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RSIFF Giving 5 Female Directors Their Breakthrough in the Industry

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2 years ago

January 14, 2020

Yara K

Organizers of the Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF) are giving the chance to five Saudi female directors to work on a unique new movie project entitled ‘Untitled Omnibus Feature.’

The movie which is produced and funded by the RSIFF is expected to be the breakthrough for the aspiring directors Hind Alfahhad, Jowaher Alamri, Noor Alameer, Sara Mesfer, and Fatima Al-Banawi, proving once again that the film festival is working as a platform to support young Saudi filmmakers.

The project is a huge platform for Saudi women in the movie industry and will debut at the inaugural festival in March 2020. To make things even more interesting, award-winning Palestinian filmmaker Suha Arraf is screenwriting supervisor on the portmanteau film.

The five uprising directors Hind Alfahhad, Jowaher Alamri, Noor Alameer, Sara Mesfer and Fatima Al-Banawi will work individually on creating short films which will then be combined into an omnibus documentary feature.

“This project provides powerful first-person accounts of contemporary life in Saudi, from Saudi women, at a time of fascinating change,” festival director Mahmoud Sabbagh said.

“We believe in film’s capacity to advance diversity and integration. Supporting innovative new works is central to this mission. There is no better way to work toward this than by creating opportunities for Saudi filmmakers to tell their own stories.” He added.

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Red Sea Film Festival Closing Ceremony Glamour

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6 months ago

December 15, 2021

Jana El Fikky

Yasmine Sabri, Dorra Zarouk, Naomi Campbell, Irina Shayk, Allessandra Ambrosio, Candice

Swanepoel, the night was ravished by the most appealing starlets and icons of fashion. Our

Arab Cinema female Moguls had stunned the night and slayed with their fashion and beauty,

each Diva had her dazzle, and radiance she sparkled and walked in the Red carpet of the

closing ceremony. Laila Elwi, Hend Sabri, Yousra all had lustered, and turned our heads, with

their sensational appearances. The Red Sea film festival had concluded its first session

yesterday, with a momentous success. A participation of 16 films, 18 short movies, 21 virtual

and technical projects, that collided the most phenomenal creations of Arab and

international cinema. The closing night had our jaws dropping, as we could see our favorite

starlets lustering in the most stylish. Haute couture. Naomi Campbell was all dress in an

enchanting white dress, bejeweled with a chiffon cape, designed by Alexander McQueen.

The fashion icons had us head over toes as Yasmine Sabri was dressed in a pink Rami Kadi

dress, with a cape, and diamond details and feathers, Dorra, Hend Sabri and Salma Abu Dief

all where styled elegantly by the amazing Lebanese tony ward. Tony Ward’s design’s were

remarkable that night as observed asymatry, capes, strass, bold colors, and playfulness with

fabrics. The closing ceremony was a night of mystique and amusement, as all celebrities and

fashion starlets amused us in their gowns being conservative as possible. These fashionists,

and movie moguls had our enchantment over the top by ther glitz and strass in their gowns.

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Vintage Cars Pop in Jeddah

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7 months ago

December 11, 2021

Jana El Fikky

In five days, an international motor show, will take place in Jeddah. The Jeddah superdome, 6th December and until 10th of December, will be one of the biggest international motor shows. The exhibition is sponsored by the ministry of transport and logistics and organized by the Salah company. The Jeddah Superdome, has set a world Record for being the largest freestanding dome in the world, in contrast to the Tokyo Dome which formerly held the title, with 206 meters. Located on the Madinah Road, West of King Abdallah sport City, the Jeddah Superdome has an internal area of 24,000 square meters, and a height of 46 meters, with a diameter of 210 meters, a parking space that accommodates 5200 viceless. The exhibition includes many experiences such as drifting, with professional drivers, on dedicated racks, go karting, off road experience with SUVs with professional drivers in a dedicated circuit, and an opportunity to drive the car of your dreams. In addition to restaurants, cafes that suit all of your tastes. The exhibition includes many important car agencies and exclusive launches of many vintage and antique cars presented for the first time in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in addition to an auction of rare classic cars, with more than 35 luxury and rare cars on display. The auction was held by the Silverstone auctioneers, the biggest UK classic car auction house. The event is the biggest in its name, and the car industry, featuring the oldest cars, but unfortunately nothing was sold.

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Beaches of the Kingdom Are About to Get Cleaner with This New Campaign

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2 years ago

December 13, 2020

Yara K

Beaches of the Kingdom are about to get cleaner with the ‘Let’s Make Them Cleaner’ initiative, which was launched on Friday by the Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development.

Professional divers are taking part of the campaign as volunteers who are ready to clean the beaches and seabeds of Saudi Arabia, in order to save the marine environment from pollution.

The initiative is one of the events launched for Saudi and International Volunteer Day, which is celebrated every year on the 5th of December.

Entitles ‘Ataa Watan,’ the event covers several programs and activities across Saudi Arabia, they were held in partnership with government bodies and NGOs.

So far, the ministry launched five initiatives throughout this year, as part of the Voluntary Work Platform it launched on March 31, 2020.