Mohammed Al-Turki Steps Down As CEO Of Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Foundation
deadline.comSaudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Foundation has announced that Mohammed Al-Turki is stepping down as its CEO to focus on personal projects and his career as an independent film producer and businessman.
The body, which was created in the wake of Saudi Arabia’s lifting in late 2017 of its cinema ban, oversees the Jeddah-set Red Sea International Film Festival and is also charged with helping to build a cinema ecosystem in the country.
Under Al Turki’s watch, the foundation held the first three editions of the RSIFF and supported 250 projects from Saudi, MENA and Africa and Asia.
The foundation said the search for a successor was underway and that in the interim, former Red Sea Film Foundation board member Mohammed Asseri was stepping in as acting CEO.
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