“Production resources – from creatives, to crews, to distribution. On several of our projects this year, we had to fly in teams from outside of Saudi, from places like Tunisia and Egypt. We see this trend continuing for the near future, or at least until the local market starts seeing more of this type of talent emerge. There are a few experienced film producers in Saudi and, with so much competition in this new landscape, the few experienced Saudi crews tend to be overbooked. Similarly, it is very hard to find strong local script writers for films, so our process usually takes longer and needs more doctoring than in other more developed markets.” 

Alaa Fadan (co-founder and CEO of Riyadh-based film and digital content production and finance company Telfaz11) in response to the question, What are the biggest challenges facing your company and the production sector? [Deadline]