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Red Sea Souk Awards

Red Sea Fund

All selected projects will compete for jury-granted awards offered by the Red Sea Fund. The awards are:

  • Red Sea Souk Post-Production Award with a grant of $40,000
  • Red Sea Souk Jury prize Post-Production Award with a grant of $15,000
  • Red Sea Souk Jury Special Mention Award with a grant of $20,000
  • Red Sea Souk Development Award with a grant of $30,000
  • Red Sea Souk Production Award with a grant of $75,000
  • Red Sea Labs Awards for four Lodge Projects in development or production totalling $180,000
  • Red Sea SeriesLab Award with a grant of $10,000
  • Red Sea SeriesLab Award with a grant of $10,000

Souk Award Partners

AMBIENT LIGHT

One cash and one in-kind award with the equivalent value of $20,000 for the following: 

  • Ambient Light is offering one cash award of $10,000 for a Project in Development
  • A2J is offering one in-kind award with a value of $10,000 for post-production services to a Works-in-Progress project

ARAB CINEMA CENTER

Two in-kind awards consisting of: 

  • Arab Cinema Center Award for the producer of one Saudi project to participate in the 2025 Rotterdam Lab
  • Arab Cinema Center Award for the producer of one Arab project to participate in the 2025 Rotterdam Lab

ART

Two cash awards for Arab world distribution rights consisting of: 

  • ART Award for one Saudi Project with a Production Grant $50,000 for a Project in Development or Production
  • ART Award for one Arab Project with a Production Grant $50,000 for a Project in Development or Production

BEST MEDIA PRODUCTION

One cash award for a project in development or production: 

  • Best Media Production Award for one project with an amount of $10,000

CNC

  • One cash award for a Project in Development
  • CNC Award for one project with an amount of $8,500 (€8,000 equivalent)

FILMMORE

One in-kind award for a Works-in-Progress film consisting of:

  • Full Digital Intermediate for a feature film worth the equivalent of $32,500

Freshly Ground Stories

Two in-kind business and legal affairs awards for projects in development providing:

  • Professional business and legal support for each project up to a 12 month period across for any stage in the production cycle, each worth the equivalent of $5,000

IMPRONTA Films

One in-kind consultancy award for a documentary project consisting of:

  • Four consultancy sessions over a 12 month period worth the equivalent of $10,000

ITHRA

One cash award for a Project in Development or Production

  • Ithra Award for one Saudi project with an amount of $13,333 (equivalent of SAR 50,000)

MAD SOLUTIONS

One conditional cash award for a Project in Development or Production or a Works-in-Progress

  • MAD Solutions Award with an amount of $50,000 for worldwide distribution rights

MBC Academy/Shahid

Three conditional cash awards with the acquisition of Arab world distribution rights 

  • $40,000 for a Saudi project in development
  • $20,000 for a project in development or production or post-production
  • $20,000 for a project in development or production or in post-production phase

OTICONS

One in- kind award consisting of: 

  • The Oticons Award offers an in-kind grant worth up to $10,000 to support one of the selected Works-in-Progress (WiP) projects through the Film Music Services provided by the Oticons film music agency including a range of services tailored to the project’s specific musical needs.

ROTANA STUDIOS

One cash and three in-kind awards consisting of:

  • $50,000 cash award for an Arab film
  • Two in-kind awards valued at $50,000 each in the form of distribution fees waiver for two Arab projects to be distributed by Rotana Studios
  • One in-kind award valued at $25,000 in the form of free inclusion in content development lab Rotana-Sard for 6 months for a Saudi project

SHIFT STUDIOS

Three in-kind awards consisting of:

  • Two promotion packages for two different Works-in-Progress films each worth the equivalent of $12,000
  • One full DCP package for an additional Works-in-Progress film worth the equivalent of $8,000

TITRAFILM

One in-kind award consisting of:  

  • The TITRAFILM Post-Production Services Award, valued at $10,000 for a Works-in-Progress project