“The Red Sea Lodge brings together emerging filmmakers four times a year digitally and then in person at the actual festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, which is set for November 11-20, 2021. At the event, the filmmakers will pitch to international production companies, with an independent jury to award two of the projects with grants of $100,000.”

–Esquire Middle East, in a report on the Red Sea Lodge, an eight-month monitoring program held in collaboration with the acclaimed TorinoFilmLab.  This year six of the projects are from Saudi Arabia, with six others from Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait and Lebanon. Notably, half the projects are helmed by female directors, with three women in producer roles. [Esquire ME]