The inaugural edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival, which runs from December 6 to 15 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, will present a segment titled “Extraordinary Global Storytelling”. Along with eight films, these will be part of the “International Fantastic Category”.
The selection will showcase some of the most powerful stories from iconic, award-winning directors and writers. Half of them will be women. The films will have Arab premieres, and festival guests will have the chance to see some of the best international cinema.
Ennio is a documentary focusing on the late Ennio Morricone, one of the most influential and prolific composers of the twentieth century, winner of two Academy Awards and composer of over 500 unforgettable film soundtracks.
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon, written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Anna Lily Amirpour, is a fantasy thriller telling the story of a girl with unusual powers who escapes from a mental asylum and finds herself in New Orleans. tries to make. Starring Jean Jong-seo, Kate Hudson, Craig Robinson and Ed Skrein, the film had its world premiere at this year’s Venice Film Festival.
Sisters of French-Algerian director Yamina Benguigui, starring Isabelle Adjani, tells the story of three French-Algerian sisters. For three decades, they have been searching for their brother, who was kidnapped by their father and hiding in the colony of Algeria. When they learn that the father is dying, they rush to Algeria and try to snatch the truth from him.
The Lost Daughter is by debutante director Maggie Gyllenhaal and stars Academy-Award winners Olivia Colman and Dakota Johnson. Adapted from Elena Ferrante’s novel with the same title, the film is a psychological drama that tells the story of a woman on a vacation who meets a younger woman and her family. The meeting brings back the old woman’s memories of her motherhood. It premiered in Venice and won Gyllenhaal the Golden Ocela for Best Screenplay.
Belfast, written by and starring Academy-Award nominee Kenneth Branagh, is an autobiographical, poignant story of love, laughter and loss in the childhood of a boy, amid the musical and social upheaval of the late 1960s in Northern Ireland. It’s a lovely tribute to Branagh’s native town and was shot in black and white, starring Judi Dench, Jamie Dornan, Jude Hill, and Ciaran Hinds. It received the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The Good Boss is a Spanish comedy, written and directed by Fernando León de Aranoa. Javier Bardem plays the lead role, and his character owns a factory manufacturing industrial scale for major retail outlets. The film is Spain’s submission for the 2022 Academy Awards.
You Remember Me is the debut film by Egyptian-American filmmaker and award-winning journalist Dina Amer. It is a story of cultural and inter-generational trauma, tackling one of the darkest issues of our time and deconstructing it in an intimate way. About family, love, brotherhood and belonging. As the two sisters separate on the outskirts of Paris, the eldest, Hasna, struggles to find her identity and is forced to make a choice that has shocked the world.
The Color Room by Claire McCarthy is a fascinating period drama about a woman trying to establish herself as a leading ceramic artist, battling obstacles in a male-dominated world.
(Gautman Bhaskaran is a writer, commentator and film critic)
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