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SOUK PROJECT MARKET

Discover fresh voices, forge partnerships, and get a first look at the next big stories in cinema.

The Red Sea Souk Project Market 2026 will present a curated selection of 32 feature film projects, including films in development or production and works-in-progress.

Taking place from 5–9 December, the Project Market is designed to support international co-productions and provide access to new projects and talent from across the Arab world, Africa, and Asia.

Selected projects will be showcased through pitching sessions and a structured program of one-on-one meetings with industry professionals, including producers, financiers, and distributors. Projects will compete for cash awards provided by the Red Sea Fund and awarded by the Souk Project Market juries.

Participating projects are also eligible for additional awards supported by the Red Sea Souk partners.

All of this and more is exclusively enjoyed by Souk Pro badge holders.

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Please read the rules and regulations before applying.

For more information, please reach out to souk@redseafilmfest.com.

Project Market Juries
Red Sea Souk Awards
Souk Schedule
Book of Projects 2025
Rules and Regulations for Projects in Development or Production
Rules and Regulations for Works-in-Progress

Projects-in-Development & Production

A NOBLE DEPARTURE

Director: Dahlia Baeshen
Producer: Rasha AlEmam
Saudi Arabia

When a respected ex-diplomat dies abroad under scandalous circumstances, his family rushes to preserve his legacy. Over three days of his funeral in Jeddah, the carefully curated facade begins to crumble, revealing secrets that shock both the women of the house and unexpected guests.

A TIME TO WANDER

Director: Rim Nakhli
Producer: Habib Mestiri
Tunisia
Developed with Red Sea Labs

Eighteen-year-old Chadia wanders lost through the city, searching for her vanished brother. Her emotional instability and fateful encounters intensify her absolute quest for self-discovery.

ABOUT LOVE & SEPTEMBER LAWS

Director: Mohamed Kordofani
Producers: Khalid Awad, Mohamed Kordofani
Sudan, France, Germany, Sweden

In 1983 Sudan, as Sharia Law is enforced, a doctor, a translator, and an African-American journalist become entangled in love and resistance amid a nation’s political upheaval.

COLD ASHES CAN CAUSE FOREST FIRES

Director: Ashmita Guha Neogi
Producer: Avantika Singh Desbouvries
France, India

At an off-season hotel in the Himalayas during winter, Uma lives alone with her father. When family friends come to visit, Uma suspects a disturbing intimacy between her father and his friend’s wife. Her silent rage at this whispered betrayal ends up exposing everyone’s wounds…

Red Sea Souk Works-in-Progress

A GIRL UNKOWN

Director: Jing Zou
Producers: Yang Wang, Didar Domehri, Xi Cao
China, France

A Girl Unknown follows the tumultuous journey of a young Chinese girl who has three names as she navigates the complexities of her past, present, and future amidst a tapestry of three distinct family dynamics.

A MOON FOR EVERY RIVER

Director: You Gu
Producers: Zuolong Shan, Kexin Du
China, France

A story of three women bidding farewell to one man.

BENIMANA

Director: Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo
Producers: Samantha Biffot, Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo
Rwanda, Gabon, Côte d’Ivoire, France, Norway

 Veneranda, a survivor of the Tutsi genocide working for reconciliation, must face her old demons when her daughter unexpectedly gets pregnant. 

LA PYRAMIDE

Director: Cj 'Fiery' Obasi
Producers: Abbas Nokhasteh, Andres Borda
Nigeria, United Kingdom, United States of America, Senegal, Brazil

Souls across three continents must confront the darkness that guards the light they seek.

SeriesLab Projects

DÉRIFT

Writer: Zahra Zuhair
Producer: Mawadda Sallam
Saudi Arabia

When Lujain, a Saudi cyber forensic detective, takes on a high stakes cyberattack case, she confronts a moral dilemma after discovering the attackers are themselves victims of injustice.

FLASH

Writer: Sooyoung Kim
Producer: Donghwan Kim
South Korea

A forensic-fueled homicide detective joins forces with a partner with shamanic heritage to investigate a series of school “suicides” — where proof isn’t enough, and the supernatural might hold the clues.

FLYWEIGHTS

Writer: Eldar Shibanov
Co-Writer: Yuliya Levitskaya
Kazakhstan

Raised by a paralyzed ex-gangster, a 19-year-old pole-dancing street fighter trades drugs for boxing — punching her way toward Olympic gold and the mother who left her.

MAD BOUNTY AND THE MIDNIGHT GUN

Writer: Talemwa Pius
Co-Writer: Tusabe Ivan
Uganda

In 1885, Western Uganda, outlaw Mad Bounty hunts the British commander who killed his mother only to uncover the Midnight Gun, a native weapon of raw power. To claim it, he must outwit the British and rival factions.

Previous Project Market Selections:

Book of Projects 2025

Book of Projects 2024

Book of Projects 2023

Book of Projects 2022

Book of Projects 2021

الشروط والأحكام المتعلقة بتذاكر أفلام المهرجان

• التذاكر غير قابلة للاستبدال أو الاسترجاع، ولا يجوز إعادة بيعها.
• يُضمن حجز المقعد حتى 15 دقيقة قبل موعد بدء العرض أو الندوة.
• يُسمح بدخول المتأخرين وفق تقدير إدارة القاعة.
• يرجى العلم أن البرامج والجداول والمواقع قابلة للتغيير.
• قد يُطلب إظهار ما يثبت العمر في الأفلام المقيّدة بفئة عمرية محددة.
• يُمنع منعًا باتًا استخدام أجهزة التسجيل أو التصوير في جميع العروض والندوات.
• يمكن لحاملي الشارات إلغاء حجز التذاكر حتى 60 دقيقة قبل موعد العرض عبر التطبيق أو الموقع الإلكتروني أو من خلال شبّاك التذاكر.
• التذاكر غير المُلغاة وغير المستخدمة تُحتسب تحت حكم عدم الحضور .

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