The Red Sea International Film Festival and Arab Cinema's New Confidence
Culture

The Red Sea International Film Festival and Arab Cinema's New Confidence

Cinema arrived late to Saudi Arabia — commercially, at least. The first licensed multiplex opened in 2018, ending a thirty-five-year ban on public film screenings. But the creative energy that had accumulated during those decades of absence has erupted with an urgency that surprises even those who anticipated it.

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