Red Sea International Film Festival

RED SEA SOUK CALL FOR PROJECT MARKET AND WIP SHOWCASE

IS OPEN

 APPLY HERE

Deadline for Applications: August 18, 2023

The Red Sea Souk will take place at the Ritz Carlton in Jeddah, December 2—5 alongside the Red Sea International Film Festival. The Call is reserved solely for projects and films by directors of Arab or African nationality/origin. The Project Market will present a selection of ten to twelve projects in development or in production. The WIP Showcase will present a selection of five to six films in post-production.

All selected film teams (director and producer) will benefit from:

• Invitation to attend and present their projects/films at the Red Sea Souk
• Specific workshops
• Official project and film-in-progress presentations to a high-level international industry audience
• One-to-one meeting sessions

All selected projects of films in the Project Market will compete for 3 jury-granted awards offered by the Red Sea Fund:

• Red Sea Souk Development Award: 35,000 USD cash prize
• Red Sea Souk Special Mention Award: 25,000 USD cash prize
• Red Sea Souk Production Award: 100,000 USD cash prize

All selected films in post-production (WIP) will compete for 2 jury-granted awards offered by the Red Sea Fund:

• Red Sea Souk Post-Production Award: 30,000 USD cash prize
• Red Sea Souk Special Mention Award: 10,000 USD cash prize

 For more information, please visit:

https://redseafilmfest.com/en/project-market/

https://redseafilmfest.com/en/work-in-progress-showcase/