chairman of the umbrella body the Red Sea Foundation, on the eve of the second editionHow has the process of putting this edition together been different from launching the inaugural edition?: Looking back, we didn’t know how things would pan out, but we had great audiences and got great feedback. We’re building on the foundations that we laid last year. For us, it’s all about the industry, we’re very focused on that.
, from November 20 to December 18, in neighboring Qatar. Do you fear cinema will end up competing with soccer?The fact that everyone’s coming to the region for the World Cup is an opportunity for us to tap into because Saudi Arabia is less than an hour’s flight away. It’s a great opportunity and we’re taking full advantage of it. Football and cinema are universal languages that help bridge gaps and bring cultures together.
I agree with the FIFA president , you know, when he mentioned there’s a bit of Western hypocrisy [In opening remarks to the World Cup, Infantino said Western countries are ill-placed to give “moral lessons” due to their colonial histories].
But in terms of what you mentioned on LGBT, we get this question from a lot of people in the U.S. while in Colorado five people were recently shot in an LGBT bar. So, it’s kind of strange. They’re asking us, but they can also look at what’s happening in their own country.To pick up on what Mohammed was saying, ultimately, our objective is to program the best films with no agenda. And our programmers have once again curated a diverse selection of over 130 films from 61 countries.
There’s also the 40% rebate announced by the film commission and we’ve also announced, as part of Neom, the largest soundstages in the region, which is again a very big opportunity. There’s a lot of movement that’s taking place in the industry as a whole. And I think a lot of people are eager to learn more about it.I would also say I did hear the criticism [about the red carpet] and we had a lot of conversations about it with regional filmmakers, about the celebrities and big names.
This year, we’ll have 21 In-Conversations. They’re not done for PR or photo ops, or simply to attract international attention. They’re done to empower and transfer the know-how to the young generation in the region as well as established generation of filmmakers who want to upscale or rescale their expertise to an international level and caliber.
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