Red Sea International Film Festival 2021: The Winners Of ACC & Its Partners Awards

12 December 2021:

Red Sea International Film Festival announced the winning projects of the inaugural edition of Red Sea Souk’s awards, through which Arab Cinema Center (ACC), MAD Solutions and Arab Radio And Television Network — ART present 5 cash and in-kind awards. This comes as part of their mission to boost the Arab Film Industry.

ACC award went to Seeking Haven for Mr. Rambo, directed by Khaled Mansour and produced by Rasha Hosny, as well as Zeba, directed by Abrar Abdulaziz and produced by Bakr Alduhaim. The award is an invitation to each of the producers to attend Rotterdam Lab of the upcoming International Film Festival Rotterdam.

While Arab Radio And Television Network — ART’s awards comprises a deal to acquire distribution rights across the Arab world.The first award (50,000 USD to a Saudi project in development or in production) went to Within Sand, by Moe Alatawi and the second award (50,000 USD to a non-Saudi project in development or in production) went to Jordanian project Montreal, by Ameen Nayfeh.

Furthermore, MAD Solutions granted its award (distribution rights across the Arab World of USD 50,000) to Tunisian film project The Seasons of Jannet, by Mehdi Hamili.

The Partners of Arab Cinema Center (ACC)sets off at the first Edition of Red Sea International Film Festival, with numerous activities. The partners in Alphabetical order are as follows: Arab Radio And Television Network — ART (Saudi Arabia), BeirutDC (Lebanon), Cairo International Film Festival (Egypt), Film Clinic (Egypt), Greener Screen (UAE), Iraqi Cinema (Iraq) Lagoonie Film Production (Egypt), MAD Solutions (Egypt and UAE), Malmo Arab Film Festival (SWEDEN), MISR International Films (Egypt), Pan East Media (Jordan), Rotana (Saudi Arabia and Egypt), Rowad Media (Saudi Arabia), Sudan Film Factory (Sudan), Sudan Independent Film Festival (Sudan), The Imaginarium Films (Jordan), The Royal Film Commission of Jordan (Jordan), Tripoli Film Festival (Lebanon).

The Arab Cinema Center (ACC), founded in 2015 by MAD Solutions, is a non-profit organization incorporated in Amsterdam. The ACC also provides networking opportunities with representatives of companies and institutions specialized in co-production and international distribution, among others. The ACC’s activities vary between film markets, stands, and pavilions, networking sessions and one-on-one meetings bringing together Arab and foreign filmmakers, welcome parties, as well as meetings with international organizations and festivals, and the issuance of the Arab Cinema Magazine to be distributed at the leading international film festivals and markets.

Furthermore, newsletter subscription is now available on the ACC’s website, allowing users to obtain digital copies of the Arab Cinema Magazine, as well as news on the ACC’s activities, notifications of application dates for grants, festivals and offers from educational and training institutions, updates on Arab films participating at festivals, exclusive news on the Arab Cinema LAB, and highlights from the ACC’s partners and their future projects.

The Arab Cinema Center has launched the Arab Cinema Directory in English on its website, which is a comprehensive cinema directory based on a collection of tools that are being provided together for the first time, with the goal of providing knowledge on Arab cinema to filmmakers both inside and outside the Arab world, as well as allowing access to Arab filmmakers and cinematographers. It also makes it easier for representatives of the world film business to recognise Arab cinema projects.