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Garry Keane and Stephen Gerard Kelly’s documentary In The Shadow Of Beirut, which is Ireland’s Oscar category this year, is headed to the Red Sea International Film Festival, running November 30 to December 9 in the Red Sea port of Jeddah.
The work, which is executive produced by Hillary and Chelsea Clinton as well as Siobhan Sinnerton under their HiddenLight Productions banner, is an immersive work capturing life in the slum neighborhoods of Sabra and Shatila neighborhoods outside Beirut, three decades after they hit world headlines following the infamous massacre of 1982.
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The documentary is among six titles selected for the New Vision line-up alongside Jurgen Buedts and Sahim Omar Kalifa biodoc The Iraq’s Invisible Beauty about Iraqi photographer Latif Al Ani, which world premieres at the Red Sea, and Thien An Pham’s first feature Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell which won Camera d’Or at Cannes this year. (scroll down for the full list).
“We hold a special attachment to the Red Sea: New Vision section. These are our cinematic favorites—films with a different, creative, original, and, above all, unique cinematographic language,” said Antoine Khalife, Director of Arab Programs & Film Classics at the festival.
“Filmmakers delve into strong themes, whether it’s the quest for a new country, the lost beauty of a country, the struggle of women for an independent and robust country, or the revolution in a country led by its young citizens for a brighter future.”
The festival also unveiled its Red Sea: Series sidebar showcasing four new shows: Ashfaq Carim and Gokhan Deniz’s culinary docu-series South Africa Eats; Iranian director Nima Javidi’s Shakespeare-inspired The Actor; Auckland-set drama Miles From Nowhere by Ghazaleh Golbakhsh, and Korean thriller The Deal from Lee Jung-Gon.
In further announcements, it was also revealed that Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget would play in the Red Sea’s Families and Children strand.
That line-up features five family-oriented films including the world premiere of Swiss filmmaker Damien Hauser’s Kenya-set fable After the Long Rains (Baada Ya Masika) as well as Annecy titles Saleem by Jordanian director Cynthia Sharaihay and Sirocco And The Kingdom Of Air Streams, which opened the French lakeside animation festival this year.
“We aim for this cinematic experience to be unforgettable by choosing Arab films such as Saleem, which is about a child’s struggle to integrate into a new world with a distinct Jordanian accent. Additionally, we’ve included international gems like Chicken Run Dawn of the Nugget,” said Khelife.
The announced films join another 60 titles that have been unveiled over the past three weeks, as the festival programming team has navigated the shifting sands of the Israel-Hamas conflict and the ending of the Actors’ Strike. More news on the line-up can be found here.
Full list of New Vision, Series and Families And Children titles
Red Sea: New Vision
IRAQ’S INVISIBLE BEAUTY
Dir. Jurgen Buedts and Sahim Omar Kalifa
Iraq, Belgium, France
IN THE SHADOW OF BEIRUT
Dir. Garry Keane and Stephen Gerard Kelly
Ireland, Lebanon
DONGA
Dir. Muhannad Lamin
Libya
FEZ SUMMER ’55
Dir. Abdelhai Laraki
Morocco
THE SEA AND ITS WAVES
Dir. Liana & Renaud
France, Lebanon
INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL
Dir. Thien An Pham
Vietnam, Singapore, France
Red Sea: Series
SOUTH AFRICA EATS
Dir. Ashfaq Carim and Gokhan Deniz
South Africa
THE ACTOR
Dir. Nima Javidi
Iran
THE DEAL
Dir. Lee Jung-Gon
South Korea
MILES FROM NOWHERE
Dir. Ghazaleh Golbakhsh
New Zealand
Red Sea: Families and Children
AFTER THE LONG RAINS (Baada Ya Masika)
Dir. Damien Hauser
Switzerland, Kenya
SALEEM
Dir. Cynthia Sharaihay
Jordan
CAPTAIN
Dir. Mohammad Hamzei
Iran
SIROCCO AND THE KINGDOM OF AIR STREAMS
Dir. Benoît Chieux
Belgium, France
THREE LITTLE KUNGPOO GOATS
Dir. Farzad and Kianoush Dalvand
Iran, China
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