The Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF) today announced the winners of the Red Sea Souk Awards that featured four days of industry talks, workshops, an active project market and networking sessions. All films in the Red Sea Souk were deliberated on by two separate juries for the Project Market and the Works-in-Progress to grant the Red Sea Souk Awards. More than 700,000 USD were awarded to the projects selected in the Red Sea Souk Awards with funds provided by the Red Sea Fund as well as generous industry sponsors.<\/p>\n
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Zain Zedan, Red Sea Souk Manager, said: \u201cToday we presented the Souk awards to an exceptional selection of new and established voices in filmmaking, including numerous women powerhouses. We are so proud of the creativity and talent displayed today and we would like to congratulate them on their momentous achievements, we can\u2019t wait to see what more they accomplish in elevating the Saudi film industry.\u201d<\/p>\n
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From the Red Sea Fund, five cash awards were granted by the Red Sea Souk Jury. The Red Sea Souk Award with a grant of 30,000 USD was presented to \u2018Contra\u2019 by Lotfy Nathan for their film in post-production. The remaining four awards supported by the Red Sea Fund Award included a Red Sea Souk Award with a grant of 25,000 USD that was presented to the winner \u2018Akashinga\u2019 by Naishe Hassan Nyamubaya for their film in development and a Red Sea Souk Award with a grant of 100,000 USD that was presented to the winner \u2018A\u00cfCHA\u2019 by Mehdi M. Barsaoui for their film in production. Furthermore, the two Red Sea Lodge Awards each with a grant of 100,000 USD were awarded to the winners \u2018The Zarqa Girl\u2019 by Zaid Abuhamdan and \u2018The Photographer of Madina\u2019 by Dalyah Bakheet. There was an additional Red Sea Souk Award, the Special Mention Award with a grant of 15,000 USD awarded to \u2018Birthday\u2019 by Lara Zeidan.<\/p>\n
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From the sponsors, the Cell Studios, a fully integrated postproduction facility, presented three awards to a film in post-production. The first award consisting of a full DCP package worth 10,000 USD was awarded to \u2018The Cemetery of Cinema\u2019 by Thierno Souleymane Diallo. The second award consisting of a full promotion package worth 10,000 USD was awarded to \u2018Dirty, Difficult, Dangerous\u2019 by Wissam Charaf. Finally, the third award consisting of a full colour grading package worth 15,000 USD was presented to \u2018Fragments from Heaven\u2019 by Adnane Baraka.<\/p>\n
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Leyth Production, Tunisian-based film production company, presented the Leyth Production Award consisting of Sound Mixing by S.G., sound designer, in Auditorium 7.1 equivalent to 15,000 USD to the winner \u2018Abdelinho\u2019 by Hicham Ayouch to their film in post-production. Meanwhile, Arab Cinema Center (ACC), an international promotional platform for Arab cinema, presented the Arab Cinema Centre Award with participation in the 2022 Rotterdam Lab to the Saudi winner \u2018Zeba\u2019 by Arar Qarim, and \u2018Seeking Haven for Mr. Rambo\u2019 by Khaled Mansour.<\/p>\n
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MAD solutions, the\u200c \u200cfirst\u200c \u200cPan-Arab\u200c \u200ccreative\u200c \u200cstudio\u200c \u200cdedicated\u200c \u200cto\u200c \u200cthe\u200c \u200ccreation,\u200c\u202f\u200cpromotion\u200c \u200cand\u200c \u200cdistribution\u200c \u200cof\u200c \u200cArabic\u200c \u200ccontent\u200c \u200cto\u200c \u200cand\u200c \u200cfrom\u200c \u200cthe\u200c \u200cArab\u200c \u200cworld, presented the Mad Solutions Distribution Award in the amount of 50,000 USD to the winner \u2018The Seasons of Jannet\u2019 by Mehdi Hmili. Whereas Cinewaves Films, a leading Saudi distribution company with the largest Saudi film library, presented the Cinewaves Film Distribution Award in the amount of 50,000 USD to the winner \u2018Zeba\u2019 by Abrar Qari.<\/p>\n
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The Arab Radio and Television Network (ART), one of the major players in the Arab Film Industry, presented two awards. The first award is the winner of the Arab Radio and Television Network (ART) Distribution Award in the amount of 50,000 USD, \u2018MONTREAL\u2019 by Ameen Nayfeh. The second winner of the Arab Radio and Television Network (ART) Distribution Award in the amount of 50,000 USD was \u2018Within Sand\u2019 by Mo Alatawi. Lastly, the final Souk Award was the winner of the Shahid Distribution Award in the amount of 100,000 USD, \u2018Hala\u2019s Aziz\u2019 by Jawaher Alamri.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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