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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Red Sea Film Festival Launches Yusr Awards

Festival Africa Asia Saudi Red Sea International Film Festival
The second edition of the festival will be held in December.

The Red Sea International Film Festival is set to open to submissions for its second edition, taking place December 1–10. Filmmakers from Asia and Africa, including the Arab world, are invited to submit films from July 3 until August 14.

Established names and emerging filmmakers from Arab, Asian and African filmmakers across the globe are welcome to submit their films to the Red Sea: Competition and Red Sea: Shorts Competition. Saudi filmmakers can also apply to screen as part of New Saudi/New Cinema. Submissions will be viewed and selected by the Red Sea International film festival selection committee.

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