JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — “My Driver and I” was supposed to be made in 2016, but was scuttled amid Saudi Arabia's decades-long cinema ban. Eight years later, the landscape for film in the kingdom ...

After the Godus brothers held the international premiere of their second Saudi feature film “Ahlam Alasr” (“Fever Dreams”) at the 2023 Red Sea International Film Festival, the film garnered wide ...

Building a country’s entire film industry from the ground up is no easy task. But in just eight short years, Saudi Arabia – which only began having cinemas across the kingdom in 2018 – has transformed ...

Welcome to Al-Monitor Riyadh. The Saudi Film Festival, held in the country’s eastern province, has provided a platform for emerging and established Saudi and GCC filmmakers since its founding in 2008.

Six years after Saudi Arabia lifted its 35-year ban on cinema, the kingdom continues to make significant strides as the Middle East-North Africa region's top movie market with audiences flocking to ...

category, marking another big step for the Kingdom’s growing film industry. Set in 2001, Hijra follows a grandmother traveling from southern Saudi Arabia to Makkah with her two granddaughters for ...

Saudi film industry pioneer and founder of CineWaves Faisal Baltyuor has been appointed CEO Of the Red Sea Film Foundation. He will take over from Acting CEO Mohammed Asseri effective June 1st, 2025.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Credit: Royal Court of Saudi Arabia/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Saudi Arabia’s predominant film investment firm, the Saudi Film Fund, has rebranded itself as the ...

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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — “My Driver and I” was supposed to be made in 2016, but was scuttled amid Saudi Arabia’s decades-long cinema ban. Eight years later, the landscape for film in the kingdom ...

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