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Red Sea Souk, Largest Film Market in Arab World, Expands Into Asia, Lines Up Andrew Garfield Talk and Sees Returning Talent Cement Legacy


Saudi Arabia's Red Sea Souk returns for its 4th edition with focus on Asia, producers and local talent.

Speakers include industry heads such as Film Nation’s Glen Basner, Fremantle’s Seb Shorr, Goodfellas’ Vincent Maraval and Kinetic’s Diana Williams. This year’s Souk is expanding its local reach by solidifying collaborations with universities and focusing on the new generation of regional talents not only in filmmaking but adjacent fields such as film criticism. This year, the Souk will offer a Young Critics initiative for the first time, as well as have leading figures in the industry such as Andrew Garfield come to Jeddah to speak to budding filmmakers and cinephiles.

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