{"id":53420,"date":"2025-11-04T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T08:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/?post_type=press&#038;p=53420"},"modified":"2025-11-04T09:41:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T06:41:26","slug":"mena-premiere-of-british-yemeni-boxing-biopic-giant-to-open-2025-red-sea-international-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/press\/mena-premiere-of-british-yemeni-boxing-biopic-giant-to-open-2025-red-sea-international-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"British-Yemeni Boxing Biopic Giant To Open 2025 Red Sea International Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF) will present Rowan Athale\u2019s biopic <em>GIANT<\/em> as its Opening Night gala film for its fifth edition. From the British-Indian filmmaker, <em>GIANT <\/em>tells the uplifting story of British-Yemeni boxing champion Prince Naseem \u2018Naz\u2019 Hamed, and will screen in its MENA premiere on 4<sup>th<\/sup> December 2025.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>GIANT <\/em>recounts the remarkable and inspiring true story of legendary British-Yemeni boxing champion Prince Naseem &#8216;Naz&#8217; Hamed \u2013 played by Egyptian-British actor Amir El Masry \u2013 and his relationship with Irish boxing trainer Brendan Ingle, charting Naz\u2019s rags-to-riches underdog tale from his humble beginnings in Sheffield to becoming champion of the world. With his dominance of the sport, Naseem faced down the abhorrent racism and islamophobia that swept Britain in the 1980s and &#8217;90s to become a global sporting icon. The film explores the unlikely and tender relationship between Naz and Ingle, and the instrumental role that Ingle played on Naz\u2019s road to success. An inspiring biopic of the boy behind the Prince \u2014 one of the greatest showmen the sporting world has even seen.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Faisal Baltyuor, CEO of the Red Sea Film Foundation, said \u201cOur selection of \u201cGIANT\u201d as the opening film of the fifth edition embodies an artistic celebration of regional talents who have established their presence on the global film scene. Through the story of an Arab world champion in boxing, the film portrays a journey of perseverance that inspires generations and reflects pride in identity.highlighting the growing presence of Arab stars in international productions alongside global names, reaffirming that Arab cinema today stands as a powerful force in the global film landscape.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF) will present Rowan Athale\u2019s biopic GIANT as its Opening Night gala film for its fifth edition. From the British-Indian filmmaker, GIANT tells the uplifting story of British-Yemeni boxing champion Prince Naseem \u2018Naz\u2019 Hamed, and will screen in its MENA premiere on 4th December 2025.&nbsp; GIANT recounts [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":53422,"template":"","class_list":["post-53420","press","type-press","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/53420","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\/53422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}