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The Red Sea Fund announced the launch of the second phase of its fourth cycle, dedicated to supporting projects in the production stage, which will continue until April 30. The fund now accepts applications from directors of Arab and African origin and nationality. This includes feature-length fiction projects (minimum length of 60 minutes), documentaries, and animation projects, SPA reported.
Variety reports that the Saudi Arabia General Entertainment Authority (also known as the GEA) has announced Big Time Investment, which is a new film fund that hopes to boost the output and quality of Arabic film production. The first film in the slate is El Set, a biopic about Umm Kulthum, one of Egypt’s most
Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority (GEA) has launched a new film fund called Big Time Investment to boost production of quality Arabic movies and announced a slate of Egyptian feature films toplined by a biopic of Egyptian icon Umm Kulthum who is considered the Arab world’s greatest singer. Prominent Egyptian director Marwan Hamed, whose epic …