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Egyptian Producer Mohamed Hefzy Talks Saudi Collaboration While Accepting the Variety International Vanguard Producer Award at the Red Sea Film Festival


The Film Clinic CEO is ramping up partnerships in Saudi through his new Riyadh-based offices.

Prior to receiving his award, Hefzy talked with Variety ’s Italy and Middle East correspondent, Nick Vivarelli, about his most recent projects and some of his career highlights to date. Hefzy says that a key turning point in his career was “Clash,” by Mohamed Diab, about the aftermath of the Egyptian revolution, which was the opening film of Cannes’ Un Certain Regard in 2016 and sold to 20 territories. The first Saudi project in his 2025 slate is the romcom “A Matter of Life and Death,” directed by Anas Ba-Tahaf, written by and starring Sarah Taibah: “It’s a mixture of romance and dark comedy.

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