{"id":44358,"date":"2023-12-01T13:08:15","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T09:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=44358"},"modified":"2023-12-01T13:08:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T09:08:15","slug":"saudi-red-sea-film-festival-2023-celebrities","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/saudi-red-sea-film-festival-2023-celebrities\/","title":{"rendered":"A-list Stars Flock To Saudi For Red Sea Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44382\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44382\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-44382\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/12\/Sofia-Vergara-Red-Sea-Film-Festival-Featured.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44382\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Instagram @sofiavergara<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Red Sea Film Festival 2023 opened on Thursday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The third edition of the festival featured a star-studded line-up that saw the likes Will Smith, Johnny Depp and Michelle Williams bring their a-game to the red carpet. Which is hardly surprising, seeing as the globally acclaimed film festival brings together film connoisseurs, filmmakers and A-list celebrities to the Kingdom year after year.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia is considered a creative hub in the Middle East. A testament to <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/saudi-arabia-is-set-to-host-the-world-expo-2030\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saudi Arabia<\/a>&#8216;s film and television industry&#8217;s increasing strength, the Red Sea Film Festival 2023 comes just six years after the nation&#8217;s 35-year cinema ban was lifted as part of its 2030 strategy to diversify the country&#8217;s economy away from oil. The prestigious festival takes place from November 30 to December 9 and is a dynamic platform showcasing exclusive screenings of unreleased films.<\/p>\n<p>Joel Kinnaman, Freida Pinto, Amina Khalil and Paz Vega are on the Red Sea:Features jury, which will be overseen by Australian film director Baz Luhrmann, and the judges for the Red Sea:Shorts competition are Fatih Akin, Assaad Bouab and Hana Alomair. The MENA Premiere of Ferrari, the new Michael Mann biopic starring Adam Driver and Penelope Cruz, will kick off the Festival Awards night, while The Boy and the Heron, <a href=\"https:\/\/ghiblicollection.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Studio Ghibli<\/a> director Hayao Miyazaki&#8217;s most recent film, will be shown as the public closing film.<\/p>\n<p>See which stars donned the Red Sea Film Festival 2023 red carpet in GRAZIA&#8217;s round-up below.<\/p>\n<h3>Michelle Williams<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44364\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44364\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-44364 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/12\/Michelle-Williams-Red-Sea-Film-Festival.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Red Sea Film Festival\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44364\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Instagram @redseafilm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>WILL SMITH<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44365\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44365\" style=\"width: 819px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-44365 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/12\/Will-smith-Red-sea-film-festival.jpg?w=819\" alt=\"Red Sea Film Festival\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44365\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Instagram @redseafilm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>SOFIA VERGARA<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44381\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44381\" style=\"width: 817px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-44381 \" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/12\/Sofia-Vergara-Red-Sea-Film-Festival.jpg?w=683\" alt=\"\" width=\"817\" height=\"1224\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44381\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy of Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>dina elsherbiny<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44366\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44366\" style=\"width: 819px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-44366 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/12\/Dina-Elsherbiny-Red-Sea-Film-Festival.jpg?w=819\" alt=\"Red Sea Film Festival\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44366\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Instagram @redseafilm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>ed Westwick &amp; amy jackson<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44368\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44368\" style=\"width: 819px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-44368 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/12\/Ed-Westwick-and-Amy-Jackson-Red-Sea-Film-Festival.jpg?w=819\" alt=\"Red Sea Film Festival\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44368\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Instagram @redseafilm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>aseel omran<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44369\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44369\" style=\"width: 1016px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-44369 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/12\/Aseel-Red-Sea-Film-Festival.jpg?w=1016\" alt=\"Red Sea Film Festival\" width=\"1016\" height=\"1024\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44369\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Instagram @redseafilm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Mo Al Turki, Diane Kruger &amp; Jomana Al Rashid<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44371\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44371\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-44371 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/12\/Mo-Al-Turki-Diane-Kruger-and-Jomana-Al-Rashid-Red-Sea-Film-Festival.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Red Sea Film Festival\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44371\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Instagram @redseafilm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>baz luhrmann and Catherine Martin<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44372\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44372\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-44372 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/12\/Baz-Luhrmann-and-Catherine-Martin-Red-Sea-Film-Festival.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"720\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44372\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Instagram @redseafilm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>JOHNNY DEPP<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44375\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44375\" style=\"width: 819px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-44375 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/12\/Johnny-Depp-Red-Sea-Film-Festival.jpg?w=819\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44375\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Instagram @redseafilm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>LUCAS BRAVO<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44370\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44370\" style=\"width: 820px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-44370 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/12\/Lucas-Bravo-Red-Sea-Film-Festival.jpg?w=820\" alt=\"\" width=\"820\" height=\"1024\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44370\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Instagram @redseafilm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>AMINA KHALIL<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44376\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44376\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-44376 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/12\/Amina-Khalil-Red-Sea-Film-Festival.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44376\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Instagram @redseafilm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>FREIDA PINTO<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44377\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44377\" style=\"width: 819px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-44377 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/12\/Freida-Pinto-Red-Sea-Film-Festival.jpg?w=819\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44377\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Instagram @redseafilm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>YASMINE SABRI<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44378\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44378\" style=\"width: 819px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-44378 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/12\/Yasmine-Sabri-Red-Sea-Film-Festival.jpg?w=819\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44378\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Instagram @redseafilm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"author":42688,"featured_media":44382,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[134,260,349,35,5023,5059],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast 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