Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival has unveiled a first batch of titles that will screen as part of its “Festival Favorites” lineup, showcasing the cream of the international fest crop for Arab audiences.
Besides including recent Cannes standouts such as Sandhya Suri’s crime thriller “Santosh” (pictured) –which will represent the U.K.
in the international Oscars race — and Chinese auteur Guan Hu’s noir “Black Dog,” this year’s selection has a strong accent on titles from Africa and the Arab world.
Arabic titles span from Tunisian auteur Ala Eddine Slim’s atmospheric drama “Agora,” which launched from Locarno, to Egyptian director Hala Elkoussy’s allegorical tale “East of Noon” and Jaylan Auf’s drama “Inevitable Journey of a Wedding Dress” that is bowing from Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival.
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