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A popular star of Hindi films for a decade with over 80 million Instagram followers, Alia Bhatt, best known internationally for her 2022 double Gangubai Kathiawadi and RRR, has fast become one of India's hottest exports.  "Any international recognition of an actor from India is recognition of India,"…

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The third annual Red Sea Film Festival handed out its Yusr Awards on Thursday night, with Zarrar Kahn’s In Flames taking Best Feature and Farah Nabulsi’s The Teacher scoring a pair of wins including Best Actor for Saleh Bakri. See the full list below. Elvis director and two-time Oscar nominee Baz…

The Red Sea International Film Festival Closing Night Gala was attended by Halle Berry, Nicolas Cage, Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Andrew Garfield, Henry Golding, Gwyneth Paltrow, Joel Kinnaman Jason Statham on December 07, 2023 in Jeddah. The Festival Awards night will close with the MENA Premiere of Ferrari, the…

Red Sea Film Festival Managing Director Shivani Pandya Malhotra took a break from her busy schedule at this year's third edition of the festival to come into Deadline's Red Sea Studio and shed light on how this year's edition has been unfolding since it began on November 30.  Pandya Malhotra noted…

Nicolas Cage doesn't really care if you know he's related to Francis Ford Coppola.  The actor, best known for his lively performances in flicks such as Con Air and Face/Off, famously changed his name from Nicolas Coppola to Nicolas Cage at the start of his career. He told a boisterous audience this…

Andrew Garfield shared insights into his early days in Hollywood, experiences working on the Spider-Man franchise and thoughts about Red Sea International Festival Festival during his masterclass at the festival today.  He shared the stage with Saudi producer and Red Sea Film Foundation head Mohammed…

British-Palestinian director Farah Nabulsi stepped into Deadline's Red Sea studio this week to talk about her debut feature The Teacher, the challenges of shooting a film in Palestine and how the journey of the film has changed since the Israel-Hamas war began this year following the October 7…

For Saudi actress Ida AlKusay, starring in Rise of the Witches, the country's biggest show to date featuring a local cast and crew, was a dream come true.  "I got the part of my favorite character in my favorite novel that I used to read every day on the bus going to school," AlKusay told Deadline's…

Speaking in her masterclass at Red Sea International Film Festival, Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry said that launching her own production company is finally empowering her to make the stories she has always wanted to produce and direct – including a project that she identified on the plane on the way…

Saudi Arabia Launches First Cinema Guild Six Year After Lifting Of Ban Saudi Arabia has launched its first official film industry guild six years after the lifting of its 35-year cinema ban in 2017. The initiative overseen by Minister of Culture…

"It was a dream come true to be able to shoot my first movie and it's a very personal story," said Paz Vega of her feature directorial debut Rita, which she shot earlier this year.  The coming-of-age drama, which is set in 1984, follows 7-year-old Rita and her 5-year-old brother Lolo from a working…