{"id":60751,"date":"2025-12-02T16:30:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T13:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/?post_type=press&#038;p=60751"},"modified":"2025-12-08T16:38:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T13:38:27","slug":"the-red-sea-international-film-festival-reveals-first-wave-of-honourees-for-2025-edition","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/press\/the-red-sea-international-film-festival-reveals-first-wave-of-honourees-for-2025-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"The Red Sea International Film Festival Reveals First Wave Of Honourees For 2025 Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Juliette Binoche, <\/em><em>Rachid Bouchareb, Sir Michael Caine, Stanley Tong and Sigourney Weaver to be Honoured for Fifth Edition<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>First Ever Kering | Women in Motion Panel in Jeddah Set for RSIFF 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF) will celebrate a first wave of five distinguished actors and filmmakers as Red Sea Honourees for the festival\u2019s fifth edition, taking place 4-13 December 2025. Academy Award winning French actor and filmmaker <strong>Juliette Binoche <\/strong>(<em>In-I Motion<\/em>, <em>The Return<\/em>); three-time Academy Award nominated French-Algerian director, screenwriter and producer <strong>Rachid Bouchareb<\/strong> (<em>Days of Glory<\/em>); two-time Academy Award winning actor <strong>Sir <\/strong><strong>Michael Caine<\/strong> (<em>Alfie<\/em>, <em>The Dark Knight<\/em>); Hong Kong director, producer and stunt choreographer <strong>Stanley Tong <\/strong>(<em>A Legend<\/em>); and three-time Academy Award nominated actor <strong>Sigourney Weaver<\/strong> (<em>Alien<\/em>) will be recognised for the significant contributions they have made to cinema throughout their remarkable careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, as part of Red Sea IFF\u2019s commitment to supporting women in cinema, Binoche will be appearing as part of the Kering | <em>Women in Motion<\/em> program, which includes the initiative\u2019s first panel discussion held at Red Sea IFF this year. Launched in 2015 at the Festival de Cannes, Kering | <em>Women in Motion<\/em> aims to highlight the talent and diversity of women, both in front of and behind the camera. The panel discussion will feature Binoche alongside Saudi filmmaker Shahad Ameen and Palestinian-American actor and filmmaker Cherien Dabis, and be moderated by Red Sea IFF\u2019s Director of International Programs Finn Halligan. Kering is also boarding as sponsor of the Festival\u2019s Women in Cinema Gala event, taking place on 5<sup>th<\/sup> December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tong and Weaver will also join the prestigious lineup of speakers for the Festival\u2019s <em>In Conversation With<\/em> strand, which welcomes cinematic luminaries from across the globe to participate in insightful discussions about their craft, inspirations and wealth of experiences. Previously announced speakers include British-Egyptian actor Amir El Masry (<em>Giant<\/em>); Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania (<em>Four Daughters<\/em>), Saudi actor Yaqoub Alfarhan (<em>Norah<\/em>); and Egyptian star Lebleba (<em>Leila Sakhina<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Faisal Baltyuor, CEO of the Red Sea Film Foundation, said: \u201cEach of this year\u2019s Red Sea Honourees represents the very best of global film \u2013 artists whose work has inspired audiences around the world and added to the fabric of cinematic culture. We\u2019re looking forward to celebrating their extraordinary contributions during our fifth edition of the festival this year and fostering conversations that will offer meaningful insight and inspiration to our filmmakers, our audiences, and the region\u2019s rapidly evolving film community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shivani Pandya Malhotra, Managing Director of the Red Sea Film Festival added: \u201cWe\u2019re delighted to be hosting a Jeddah edition of Kering | <em>Women in Motion<\/em> \u2013 an initiative which aligns perfectly with our foundation\u2019s continued commitment to female creatives both in front of, and behind the lens. Over 400 women and counting have been supported across our various strands since the inception of this organisation, and to mark the 5th edition with this partnership is a reinforcement of that key focus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juliette Binoche, Rachid Bouchareb, Sir Michael Caine, Stanley Tong and Sigourney Weaver to be Honoured for Fifth Edition First Ever Kering | Women in Motion Panel in Jeddah Set for RSIFF 2025 The Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF) will celebrate a first wave of five distinguished actors and filmmakers as Red Sea [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":60754,"template":"","class_list":["post-60751","press","type-press","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/60751","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\/60754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}