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Red Sea Souk Awards

Red Sea Fund

Serieslab Awards

10,000 USD Red Sea Serieslab Award

Awarded by Serieslab jury and Ryan Ashore

  • Winner: EYE OF THE KITE by Saleh Al-Hamad
  • Winner: OUR SON IS PRETTIER by Hanaa Saleh Alfassi

WIP Awards:

Red Sea Souk Post-Production Jury Special Mention Award with a grant of 10.000 USD

Awarded by Red Sea WIP Jury

  • Winner: MY SEMBA by Hugo Salvaterra

Red Sea Souk Post-Production Award with a grant of 30,000 USD

Awarded by Red Sea WIP Jury

  • Winners: YUNAN by Ameer Fakher Eldin

Lodge Awards:

50,000 USD Red Sea Souk Production Award for a Red Sea Lodge project

Awarded by PM Jury

  • Winner: BY HASNAA’S SIDE by Amaal Youssif
  • Winner: FANTASTIC TALE by Vincho Nchogu
  • Winner: BLACK SNAKE by Naishe Nyamubaya
  • Winner: MY FATHER KILLED BOURGHIBA by Fatma Riahi

PM Awards:

Awarded by PM Jury

25,000 USD Red Sea Souk Jury Special Mention Award

  • Winner: LOVE CONQUERS ALL by Danielle Arbid

35,000 USD Red Sea Souk Development Award

  • Winner: WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES, I SEE YOUR EYES by Sameh Alaa

100,000 USD Red Sea Souk Production Award

  • Winner: THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL SON by Rani Massalha

CASH AWARDS

Arab Radio and Television Network (ART)

10,000 USD ART Grant for one Saudi Project in development or production
Awarded by Afnan Sarraj

  • Winner: THE NIGHT WHISPERER by Lina Mahmoud

50,000 USD ART Award for one Arab Project in development or production
Awarded by Afnan Sarraj

  • Winner: LOVE CONQUERS ALL by Danielle Arbid

CineWaves Films

50,000 USD CineWaves Films Distribution Award for a project in development, production or post-production
Awarded by Faisal Baltyuor

  • Winner: MECCA, BERLIN by Majtaba Saeed

Ithra

50,000 USD Ithra award for one Saudi project in production or post-production
Awarded by Majed Samman

  • Winner: THE NIGHT WHISPERER by Lina Mahmoud

Mad Solutions

50,000 USD to a project in development, in production or in post production.
Awarded by Shams Mohajerani

  • Winner: NOSTALGIA: A LIFE IN FIRST CHAPTERS by Ameer Fakher Eldin

MBC Academy/Shahid

75,000 USD MBC Academy /Shahid Award for a Saudi project in development
Awarded by Zeinab Abulsamh and Bandar Saif

  • Winner: IN THE BEGINNING, IT IS THE END by Ghadeer Binabbas

75,000 USD MBC Academy /Shahid Award for a Saudi project in development or production or post-production
Awarded by Zeinab Abulsamh and Bandar Saif

  • Winner: BY HASSNA’S SIDE by Amaal Youssif

50,000 USD MBC Academy/Shahid Award for an Arab project in development or post-production
Awarded by Zeinab Abulsamh and Bandar Saif

  • Winners: MADNESS AND HONEY DAYS by Ahmed Yassin Al-Daradji

In-Kind Awards

Arab Cinema Center (ACC)

2 Places on Rotterdam Lab

Awarded by Basma El-Nezamy

  • Saudi Winner: Ghaidaa Abuazzah (BY HASNAA’S SIDE)
  • Arab Winner: Fatma Racha Shehadeh (THE GIRL AND MISSING BED)

Oticons

Oticons Award for a Work-in-Progress film consisting of Music Consulting services worth 5,000 USD
Awarded by Tuomas Kantelinen

  • Winner: MEN IN THE SUN by Mahdi Fleifel

Shift Studios

12,000 USD Shift Studios award for a promotion package worth 12,000 USD Awarded by Red Sea Jury
  • Winner: RISING UP AT NIGHT by Nelson Makengo
  • Winner: MY SEMBA by Hugo Salvaterra
8,000 USD Shift Studios award consisting of a full DCP package worth 8,000 USD 2nd awards Awarded by Red Sea Jury
  • Winner: MEN IN THE SUN by Mahdi Fleifel

Titrafilm

In kind award for a Work-in-Progress film worth 15,000 USD
Awarded by TITRAFILM

  • Winner: ANIMALE by Emma Benestan