DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival has unveiled seven movies that will be part of this year’s “Red Sea: Treasures” category.
The lineup includes soccer film “Bend it Like Beckham,” Jean Renoir’s 1937 movie “La Grande Illusion,” “Sambizanga” – about the anti-colonial struggle in 1970s Africa, Jim Jarmusch’s debut film “Stranger than Paradise,” historical war feature “Lion of the Desert” and the Egyptian classics “Khali Balak Min Zouzou” and “Gharam Fil Karnak.”
“Red Sea: Treasures is a celebration of some of the iconic and widely acclaimed cinematic storytelling ever to grace the screen,” said Antoine Khalife, the director of Arab Programs & Film Classics of the festival, in a released statement. “I’m thrilled that through the Red Sea Film Festival Foundation, we have been able to restore two Egyptian classics which have been meticulously restored for a new generation of audiences to enjoy.”
The director of the international programming for the RSIFF Kaleem Aftab said that the Red Sea: Treasures category is “designed to unlock film heritage and reintroduce a diverse selection of masterpieces that have made an important contribution to cinema history.”
“These influential films have impacted our lives, and we’re delighted to share them with new audiences,” he added.
The festival will take place in Jeddah from Dec. 1 to 10.
