| Location | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2019 |
| Hosted by | Red Sea Film Festival Foundation |
| Festival date | 5 December 2022–14 December 2022 |
| Language | Arabic English |
| Website | RSFF |
The 2024 Red Sea International Film Festival took place from December 5 to 14, 2024, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and marked the fourth edition of the film festival. [1] It was held in the newly built Cultural Square venue in the Al-Balad district of Jeddah. [2]
The Red Sea jury was headed by Spike Lee; over 120 films from 81 countries were featured for the film festival's lineup, and 16 films were selected for competition. [1] [3] A new short film competition, sponsored by TikTok, was added to the lineup. [4]
In addition to screening films for competition, the film festival also hosted talks and discussions, galas and parties, and other events for the industry. [2]
The festival lineup was announced on November 11, 2024. [6]
| Title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|
| Superboys of Malegaon | Reema Kagti | |
| Hanami | Denise Fernandes | |
| To a Land Unknown | Mahdi Fleifel | |
| Moon | Kurdwin Ayub | |
| Red Path | Lotfi Achour | |
| Snow White | Taghrid Abouelhassen | |
| Bin U Bin, Border Elsewhere | Mohamed Lakhdar Tati | |
| Saify | Wael Abumansour | |
| Aïcha | Mehdi Barsaoui | |
| Seeking Haven for Mr. Rambo | Khaled Mansour | |
| Sima's Song | Roya Sadat | |
| 6 in the Morning | Mehran Modiri | |
| To Kill a Mongolian Horse | Jiang Xiaoxuan | |
| Saba | Maksud Hossain |
| Title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|
| 40 Acres | R. T. Thorne | Canada |
| A Sudden Case of Christmas | Peter Chelsom | Italy |
| Better Man | Michael Gracey | United Kingdom, United States, Australia |
| K-Pops! | Anderson .Paak | United States |
| Kraven the Hunter | J. C. Chandor | United States |
| Maria | Pablo Larraín | Italy, Germany, United States |
| Modì, Three Days on the Wing of Madness | Johnny Depp | United Kingdom, Italy, Hungary |
| Monsieur Aznavour | Mehdi Idir, Fabien Marsaud | France |
| My Way | Thierry Teston, Lisa Azuelos | France, United Kingdom |
| Naples to New York | Gabriele Salvatores | Italy |
| Ravens | Mark Gill | France, Japan, Spain, Belgium |
| State of Silence | Santiago Maza | Mexico |
| We Live in Time | John Crowley | France, United Kingdom |
| Title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|
| Abdo & Saneya | Omar Bakry | |
| Front Row | Merzak Allouache | |
| Hobal | Abdulaziz Alshlahei | |
| Lail Nahar | Abdulaziz Almuzaini | |
| My Driver and I | Ahd Kamel |
| Title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|
| Night of the Zoopocalypse | Richard Curtis, Rodrigo Perez-Castro | |
| Panda Bear in Africa | Richard Claus, Karsten Kiilerich | |
| Sukkar: Sabaabaa W Houboub Al Kharziz | Tamer Mahdy |
| Title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|
| Alroshan | Mohammed Ous | |
| Kemokazi | Abdulrahman Batawie | |
| Othman in the Vatican | Yasir Bin Ghanem | |
| When the Light Shines | Ryan Al Bishri | |
| Yalla Parkour | Areeb Zuaiter |
| Title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|
| Ghost Train | Tak Se-Woong | |
| Lost Worlds With Bettany Hughes: The Nabataeans | Jim Greayer | |
| Tales on Banks of the Bosphorus | Zeina Sfeir | |
| Zorro | Jean Baptiste Saurel |
| Title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|
| Fragments of Life | Anis Ben Dali | |
| Saint Rose | Zayn Alexandre | |
| The Signal | Nasser Alqattan | |
| Shams | Adam Rayan | |
| Chikha | Ayoub Layoussifi, Zahoua Raji | |
| African Family Dinner | Ibrahim Mursal | |
| In Three Layers of Darkness | Houcem Slouli | |
| Children of Barzagh | Ahmed Khattab | |
| Mera, Mera, Mera | Khaled Zidan | |
| Malika | Maram Taibah | |
| Land of God | Imad Benomar | |
| Nemshi? | Assaf Al Rousan | |
| Fizr | Rani Nasr | |
| Zahra | Hadi Shatat | |
| One Last Time | Karim Rahbani |
| Title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|
| Across the Water | Viv Li | |
| Alazar | Beza Hailu Lemma | |
| Hatch | Alireza Kazemipour, Panta Mosleh | |
| Lai Lei | Binglin Cui | |
| Lunge | Negar Hassanzadeh | |
| Nails | Triparna Banerjee | |
| Never Have I Ever | Joyce A. Nashawati | |
| Pie Dan Lo | Kim Yip Tong | |
| Radikals | Arvin Belarmino | |
| Sanki Yoxsan | Azer Guliev | |
| Urefu We Kamba | Mageto Ndege | |
| Washhhh | Mickey Lai |
| Title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|
| A Mosquito | Raneem Almohandes, Dana Almohandes | |
| The Post | Zakaria Albashir | |
| Underground | Abdulrahman Sandokji | |
| Pavlov's Bells | Khalid Fahad | |
| Khamsen | Abdullah Alrowis | |
| Two Sisters | Waleed Alqahtani | |
| Tied | Yam Fida | |
| Where's the Imam? | Abrar Qari | |
| When the Shelves Hymn | Hanaa Saleh Alfassi | |
| Aseer Memory | Saad Tahaitah | |
| Diaa Shamsi | Lama Jarkas | |
| Sugar | Khalid Bin Waleed |
| Award [7] | Winner |
|---|---|
| Golden Yusr Award—Best Feature Film | Red Path , dir. Lotfi Achour |
| Silver Yusr Award—Best Feature Film | To a Land Unknown , dir. Mahdi Fleifel |
| Film AlUla Audience Award—Best Film | Little Jaffna, dir. Lawrence Valin |
| Film AlUla Audience Award—Best Saudi Film | Hobal, dir. Abdulaziz Alshlahei |
| Best Documentary | State of Silence, dir. Santiago Maza |
| Chopard Rising Talent Trophy | Roula Dakheelallah for My Driver & I |
| Cinematic Achievement | To Kill a Mongolian Horse , dir. Jiang Xiaoxuan |
| Best Actor | Mahmoud Bakri for To a Land Unknown |
| Best Actress | Mariam Sherif for Snow White |
| Best Screenplay | Songs of Adam, written by Oday Rasheed |
| Best Director | Lotfi Achour for Red Path |
| Jury Prize | Seeking Haven for Mr. Rambo , dir. Khaled Mansour |
| Golden Yusr—Best Short Film | Hatch, dir. Alireza Kazemipour, Panta Mosleh |
| Silver Yusr—Best Short Film | Alazar, dir. Beza Hailu Lemma |
| Short Special Mention | Children of Barzagh, dir. Ahmed Khattab |
| 48Hr Film Challenge [6] | All in One Night, dir. Thoraya Akram |
| Afen, dir. Nawaf Alkinani, Othman Al Khowiter | |
| Red Sea Honorees [8] | Aamir Khan |
| Viola Davis | |
| Emily Blunt | |
| Mona Zaki |
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