The Red Sea International Film Festival announced on Monday the 12 selected projects at the first edition of the Red Sea Film Development Laboratory, selected by an international committee from 120 projects from 16 countries.
One-third of the projects were selected forArab female directors, and more than a quarter with the participation of Arabfemale producers.
The selected works also included six Saudi film projects, in addition to six Arab projects from Jordan, Egypt, Palestine, Iraq and Lebanon, reflecting the program's efforts to support the local and Arab film industry.
Participants in the program are competing fortwo funding grants to produce two projects worth half a million dollars each,with the opportunity to present the two winning projects as a premiere at thesecond edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival in 2021.
The selected projects join the lab in anintegrated program of three workshops held in collaboration with "Torino FilmLab" in Historic Jeddah under the supervision of international experts in thefields of directing, photography, sound and editing.
The first workshop will start in October 2019and will conclude on the sidelines of the Red Sea International Film Festivalin March 2020.
