Tag: 2023 Red Sea Film Festival

Interview: Yann Mounir Demange & Rosa Attab – Dammi (short)

Yann Mounir Demange quite literally blasted onto the scene back in 2014 with his feature debut about a stranded British soldier (Jack O'Connell) with...

Interview: Sofia Alaoui – Animalia

When the balance of the universe is disturbed, the hierarchy of nature's totem can be reconfigured. If the earth's creatures are more closely attuned...

Interview: Numan Acar – The Suitcase (short)

After more or less a solid decade of notable parts in multiple languages (most notably Fatih Akin's 2017 In the Fade), seasoned German-Turkish actor...

Off Set: 2023 Red Sea Film Festival Portrait Series – Dear Jassi

At the 2023 edition of the Red Sea Film Festival (3rd edition), we had the pleasure of teaming with photographer Joel Ryan for this...

Interview: Pavia Sidhu & Yugam Sood – Dear Jassi

A tale as old as time, and tragically a tale that was never meant to be. As the true story goes, Jaswinder "Jassi" Kaur...

Interview: Selman Nacar – Hesitation Wound

Every few years, a notable new Turkish filmmaker emerges, and in this instance, we find Selman Nacar floating to the top of major film...

Interview: Amjad Al Rasheed – Inshallah A Boy

Set in Amman and in an unjust, severely outdated legal system where archaic rules are meant to keep in place the gender divide (here...

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Interview: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis

The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.

Interview: Eivind Landsvik – Low Expectations | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Exploring themes of mental health, emotional recovery, companionship, and...