The festival will feature 120 films from 81 countries at the new venue — previous editions were held at the city’s Ritz-Carlton hotel — where five purpose-built cinemas and a large auditorium will host back-to-back screenings as well as In Conversation panels with celebrities. Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival kicked off on Thursday night at the event’s new headquarters in Culture Square, Al-Balad, Jeddah. Over a hundred films are screened, ranging from short films and documentaries to feature-length works. These span a variety of genres and languages, making RSIFF a truly international event.
