Yusr Award Winners Revealed, Nicolas Cage Receives Honourary Award<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Festival Celebrates Biggest Edition to Date, Dream Scenario<\/em> Announced As Final Festival Gala<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF) marked the closing of its third edition with a screening of Micheal Mann\u2019s Ferrari<\/em>, a Red Sea International Film Financing project, and revealed the winners of its highly anticipated Yusr Awards. The festival also welcomed Hollywood icon Nicolas Cage, receiving a Red Sea Honouree award, and joining the 2023 Honouree line-up of Diane Kruger, Ranveer Singh, and Abdullah Al-Sadhan. Kristoffer Borgli\u2019s comedy horror Dream Scenario<\/em>, starring Nicolas Cage, will screen as the Final Festival Gala on Saturday 9th<\/sup> December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two juries deliberated to finally select winners across 14 categories; led by Jury President Baz Luhrmann. Seventeen films in competition, as well as 23 shorts, were in the running for the coveted awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The festival this year celebrated its biggest year yet in terms of attendance \u2013 welcoming almost 6,000 accredited guests and selling more than 40,000 tickets across all screenings and In Conversations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Closing Ceremony was attended by Honouree Nicolas Cage, Jason Statham, Halle Berry, Gwyneth Paltrow, Adrien Brody, Dhafer L\u2019Abidine, Henry Golding, Andrew Garfield, Yousra, Kaouther Ben Hania, Alia Bhatt, Mahira Khan, Saswan Badr, Baloji.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jomana Al-Rashid, Chairwoman of the Red Sea Film Foundation said: <\/strong>\u201cOver the past 8 days we have welcomed the world to Jeddah and celebrated this vibrant global film community together \u2013 with a goal of bridging cultures and creating new ties. We\u2019ve done that with over 125 films from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, Rwanda, Armenia, Malaysia, Pakistan, New Zealand, France, India, Thailand, and many more \u2013 as well as an industry programme in the Souk with 348 Project submissions, and 44 Works in progress from more than 26 countries. We are proud to have created a meeting place for ideas, business, and inspiration to carry us into the new year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mohammed Al-Turki, CEO of the Red Sea Film Foundation said: <\/strong>\u201cClosing this edition of the festival with the MENA premiere of Michael Mann\u2019s turbo-charged biopic Ferrari, supported by the Red Sea International Film Fund, and honouring one of Hollywood\u2019s greats \u2013 master of his craft, Nicolas Cage \u2013 alongside the hugely deserving winners of our Yusr Awards, means we end this edition on an absolute high.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Festival is supported by Principal Sponsors: MBC Group, NEOM, Vox Cinemas, and Strategic Sponsor, Film Al Ula; Official Sponsors: Al Sagheer, Chopard, the Cultural Development Fund, Chery Pro, SRMG; and Support Sponsors Bloomberg Media, Nova, and Telfaz 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Red Sea International Film Festival runs from 30 November \u2013 9 December<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Please see below the full list of winners:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Asharq Documentary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Awarded for Best Documentary In Competition<\/strong> \u2013 a $10,000 prize<\/p>\n\n\n\n Winner: Kaouther Ben Hania for FOUR DAUGHTERS<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chopard Rising Talent Trophy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Winner: Nour Alkhadra<\/p>\n\n\n\n Film AlUla Audience Award: Saudi Film<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n With a $50,000 prize<\/p>\n\n\n\n Winner: NORAH \/ Saudi Arabia \u2013 Red Sea: Competition<\/p>\n\n\n\n Film AlUla Audience Award: Non-Saudi Film<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n With a $50,000 prize<\/p>\n\n\n\n Winner: HOPELESS \/ South Korea \u2013 Festival Favourites<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shorts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n SILVER YUSR FOR BEST SHORT FILM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n With a $12,500 prize<\/p>\n\n\n\n Winner: SUITCASE \u2013 Directed by Saman Hosseinpuor and Ako Zandkarimi<\/p>\n\n\n\n GOLDEN YUSR FOR BEST SHORT FILM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n With a $25,000 prize<\/p>\n\n\n\n Winner: SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN \u2013 Directed by Dahlia Nemlich<\/p>\n\n\n\n Features<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n BEST CINEMATIC CONTRIBUTION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Winner: OMEN \/ Baloji<\/p>\n\n\n\n BEST ACTOR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Winner: Saleh Bakri \/ THE TEACHER<\/p>\n\n\n\n BEST ACTRESS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Winner: Mouna Hawa \/ INSHALLAH A BOY<\/p>\n\n\n\n BEST SCREENPLAY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n With a $10,000 prize<\/p>\n\n\n\n Winner: SIX FEET OVER \/ Karim Bensalah and Jamal Belmahi<\/p>\n\n\n\n BEST DIRECTOR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n With a $10,000 prize<\/p>\n\n\n\n Winner: Shokir Kholikov \/ SUNDAY<\/p>\n\n\n\n JURY PRIZE <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n With a $10,000 prize<\/p>\n\n\n\n Winner: Farah Nabulsi \/ THE TEACHER<\/p>\n\n\n\n SILVER YUSR FOR BEST FEATURE FILM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n With a $30,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n Winner: DEAR JASSI \/ Tarsem Singh<\/p>\n\n\n\n GOLDEN YUSR FOR BEST FEATURE FILM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n With a $100,000 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Winner: IN FLAMES \/ Zarrar Kahn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yusr Award Winners Revealed, Nicolas Cage Receives Honourary Award Festival Celebrates Biggest Edition to Date, Dream Scenario Announced As Final Festival Gala The Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF) marked the closing of its third edition with a screening of Micheal Mann\u2019s Ferrari, a Red Sea International Film Financing project, and revealed the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":39707,"template":"","class_list":["post-39706","press","type-press","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/39706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}