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Six years after Saudi Arabia lifted its 35-year ban on cinema, the kingdom continues to make significant strides as the Middle East-North Africa region's top movie market with audiences flocking ...
In a Saudi Arabia spotlight on Film AlUla, Charlene Deleon-Jones talks 'Norah,' the first Saudi movie in the Cannes Film Festival official selection.
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Culture will present Discover Saudi Cinema, a special showcase of nine short films by emerging ...
Saudi writer-director Shahad Ameen returns to the Venice Film Festival with "Hijra," which has its world premiere in the Spotlight section. Her debut "Scales" also premiered in Venice and then went on ...
Last night, just before the New York premiere of Wadjda, the first-ever feature film to be shot entirely in Saudi Arabia, writer-director Haifaa al-Mansour told the crowd about her goals: “I ...
Saudi comedy “Alzarfa: Escape from Hanhounia Hell” dominated the weekend box office frame in Saudi Arabia, beating global blockbusters “Jurassic World Rebirth” and “F1: The Movie.” The ...
In the latest in a series of gestures toward modernization that would once have seemed improbable, Saudi Arabia announced Monday that it would allow commercial movie theaters to open for the first ...