz decides to travel for the first...
OFFICIAL COMPETITION
By: Gastón Duprat, Mariano Cohn
Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas are on top form in this hilarious and cynical comedy about the...
RADIOGRAPH OF A FAMILY
By: Firouzeh Khosrovani
A deeply personal documentary by Iranian director Firouzeh Khosrovani poetically evokes the...
TED K
By: Tony Stone
As mesmerising as it is disturbing, Tony Stone’s drama is a study of America's most notorious...
THE GRAVEDIGGER'S WIFE
By: Khadar Ayderus Ahmed
The job of a gravedigger is an essential service, but it brings little money or respect in...
THE INNOCENTS
By: Eskil Vogt
A family moves to the Norwegian forest for the summer with their two children, autistic Anna and...
THE SEA AHEAD
By: Ely Dagher
Jana returns to Beirut after years living abroad, bearing the burden of some unnamed traumatic...
THE STRANGER
By: Ameer Fakher Eldin
An unlicensed doctor, living in a small village in the occupied Golan Heights and wrestling with...
VORTEX
By: Gaspar Noé
Gaspar Noe’s provocative films have earned him the title of enfant terrible; at the same time,...
BEIRUT HOLD'EM
By: Michel Kammoun
Beirut Hold’em depicts the life of Ziko, a 40-year old ex-con and petty gambler, and his three...
CASABLANCA BEATS
By: Nabil Ayouch
Anas, a former rapper, works for a cultural centre in a deprived neighbourhood of Casablanca, where...
DAUGHTERS OF ABDUL-RAHMAN
By: Zaid Abuhamdan
Middle-aged and single, Zainab lives a dreary existence as a local seamstress. She is also her...
GHODWA
By: Dhafer L'abidine
Habib’s health deteriorates, bringing him together with Ahmed, his 15-year-old son from a...
MEMORY BOX
By: Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige
On Christmas Day in Montréal, Alex receives a box from Beirut intended for her mother Maia....
RECOVERY
By: Rashid Masharawi
Rashid Marshawi takes us on a special journey across the historical city of Jaffa, where his father...
TAKE ME TO THE CINEMA
By: Albaqer Jaafar
We follow the journey of former soldier Nassif, who fled the war in Iraq by hiding in dark cinemas....
THE EXAM
By: Shawkat Amin Korki
The film follows two women, brilliantly portrayed in their subtle journey to delay a forced...
'83
By: Kabir Khan
In 1983, the charismatic Kapil Dev (Ranveer Singh) led the Indian cricket team to its first World...
BELFAST
By: Kenneth Branagh
Drawing on his own memories, lauded director Kenneth Branagh presents a powerful but surprisingly...
CYRANO
By: Joe Wright
Cyrano is a romantic musical drama based on Erica Schmidt's 2018 stage musical, itself based upon...
ENNIO
By: Giuseppe Tornatore
Ennio Morricone, arguably the greatest composer in cinema history, died last year at the age of 91....
MONA LISA AND THE BLOOD MOON
By: Ana Lily Amirpour
Mona Lisa (Jeon Jong-seo), a young woman with psychokinetic powers, breaks out of a Louisiana...
SISTERS
By: Yamina Benguigui
Algerian sisters Zorah, Djamila, and Nohra have grown up in Paris with their mother, who fled her...
THE COLOUR ROOM
By: Claire McCarthy
Bridgerton star Phoebe Dynevor plays Clarice Cliff, a remarkable and determined pottery artist. She...
THE GOOD BOSS
By: Fernando Leon De Aranoa
Spanish star Javier Bardem plays Blanco, the ostensibly caring owner of a company making industrial...
THE LOST DAUGHTER
By: Maggie Gyllenhaal
Leda, an English language professor, is trying to have a relaxing holiday on a Greek island, but...
YOU RESEMBLE ME
By: Dina Amer
During the bombing attacks in Paris in 2015, a young woman called Hasna Aït Boulahcen was arrested...
BECOMING
By: Sara Mesfer, Jawaher Alamri, Noor Alameer, Hind Alfahhad, Fatima Al-Banawi
5 stories, 5 Saudi directors: a deep look into Saudi’s ever-changing society, as well as Saudi...
FAY'S PALETTE
By: Anas Ba-Tahaf
Fay lives in a cloistered apartment, which she can’t leave because her only obstacle to the...
JUNOON
By: Maan B., Yaser B.
Khalid, a wannabe vlogger, travels with his wife and best friend from Saudi Arabia all the way to...
KAYAN
By: Hakeem Jomah
Kayan tells the story of a Saudi couple visiting friends in Egypt with their young baby. On their...
QUAREER
By: Ragheed Al Nahdi, Norah Almowald, Ruba Khafagy, Fatma Alhazmi, Noor Alameer
5 Saudi women filmmakers and 5 Saudi women’s stories explore the themes of abandonment, neglect,...
ROUTE TEN
By: Omar Naim
Maryam and Nasser are set to travel from Riyadh to attend their father’s wedding in Abu Dhabi,...
NourShams and My Vibe PG
New Saudi/New Cinema Shorts (1) R15
ACCEPTANCE LAND
By: Mansour Assad
In 2096, after the Third World War, a homeless maid struggles to take care of a child in an era...
COVIDA THE 19TH
By: Omar Al Omirat
Surviving the quarantine and showcasing another perspective of lifestyle during the COVID-19...
HALLUCINATED
By: Mohammed Basalamah
Moayad is a delivery man who has an ongoing struggle with insomnia. His affliction continues to...
HIDE AND SEEK
By: Mohammad Helal
A girl is chased by a demon, so her friends desperately search for her.
LITTLE BIRD
By: Khalid Fahad
In a world where Malik lives alone, he must face the fateful challenges in his life.
MASKOON
By: Lina Malaika, David Darg
An American archaeologist (Paris Verra) is working alongside the Saudi ministry of culture on...
PANTING
By: Hassan Saeed
Marco finds himself in a maze between reality and virtual reality as he seeks to meet the girl he...
RED CIRCLE
By: Abdulaziz Sarhan
A Middle Eastern man struggles to tell his simple story in his English storytelling class, facing...
New Saudi/New Cinema Shorts (2) PG12
ALRUFEA
By: Abbas Alshuwayfie
The pitter-patter of rainfall on the gutters, the smell of wet mud, the joy in familiar games,...
MY DEAR FICTION
By: Ahsan Minhas
A man tells an absurd story about the comedy and darkness of heartbreak, how it happens, and how...
PROFESSIONAL SCAMMER
By: Abdul Hameed Hassan Alam
An unemployed person tries to steal from people. However, fate has something in store for him that...
THE DAY I LOST MYSELF
By: Rami Alzayer
Salem is in his mid-twenties and lives in a state of constant anxiety due to a quarter-life crisis....
THE JAKAR
By: Abdulaziz Saleh
Debuting in the early nineteenth century, an annual race was held for over 100 years before being...
THE PALM WITCH
By: Hala Alhaid
Two friends set off in the old city of Riyadh on a search to find their lost pet. Meanwhile, an...
THE WINDOW OF LIFE
By: Hayder Dawood
A short and personal documentary attempts to understand broader meanings of life, attitude,...
WHISPER DOWN THE LANE
By: Raghad Albarqi
An experimental animated short film, “Whisper Down the Lane” takes us on a linear journey that...
NourShams and My Vibe PG
BARA AL MANHAJ
By: Amr Salama
Nour is a 13-year-old orphan living in the countryside in the early 1980s. He is smart, but is also...
BELLE: THE DRAGON AND THE FRECKLED PRINCESS
By: Mamoru Hosoda
High-school student Suzu lives with her father in a Japanese village. Her mother died drowning...
BIGGER THAN US
By: Flore Vasseur
Melati is only 18, but she has already been fighting the plastic pollution ravaging her country,...
CHAMPIONS
By: Manuel Calvo
Arrogant and easily riled, Khaled is assistant coach of a top Saudi Arabian football team. A show...
KIDOMANIA
By: Nicolas Deveaux, Eric Montchaud, Paul Bush, Evalds Lacis, Patrick Jean, Gaspard Roche, Paul Emile Boucher, Paulin Cointot, Remy Dupont, Benjamin Flouw, Antoine Robert
A selection of short animated films that will delight young children (and their parents)....
SING 2
By: Garth Jennings
Animals have got talent too––animated animals, anyway––as shown in the first “Sing”...
FAMILY PORTRAIT
By: Kyunghwan Chin
Family Portrait, about an oddball family “protected by father with love” is the most unique,...
HELL'S GATE
By: Amin Dora
Living under an authoritarian regime in 2052 Beirut, a secluded man's life changes when a technical...
MISTER 8
By: Teemu Nikki
Playful, absurdist and filmed in stylish black and white, Mister8 is a hilarious new take on the...
ZONE B
By: Khadar Ayderus Ahmed, Juho Kuosmanen, Siiri Halko
A tight group of friends, fired with unquenchable energy and enthusiasm, has come together to help...
A LITTLE LOVE MUCH VIOLENCE
By: Raafat El-Mihi
Experimental and subversive, this film is considered the most daring work of Raafat El-Mehi. Its...
ELEPHANT GOD
By: Satyajit Ray
One of Satyajit Ray’s most popular films, “The Elephant God” has all the essentials for a...
LUMIERE!
By: Thierry Frémaux
Auguste and Louis Lumiere were French manufacturers of photographic equipment who are credited with...
STRAWBERRY WAR
By: Khairy Beshara
After losing his only son, wealthy businessman Thabet is no longer capable of feeling happy. He...
THE CHOICE
By: Youssef Chahine
A famous writer is accused of killing his twin brother. In the hands of legendary director Youssef...
THE NIGHTINGALE'S PRAYER
By: Henry Barakat
Based on a novel by Taha Hussein, “The Nightingale’s Prayer” is the story of two young...
WADJDA
By: Haifaa Al Mansour
Twelve-year-old Wadjda wears jeans under her abaya and listens to rock music at home. Her strict...
PIERROT LE FOU R18
Red Sea Immersive R15
Guests can book one-hour slots, which will allow them to view any of the projects in the Red Sea: Immersive Selection.
ANANDALA
By: Kevin Mack
In-Competition:
Anandala is a virtual, abstract art installation unconstrained by the limits of...
END OF NIGHT
By: David Adler
In-Competition:
1943. Josef is rowing from occupied Denmark to safety in neutral Sweden; you are...
GENESIS
By: Joerg Courtial
In-Competition:
An emotionally intense virtual reality voyage of discovery into the beginnings of...
GLIMPSE
By: Benjamin Cleary, Micheal O'connor
In-Competition:
“Glimpse” is an animated interactive virtual reality experience starring Taron...
GOLIATH: PLAYING WITH REALITY
By: May Abdalla, Barry Gene Murphy
In-Competition:
The true story of a man diagnosed schizophrenic, Goliath: Playing with Reality...
KUSUNDA
By: Gayatri Parameswaran, Felix Gaedtke
In-Competition:
“Kusunda” is an interactive virtual reality experience about the endangered...
LAIKA
By: Asif Kapadia
In-Competition:
In 1957, a dog named Laika was the sole passenger aboard the Soviet satellite...
LAVRYNTHOS
By: Fabito Rychter, Amir Admoni
In-Competition:
Lavrynthos places you at the heart of the labyrinth of Crete to enfold you in the...
LE BAL DE PARIS DE BLANCA LI
By: Blanca Li
In-Competition:
When Adèle comes home to Paris, her parents organise a great ball in her honour....
MARCO & POLO GO ROUND
By: Benjamin Steiger Levine
In-Competition:
Marco & Polo Go Round is a comedic love story with a surreal twist. A couple...
MARE
By: Rui Guerreiro
As you wake up, stirred from a dreamless sleep with an unknown purpose, you find yourself in the...
MASKMAKER
By: Balthazar Auxietre
As a mask maker's apprentice, you enter the mask realm, a world of intriguing and enigmatic beings...
PAPER BIRDS 1 & 2
By: German Heller, Federico Carlini
The boy on a quest in Paper Birds is short-sighted, but he has a passionate affinity for music. His...
REEDUCATED
By: Sam Wolson
In-Competition:
This virtual-reality documentary takes viewers inside a “re-education” camp in...
REPLACEMENTS
By: Jonathan Hagard
A Javanese family routinely observes their neighbourhood day after day, generation after...
SAMSARA
By: Hsin-Chien Huang
In-Competition:
In this virtual reality film, the protagonist escapes Earth after a global nuclear...
THE BOOK OF DISTANCE
By: Randall Okita
In 1935, Yonezo Okita left his home in Hiroshima, Japan, to begin a new life in Canada. Then war...
THE HANGMAN AT HOME
By: Michelle Kranot, Uri Kranot
“What does the hangman think about when he goes home at night from work?” Inspired by the 1922...
THE SICK ROSE
By: Zhi-Zhong Tang, Yun-Hsien Huang
In-Competition:
A time of crisis with a pandemic raging––these are dark days. Nevertheless, on...
VRCHAT WORLDS COLLECTION
By:
Over the pandemic, VR creators from around the world have freely published their fantastical...
WE LIVE HERE
By: Rose Troche
Rockey is a 59-year-old woman who has been camping in a park in Los Angeles for almost three years....
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Akshay Kumar
Actor, producer and stuntman Akshay Kumar has made over a hundred films since he missed a train to...
Farhan Akhtar
Aged 26, Farhan made his first feature, Dil Chartta Hai, an immediate award-winning hit that...
Haifaa Al Mansour
Haifaa Al Mansour one of the most significant cinematic figures in the Kingdom. The success of her...
Hend Sabry
The role of Arab women in society is growing. This role has always been at the heart of the...
Joana Hadjithomas And Khalil Joreige
Filmmakers and artists, Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige question the fabrication of images and...
Laurie Anderson
Whether as a musician, writer, director or artist, Laurie Anderson has, throughout a 40-year...