The committee responsible for organizing the Saudi Film Festival announced the juries assigned to assess feature films, short films, and unproduced scripts partaking in the 8th edition of the festival organized on June 2-9, in partnership with the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra), and the ministry of culture’s Film Commission. The juries include academics and artists from the Gulf, the Arab region, and the world.
According to the organizing committee, the feature film contest jury will be headed by Koutaiba Al-Janabi, an independent Iraqi cinematographer and producer, holding a PhD in cinema in the Arab world; he worked as a producer with MBC, and a documentary maker at the British Opera. He also cinematographed seven feature films, and directed and produced some award-winning short films.
