{"id":54676,"date":"2025-11-21T21:18:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T18:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/?page_id=54676"},"modified":"2025-11-24T15:48:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T12:48:44","slug":"project-market-juries-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/project-market-juries-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Market Juries"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"54676\" class=\"elementor elementor-54676\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-88eb036 elementor-section-full_width souk-masthead elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"88eb036\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"full-bleed-masthead\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;tmea_shape_divider_top&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;tmea_shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-29d298a7\" data-id=\"29d298a7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b0a96f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6b0a96f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Project Market Juries<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0eae6ee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0eae6ee\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"jury\" data-settings=\"{&quot;tmea_shape_divider_top&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;tmea_shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cf9fd5e\" data-id=\"cf9fd5e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5e07cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d5e07cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Red Sea Souk Projects-in-Development Jury <\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee6a36c premium-tabs-icon-row elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-tabs\" data-id=\"ee6a36c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_tabs_repeater&quot;:[{&quot;premium_tabs_title&quot;:&quot;Abdulrahman Khawj &quot;,&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;5f25f63&quot;,&quot;premium_tabs_content_text&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=\\&quot;size-full wp-image-54683 alignleft\\&quot; src=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/redseafilmfest.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/Abdulrahman.jpg\\&quot; alt=\\&quot;\\&quot; width=\\&quot;240\\&quot; height=\\&quot;300\\&quot; \\\/&gt;is a film and TV executive producer and strategic advisor known for his pioneering role in shaping Saudi Arabia\\u2019s film and media industry. He is currently Head of Distribution and Advisor to the CEO at Sela Studios, one of the region\\u2019s fastest-growing film studios, where he oversees content strategy, distribution, and investment.&lt;br \\\/&gt;Previously, Abdulrahman was a creative executive at Netflix, helping shape the platform\\u2019s Arabic-language film and series slate with a focus on Saudi content.&lt;br \\\/&gt;He began his career as founder of Cinepoetics Pictures, a Jeddah-based production company behind Saleeg, which premiered at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France. He now also serves as CEO of Kawkab Pictures, an independent entertainment company focused on financing and distributing innovative film and TV projects.&lt;br \\\/&gt;Abdulrahman is an alumnus of Film Independent, Berlinale Talents, and EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs).&lt;\\\/p&gt;&quot;,&quot;premium_tabs_icon_switcher&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;icon_type&quot;:null,&quot;premium_tabs_icon_updated&quot;:null,&quot;image_upload&quot;:null,&quot;custom_svg&quot;:null,&quot;lottie_url&quot;:null,&quot;draw_svg&quot;:null,&quot;svg_sync&quot;:null,&quot;frames&quot;:null,&quot;lottie_loop&quot;:null,&quot;lottie_reverse&quot;:null,&quot;start_point&quot;:null,&quot;end_point&quot;:null,&quot;svg_hover&quot;:null,&quot;svg_yoyo&quot;:null,&quot;svg_color&quot;:null,&quot;premium_tabs_content&quot;:&quot;text_editor&quot;,&quot;live_temp_content&quot;:null,&quot;premium_tabs_content_temp&quot;:null,&quot;custom_tab_navigation&quot;:&quot;&quot;},{&quot;premium_tabs_title&quot;:&quot;Eliott Khayat &quot;,&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;c9c2176&quot;,&quot;premium_tabs_content_text&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=\\&quot;size-full wp-image-54681 alignleft\\&quot; src=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/redseafilmfest.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/Eliott.jpg\\&quot; alt=\\&quot;\\&quot; width=\\&quot;240\\&quot; height=\\&quot;300\\&quot; \\\/&gt;is a producer at Haut et Court. After having participated in the production of films such as Only the Animals and The Night of the 12th by Dominik Moll (7 C\\u00e9sar Awards), Gagarine by Fanny Liatard and J\\u00e9r\\u00e9my Trouilh (Cannes Film Festival 2020), or A Chiara by Jonas Carpignano, he has gone on producing feature films and acclaimed international coproductions such as Santosh by Sandhya Suri (Cannes - Un certain Regard 2024, shortlisted for the 2025 Academy Award for Best International Film), the animated film, Hola Frida which premiered at the 2024 Morelia Film Festival and was sold all over the world, Sukkwan Island by Vladimir de Fontenay (in competition at Sundance Film Festival 2025), Nino in Paradise, by Laurent Micheli (in competition, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2025), or Yellow Letters by Ilker \\u00c7aak. He is currently producing several features and TV series.&lt;\\\/p&gt;&quot;,&quot;premium_tabs_icon_switcher&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;icon_type&quot;:null,&quot;premium_tabs_icon_updated&quot;:null,&quot;image_upload&quot;:null,&quot;custom_svg&quot;:null,&quot;lottie_url&quot;:null,&quot;draw_svg&quot;:null,&quot;svg_sync&quot;:null,&quot;frames&quot;:null,&quot;lottie_loop&quot;:null,&quot;lottie_reverse&quot;:null,&quot;start_point&quot;:null,&quot;end_point&quot;:null,&quot;svg_hover&quot;:null,&quot;svg_yoyo&quot;:null,&quot;svg_color&quot;:null,&quot;premium_tabs_content&quot;:&quot;text_editor&quot;,&quot;live_temp_content&quot;:null,&quot;premium_tabs_content_temp&quot;:null,&quot;custom_tab_navigation&quot;:&quot;&quot;},{&quot;premium_tabs_title&quot;:&quot;Meiske Taurisia&quot;,&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;07261d8&quot;,&quot;premium_tabs_content_text&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=\\&quot;size-full wp-image-54679 alignleft\\&quot; src=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/redseafilmfest.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/Meiske.jpg\\&quot; alt=\\&quot;\\&quot; width=\\&quot;240\\&quot; height=\\&quot;300\\&quot; \\\/&gt;She started producing film in 2008, Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly, New Currents Competition at Busan. Continue with Postcards from the Zoo, 2012, in Competition at Berlinale.&lt;br \\\/&gt;In 2016 she co-founded Palari Films (Jakarta, Indonesia) and produced Posesif (2017, SGIFF), Aruna &amp; Her Palate (2018, Culinary Cinema, Berlinale). Both films also won several domestic awards such as Best Director, Best Actress, Best Script Adaptation &amp; Best Supporting Actor.&lt;br \\\/&gt;In 2021, she won the Golden Leopard at Locarno for Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash, and Best Cinematography at Valladolid, Spain. She also released Ali &amp; Ratu Ratu Queens, a Netflix Original which was no. 1 in Indonesia &amp; Malaysia, and became the Most Search &#039;Film Title&#039; in Indonesia by Google. 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He is currently Head of Distribution and Advisor to the CEO at Sela Studios, one of the region\u2019s fastest-growing film studios, where he oversees content strategy, distribution, and investment.<br \/>Previously, Abdulrahman was a creative executive at Netflix, helping shape the platform\u2019s Arabic-language film and series slate with a focus on Saudi content.<br \/>He began his career as founder of Cinepoetics Pictures, a Jeddah-based production company behind Saleeg, which premiered at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France. He now also serves as CEO of Kawkab Pictures, an independent entertainment company focused on financing and distributing innovative film and TV projects.<br \/>Abdulrahman is an alumnus of Film Independent, Berlinale Talents, and EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"section-iconbox-1-ee6a36c\" class=\"premium-tabs-content-section\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-tab-content\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54681 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Eliott.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Eliott.jpg 240w, https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Eliott-200x250.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>is a producer at Haut et Court. After having participated in the production of films such as Only the Animals and The Night of the 12th by Dominik Moll (7 C\u00e9sar Awards), Gagarine by Fanny Liatard and J\u00e9r\u00e9my Trouilh (Cannes Film Festival 2020), or A Chiara by Jonas Carpignano, he has gone on producing feature films and acclaimed international coproductions such as Santosh by Sandhya Suri (Cannes &#8211; Un certain Regard 2024, shortlisted for the 2025 Academy Award for Best International Film), the animated film, Hola Frida which premiered at the 2024 Morelia Film Festival and was sold all over the world, Sukkwan Island by Vladimir de Fontenay (in competition at Sundance Film Festival 2025), Nino in Paradise, by Laurent Micheli (in competition, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2025), or Yellow Letters by Ilker \u00c7aak. He is currently producing several features and TV series.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"section-iconbox-2-ee6a36c\" class=\"premium-tabs-content-section\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-tab-content\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54679 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Meiske.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Meiske.jpg 240w, https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Meiske-200x250.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>She started producing film in 2008, Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly, New Currents Competition at Busan. Continue with Postcards from the Zoo, 2012, in Competition at Berlinale.<br \/>In 2016 she co-founded Palari Films (Jakarta, Indonesia) and produced Posesif (2017, SGIFF), Aruna &amp; Her Palate (2018, Culinary Cinema, Berlinale). Both films also won several domestic awards such as Best Director, Best Actress, Best Script Adaptation &amp; Best Supporting Actor.<br \/>In 2021, she won the Golden Leopard at Locarno for Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash, and Best Cinematography at Valladolid, Spain. She also released Ali &amp; Ratu Ratu Queens, a Netflix Original which was no. 1 in Indonesia &amp; Malaysia, and became the Most Search &#8216;Film Title&#8217; in Indonesia by Google. In the same year,<br \/>At this moment she has a film in post-production, Sleep No More, a co-production between Indonesia, Singapore, Japan, Germany, and France.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-00ede88 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"00ede88\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;tmea_shape_divider_top&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;tmea_shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ee94c0f\" data-id=\"ee94c0f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aeb7add elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aeb7add\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Red Sea Souk Works-in-Progress Jury<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3edef6c premium-tabs-icon-row elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-tabs\" data-id=\"3edef6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_tabs_repeater&quot;:[{&quot;premium_tabs_title&quot;:&quot;Mahdi Fleifel &quot;,&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;5f25f63&quot;,&quot;premium_tabs_content_text&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=\\&quot;wp-image-54689 size-full alignleft\\&quot; src=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/redseafilmfest.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/Mahdi.jpg\\&quot; alt=\\&quot;\\&quot; width=\\&quot;240\\&quot; height=\\&quot;300\\&quot; \\\/&gt;is a Palestinian filmmaker whose work explores themes of displacement, identity, and memory through both fiction and documentary. Based between Denmark and Greece, he graduated from the UK\\u2019s National Film &amp; Television School and founded the London-based production company Nakba FilmWorks in 2010.&lt;br \\\/&gt;His debut feature, A World Not Ours, premiered at Toronto and won over 30 awards, including the Berlinale Peace Prize and Grand Jury Prizes at Yamagata and DOC:NYC. He went on to receive the Silver Bear at Berlinale for A Man Returned, a BAFTA nomination for A Drowning Man, and an IDFA award for I Signed the Petition.&lt;br \\\/&gt;Fleifel\\u2019s latest film, To a Land Unknown, premiered at Cannes 2024 to widespread acclaim and received the Silver Yusr at the 2024 Red Sea Film Festival.&lt;\\\/p&gt;&quot;,&quot;premium_tabs_icon_switcher&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;icon_type&quot;:null,&quot;premium_tabs_icon_updated&quot;:null,&quot;image_upload&quot;:null,&quot;custom_svg&quot;:null,&quot;lottie_url&quot;:null,&quot;draw_svg&quot;:null,&quot;svg_sync&quot;:null,&quot;frames&quot;:null,&quot;lottie_loop&quot;:null,&quot;lottie_reverse&quot;:null,&quot;start_point&quot;:null,&quot;end_point&quot;:null,&quot;svg_hover&quot;:null,&quot;svg_yoyo&quot;:null,&quot;svg_color&quot;:null,&quot;premium_tabs_content&quot;:&quot;text_editor&quot;,&quot;live_temp_content&quot;:null,&quot;premium_tabs_content_temp&quot;:null,&quot;custom_tab_navigation&quot;:&quot;&quot;},{&quot;premium_tabs_title&quot;:&quot;Paolo Bertolin &quot;,&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;07261d8&quot;,&quot;premium_tabs_content_text&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=\\&quot;wp-image-54691 size-full alignleft\\&quot; src=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/redseafilmfest.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/Paolo.jpg\\&quot; alt=\\&quot;\\&quot; width=\\&quot;240\\&quot; height=\\&quot;300\\&quot; \\\/&gt;is the Artistic Director of Wh\\u0101nau M\\u0101rama: New Zealand International Film Festival. Since 2008, he is a Consultant of Venice International Film Festival. As a film programmer and industry consultant, he previously worked for Cannes&#039; Directors&#039; Fortnight, Locarno Open Doors, IFFRotterdam, the Doha Film Institute, Udine Far East FF, Torino FF, Cannes&#039; Semaine de la Critique, Mumbai IFF, Beijing IFF, IFFBratislava.&lt;br \\\/&gt;He has production credits on Berlinale Competition entries Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories by Phan Dang Di and A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery by Lav Diaz.&lt;br \\\/&gt;He is a member of the European Film Academy, Film Independent and of the Asia Pacific Screen Awards Academy.&lt;\\\/p&gt;&quot;,&quot;premium_tabs_icon_switcher&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;icon_type&quot;:null,&quot;premium_tabs_icon_updated&quot;:null,&quot;image_upload&quot;:null,&quot;custom_svg&quot;:null,&quot;lottie_url&quot;:null,&quot;draw_svg&quot;:null,&quot;svg_sync&quot;:null,&quot;frames&quot;:null,&quot;lottie_loop&quot;:null,&quot;lottie_reverse&quot;:null,&quot;start_point&quot;:null,&quot;end_point&quot;:null,&quot;svg_hover&quot;:null,&quot;svg_yoyo&quot;:null,&quot;svg_color&quot;:null,&quot;premium_tabs_content&quot;:&quot;text_editor&quot;,&quot;live_temp_content&quot;:null,&quot;premium_tabs_content_temp&quot;:null,&quot;custom_tab_navigation&quot;:&quot;&quot;},{&quot;premium_tabs_title&quot;:&quot;Rungano Nyoni &quot;,&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;c9c2176&quot;,&quot;premium_tabs_content_text&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=\\&quot;wp-image-54693 size-full alignleft\\&quot; src=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/redseafilmfest.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/Rungano.jpg\\&quot; alt=\\&quot;\\&quot; width=\\&quot;240\\&quot; height=\\&quot;300\\&quot; \\\/&gt;is a director and screenwriter who first gained recognition with her early short films, including The List (2009), which won a BAFTA Cymru Award, and Mwansa the Great (2011), which was BAFTA-nominated and selected for over 100 international film festivals. Her debut feature, I Am Not a Witch (2017), won her the BAFTA for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer and the Douglas Hickox Award at the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA), where she also won Best Director. Her follow-up, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (2024), premiered at Cannes, where it received the Un Certain Regard Award for Best Director. She went on to win Best Director at BIFA once again making her a two-time recipient of the award for both of her feature films.&lt;\\\/p&gt;&quot;,&quot;premium_tabs_icon_switcher&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;icon_type&quot;:null,&quot;premium_tabs_icon_updated&quot;:null,&quot;image_upload&quot;:null,&quot;custom_svg&quot;:null,&quot;lottie_url&quot;:null,&quot;draw_svg&quot;:null,&quot;svg_sync&quot;:null,&quot;frames&quot;:null,&quot;lottie_loop&quot;:null,&quot;lottie_reverse&quot;:null,&quot;start_point&quot;:null,&quot;end_point&quot;:null,&quot;svg_hover&quot;:null,&quot;svg_yoyo&quot;:null,&quot;svg_color&quot;:null,&quot;premium_tabs_content&quot;:&quot;text_editor&quot;,&quot;live_temp_content&quot;:null,&quot;premium_tabs_content_temp&quot;:null,&quot;custom_tab_navigation&quot;:&quot;&quot;}],&quot;default_tab_index&quot;:0,&quot;premium_tab_type&quot;:&quot;horizontal&quot;,&quot;premium_tab_style_selected&quot;:&quot;style1&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div data-navigation=\"[&quot;&quot;,&quot;&quot;,&quot;&quot;]\" id=\"premium-tabs-3edef6c\" class=\"premium-tabs premium-tabs-style-iconbox premium-tabs-horizontal\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-tabs-nav horizontal\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"premium-tabs-nav-list premium-tabs-horizontal\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"premium-tabs-nav-list-item elementor-repeater-item-5f25f63\" data-list-index=\"0\" data-content-id=\"#premium-accordion-content-0\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"premium-tab-link\" href=\"#section-iconbox-0-3edef6c\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"premium-tab-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMahdi Fleifel \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-tab-arrow-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-tab-arrow-border\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-tab-arrow\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"premium-tabs-nav-list-item elementor-repeater-item-07261d8\" data-list-index=\"1\" data-content-id=\"#premium-accordion-content-1\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"premium-tab-link\" href=\"#section-iconbox-1-3edef6c\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"premium-tab-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPaolo Bertolin \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-tab-arrow-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-tab-arrow-border\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-tab-arrow\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"premium-tabs-nav-list-item elementor-repeater-item-c9c2176\" data-list-index=\"2\" data-content-id=\"#premium-accordion-content-2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"premium-tab-link\" href=\"#section-iconbox-2-3edef6c\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"premium-tab-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRungano Nyoni \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-tab-arrow-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-tab-arrow-border\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-tab-arrow\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-content-wrap premium-tabs-horizontal\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"section-iconbox-0-3edef6c\" class=\"premium-tabs-content-section\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-tab-content\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-54689 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mahdi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mahdi.jpg 240w, https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mahdi-200x250.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>is a Palestinian filmmaker whose work explores themes of displacement, identity, and memory through both fiction and documentary. Based between Denmark and Greece, he graduated from the UK\u2019s National Film &amp; Television School and founded the London-based production company Nakba FilmWorks in 2010.<br \/>His debut feature, A World Not Ours, premiered at Toronto and won over 30 awards, including the Berlinale Peace Prize and Grand Jury Prizes at Yamagata and DOC:NYC. He went on to receive the Silver Bear at Berlinale for A Man Returned, a BAFTA nomination for A Drowning Man, and an IDFA award for I Signed the Petition.<br \/>Fleifel\u2019s latest film, To a Land Unknown, premiered at Cannes 2024 to widespread acclaim and received the Silver Yusr at the 2024 Red Sea Film Festival.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"section-iconbox-1-3edef6c\" class=\"premium-tabs-content-section\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-tab-content\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-54691 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Paolo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Paolo.jpg 240w, https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Paolo-200x250.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>is the Artistic Director of Wh\u0101nau M\u0101rama: New Zealand International Film Festival. Since 2008, he is a Consultant of Venice International Film Festival. As a film programmer and industry consultant, he previously worked for Cannes&#8217; Directors&#8217; Fortnight, Locarno Open Doors, IFFRotterdam, the Doha Film Institute, Udine Far East FF, Torino FF, Cannes&#8217; Semaine de la Critique, Mumbai IFF, Beijing IFF, IFFBratislava.<br \/>He has production credits on Berlinale Competition entries Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories by Phan Dang Di and A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery by Lav Diaz.<br \/>He is a member of the European Film Academy, Film Independent and of the Asia Pacific Screen Awards Academy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"section-iconbox-2-3edef6c\" class=\"premium-tabs-content-section\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-tab-content\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-54693 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rungano.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rungano.jpg 240w, https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rungano-200x250.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>is a director and screenwriter who first gained recognition with her early short films, including The List (2009), which won a BAFTA Cymru Award, and Mwansa the Great (2011), which was BAFTA-nominated and selected for over 100 international film festivals. Her debut feature, I Am Not a Witch (2017), won her the BAFTA for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer and the Douglas Hickox Award at the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA), where she also won Best Director. Her follow-up, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (2024), premiered at Cannes, where it received the Un Certain Regard Award for Best Director. She went on to win Best Director at BIFA once again making her a two-time recipient of the award for both of her feature films.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7314ecc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7314ecc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;tmea_shape_divider_top&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;tmea_shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9822867\" data-id=\"9822867\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d4fe23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7d4fe23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Red Sea SeriesLab Jury<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4ee6ab premium-tabs-icon-row elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-tabs\" data-id=\"a4ee6ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_tabs_repeater&quot;:[{&quot;premium_tabs_title&quot;:&quot;David Davoli &quot;,&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;5f25f63&quot;,&quot;premium_tabs_content_text&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=\\&quot;wp-image-54698 size-full alignleft\\&quot; src=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/redseafilmfest.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/David.jpg\\&quot; alt=\\&quot;\\&quot; width=\\&quot;240\\&quot; height=\\&quot;300\\&quot; \\\/&gt;is the President of International at Anonymous Content, overseeing the company&#039;s international division. This includes its various global joint ventures \\u2013 AC Nordic, AC Brazil, AC Espa\\u00f1a, AC Chapter One in the UK, AC Germany, AC Australia, and the latest addition, AC Italy.&lt;br \\\/&gt;Prior to joining Anonymous Content, Davoli was the President of Television at BRON Studios, where he oversaw development, production, co-productions, financing, and sales, and was the key dealmaker across all television efforts. He pioneered BRON\\u2019s international television strategy, where he identified IP, cultivated key relationships with creators, production companies, and broadcasters around the world, generated and managed complex international co-productions, raised over $125M in production financing, built out and provided a full studio service to service and deliver those co-productions, and sold into territories across the world, including key US market. Before joining BRON, Davoli was in private practice for 13 years as an entertainment attorney, where he worked as production, finance, and distribution counsel on over 50 independent film, television and new media programs, and spent a decade developing a keen knowledge of the international marketplace.&lt;\\\/p&gt;&quot;,&quot;premium_tabs_icon_switcher&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;icon_type&quot;:null,&quot;premium_tabs_icon_updated&quot;:null,&quot;image_upload&quot;:null,&quot;custom_svg&quot;:null,&quot;lottie_url&quot;:null,&quot;draw_svg&quot;:null,&quot;svg_sync&quot;:null,&quot;frames&quot;:null,&quot;lottie_loop&quot;:null,&quot;lottie_reverse&quot;:null,&quot;start_point&quot;:null,&quot;end_point&quot;:null,&quot;svg_hover&quot;:null,&quot;svg_yoyo&quot;:null,&quot;svg_color&quot;:null,&quot;premium_tabs_content&quot;:&quot;text_editor&quot;,&quot;live_temp_content&quot;:null,&quot;premium_tabs_content_temp&quot;:null,&quot;custom_tab_navigation&quot;:&quot;&quot;},{&quot;premium_tabs_title&quot;:&quot;Hana Alomair &quot;,&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;07261d8&quot;,&quot;premium_tabs_content_text&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=\\&quot;wp-image-54700 size-full alignleft\\&quot; src=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/redseafilmfest.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/Hana.jpg\\&quot; alt=\\&quot;\\&quot; width=\\&quot;240\\&quot; height=\\&quot;300\\&quot; \\\/&gt;is a Saudi writer and filmmaker whose work has garnered national and international recognition. Her screenplay Hadaf earned the Silver Palm Tree Award for Best Script at the Saudi Film Competition in 2008. Her documentary Beyond Words was screened at the Gulf Film Festival (2009) and selected for the main competition at the Muscat Film Festival (2010).&lt;br \\\/&gt;Her second film, The Complaint, was featured in the main competition at Tessa\\u2019s Festival for Asian and African Films in Morocco (2014) and went on to win the Golden Palm Tree Award for Best Short Fiction Film in 2015.&lt;br \\\/&gt;In 2019, her short film Swan Song received the Golden Palm Tree Award for Best Actor at the Saudi Film Festival. The following year, she co-wrote and directed Whispers, Netflix\\u2019s first Saudi original series. She also penned the script for Sharshaf, which was awarded a $500,000 production grant from the Red Sea Lodge.&lt;br \\\/&gt;Alomair currently serves as Chairperson of the Cinema Association. 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This includes its various global joint ventures \u2013 AC Nordic, AC Brazil, AC Espa\u00f1a, AC Chapter One in the UK, AC Germany, AC Australia, and the latest addition, AC Italy.<br \/>Prior to joining Anonymous Content, Davoli was the President of Television at BRON Studios, where he oversaw development, production, co-productions, financing, and sales, and was the key dealmaker across all television efforts. He pioneered BRON\u2019s international television strategy, where he identified IP, cultivated key relationships with creators, production companies, and broadcasters around the world, generated and managed complex international co-productions, raised over $125M in production financing, built out and provided a full studio service to service and deliver those co-productions, and sold into territories across the world, including key US market. Before joining BRON, Davoli was in private practice for 13 years as an entertainment attorney, where he worked as production, finance, and distribution counsel on over 50 independent film, television and new media programs, and spent a decade developing a keen knowledge of the international marketplace.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"section-iconbox-1-a4ee6ab\" class=\"premium-tabs-content-section\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-tab-content\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-54700 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Hana.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Hana.jpg 240w, https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Hana-200x250.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>is a Saudi writer and filmmaker whose work has garnered national and international recognition. Her screenplay Hadaf earned the Silver Palm Tree Award for Best Script at the Saudi Film Competition in 2008. Her documentary Beyond Words was screened at the Gulf Film Festival (2009) and selected for the main competition at the Muscat Film Festival (2010).<br \/>Her second film, The Complaint, was featured in the main competition at Tessa\u2019s Festival for Asian and African Films in Morocco (2014) and went on to win the Golden Palm Tree Award for Best Short Fiction Film in 2015.<br \/>In 2019, her short film Swan Song received the Golden Palm Tree Award for Best Actor at the Saudi Film Festival. The following year, she co-wrote and directed Whispers, Netflix\u2019s first Saudi original series. She also penned the script for Sharshaf, which was awarded a $500,000 production grant from the Red Sea Lodge.<br \/>Alomair currently serves as Chairperson of the Cinema Association. In 2024, she joined MBC Studios as Creative Director and recently filmed her debut feature film, Traveler\u2019s Hell which will be released in theatres 2026.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"section-iconbox-2-a4ee6ab\" class=\"premium-tabs-content-section\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-tab-content\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-54702 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jihan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jihan.jpg 240w, https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jihan-200x250.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>is an award-winning film producer\/ director, visual artist and writer. She is a member of The Academy (Oscars) since 2017 and has directed more than 15 films. Her visual art exhibitions have travelled to renowned museums and Biennales around the world. Her writings include many essays in renowned publications and has published books \u201cLes Sept Vies de Yasser Arafat\u201d (Grasset) and \u201cIsrael and the Arabs, The 50 Years war\u201d (Penguin). She is a film mentor in various film labs. 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