{"id":25828,"date":"2023-06-14T15:25:11","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T15:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/?post_type=press&#038;p=25828"},"modified":"2023-06-14T15:25:17","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T15:25:17","slug":"red-sea-souk-has-officially-opened-its-call-for-project-market-and-wip-showcase-for-its-2023-edition","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/press\/red-sea-souk-has-officially-opened-its-call-for-project-market-and-wip-showcase-for-its-2023-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sea Souk Has Officially Opened Its Call For \u201cProject Market\u201d And \u201cWIP Showcase\u201d For Its 2023 Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Taking place at the Ritz Carlton in Jeddah from December 2-5 alongside the Red Sea International Film Festival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This call is exclusively reserved for projects and films of Directors of Arab or African nationality\/origin. The deadline for applications is August 18th, 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Red Sea Souk, a key platform designed to discover and connect Arab and African filmmakers to the international film community, has opened its call for &#8220;Project Market&#8221; and &#8220;WIP Showcase&#8221; for its 2023 edition<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the Red Sea International Film Festival, the <strong>Project Market<\/strong> and the <strong>Work-In-Progress Showcase<\/strong> are hosted within the Red Sea Souk, which is now in its third edition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Project Market will showcase a selection of ten to twelve projects in development or in production, while the WIP Showcase will present a selection of five to six films in post-production<\/strong>. The Red Sea Souk aims to support the co-production and distribution of films and the discovery of new talents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All selected film teams (Director and Producer) will benefit from unique opportunities, including an invitation to attend and present their projects\/films at the Red Sea Souk, press and social network announcements, specific workshops, projects pitching sessions &nbsp;and film-in-progress screenings to a high-level international industry audience, and one-to-one meeting sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All selected film projects in the Project Market will compete for three jury-granted awards offered by the Red Sea Fund, including the Red Sea Souk Development Award, which comes with a cash prize of 35,000 USD, the Red Sea Souk Special Mention Award, which comes with a cash prize of 25,000 USD, and the Red Sea Souk Production Award, which comes with a cash prize of 100,000 USD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, all selected films in post-production (WIP) will compete for two jury-granted awards offered by the Red Sea Fund, including the Red Sea Souk Post-Production Award, which comes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>with a cash prize of 30,000 USD and the Red Sea Souk Special Mention Award, which comes with a cash prize of 10,000 USD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is an incredible opportunity for Directors from Arab or African nationalities\/origins to get support on developing their film projects,&nbsp; find or enlarge the coproduction of their films as well as showcase their films in progress (First Cut) to a high-profile international audience of festival programmers, sales agents or distributors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on how to apply to the Call for Projects, please visit the official website of the Red Sea Souk at<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-red-sea-film wp-block-embed-red-sea-film\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"iiQJgG4hmp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/project-market\/\">Project Market<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Project Market&#8221; &#8212; Red Sea Film\" src=\"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/project-market\/embed\/#?secret=gvKKpyEHwV#?secret=iiQJgG4hmp\" data-secret=\"iiQJgG4hmp\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-red-sea-film wp-block-embed-red-sea-film\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"PTIaxi71wm\"><a href=\"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/work-in-progress-showcase\/\">Work-In-Progress Showcase<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Work-In-Progress Showcase&#8221; &#8212; Red Sea Film\" src=\"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/work-in-progress-showcase\/embed\/#?secret=COnRxMGDIE#?secret=PTIaxi71wm\" data-secret=\"PTIaxi71wm\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taking place at the Ritz Carlton in Jeddah from December 2-5 alongside the Red Sea International Film Festival This call is exclusively reserved for projects and films of Directors of Arab or African nationality\/origin. 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