The 48Hr Film Challenge is a collaboration between The Alliance Fran\u00e7aise of Saudi Arabia, The Consulate General of France in Jeddah, The French Embassy in Riyadh, the Red Sea International Film Festival, and La F\u00e9mis<\/p>\r\n
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Two competition winners will travel to France for a tailored-made residency in 2021<\/p>\r\n
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Hend Sabry, Lisa Sallustio, Brice Cauvin, Faizah Saleh Ambah & Mohammed Alhamoud<\/p>\r\n
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The Red Sea International Film Festival has announced a new short film competition designed to challenge and support aspiring Saudis and Saudi-resident filmmakers to produce new works.\u202fThe challenge\u202fwill take place in October, with three days of mentorship followed by an intensive 48-hours where the selected teams will write, shoot, and edit their short film from scratch, working around a set theme and incorporating surprise elements.<\/p>\r\n
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A collaboration between The Alliance Fran\u00e7aise, The Consulate General of France in Jeddah, The French Embassy in Riyadh, the Red Sea International Film Festival, and La F\u00e9mis, applications are invited from teams of Saudi-based creatives aged 18\u201325, with between two to five participants, led by a Saudi director or scriptwriter. The shortlisted teams\u202fwill be selected, enjoying three days of workshops that will equip them with the knowledge and expertise to develop their film, from idea to final cut.<\/p>\r\n
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Award winning actress and lawyer\u202fHend Sabry\u202fwill be the President of the Jury, among\u202fother jury members. Film director\u202fLisa Sallustio,\u202fFilm director, writer and teacher\u202fBrice Cauvin,\u202faward-winning writer\/director\u202fFaizah Saleh Ambah, and film director\/producer\u202fMohammed Al hamoud.<\/p>\r\n
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The challenge will culminate in November with screenings. The jury will award two teams 48Hr Film Challenge trophies designed by the artist Rabi Alakhras. The winning team leaders will go on to enjoy an educational and professional tailored-maid residency program with french renowned cinema operators, during 2021.<\/p>\r\n
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\u201cThe competition is about creating new content, invigorating the burgeoning Saudi film community, and equipping the next generation with the knowledge and experience to create their own work. Despite the challenges of this year, it is vitally important to continue to inspire and push the next generation of filmmakers.\u201d said Hend Sabry president of the jury.<\/p>\r\n
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\u202fHend Sabry is an award winning actress, lawyer and a mother, she has starred in more than 30 awarded films across the Arab world. Her career began in 1994 when she starred in Silences of the Palaces winning the best actress award in Carthage film festival at the age of 15. Her latest works are NOURA\u2019s dream and the Blue Elephant ( Part 2) Sabry is also a producer , she is also active in social and humanitarian work as the UN goodwill ambassador for the world food programme (WFP)\u202f<\/p>\r\n
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Lisa Sallustio\u202fstudied political science in Brussels at the age of 18 before entering INSAS in theatre staging in 2011. In September 2016, she integrated the filmmaking department at La F\u00e9mis. Lisa wrote theatrical forms and directed short films and documentaries. The last one, produced in Belgium by D\u00e9rives Asbl, has been released in 2020.<\/p>\r\n
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Brice Cauvin\u202fis a film director, a writer and a teacher, Brice studied literature, linguistics and cinema. He has been in the film industry for 25 years in France and abroad. He has been teaching for more than 15 years at La F\u00e9mis and was appointed Head of the Directing department in 2017-2018.<\/p>\r\n
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Faiza Saleh Ambah\u202fis an award-winning writer\/director and former Washington Post correspondent. Her film MARIAM (2015) won numerous awards, including the Oscar qualifying prize at Athens Ohio Film Festival Faiza took part in the Rawi\/Sundance labs and has a certificate in feature-film writing from UCLA and did a summer program at the USC cinema school. Faiza is currently editing her film NourShams, shot in Jeddah earlier this year.<\/p>\r\n
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Mohammed Alhamoud\u202fco-founded Talashi Film collective in 2008 before obtaining an MFA in Film Directing from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. He wrote & directed a few short films including Ertidad (2019), selected in the International Competition of Clermont-Ferrand and many other international film festivals. Alhamoud founded Last Scene Films, a Riyadh-based production house specialized in producing independent arthouse films such as Last Visit (2019), the first Arab film to be selected at the Karlovy Vary IFF\u2019s East of the West Competition and winner of the Jury Award at Marrakech IFF. Currently, Alhamoud is developing Four Acts of Disruption, which recently won a development fund from the Red Sea Lodge.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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