The 2022 Red Sea International Film Festival took place from December 1–10, 2022 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It screened 131 films and shorts from 61 countries in 41 languages. The main competition jury president was Oliver Stone, the American film maker.
The Red Sea Souk — a related industry marketplace with a focus on the Middle East, Africa and South Asia — took place concurrently December 3–6, 2025 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel.
Juries The 2022 Red Sea International Film Festival had three juries, adding VR from the inaugural year.
Features competition Oliver Stone, American film director, screenwriter and documentarian – Jury President Nelly Karim, Egyptian actress and former prima ballerina Kaouther Ben Hania, Tunisian film director Levan Koguashvili, Georgian film director and screenwriter Ali Suleiman, Palestinian actor
Shorts competition Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, Lebanese filmmakers and visual artists Shahad Ameen, Saudi Arabian writer and director Ozzy Agu, Nigerian actor, red-carpet host and TV presenter
VR competition May Abdalla, British–Egyptian immersive story director Naima Karim, Bangladeshi–Dutch painter and VR artist Ana Brzezinska, Polish XR curator and creative producer
Official Selection
In Competition The 2022 edition had 16 film in competition.
English title Original title Director(s) Production country Before Now and Then Kamila Andini Indonesia A Childless Village قرية بلا أطفال Reza Jamali Iran Dirty Difficult Dangerous حديد نحاس بطاريات Wissam Charaf Lebanon, France Hanging Gardens Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji Iraq, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Kingdom Harka Lotfy Nathan Tunisia Last Film Show Pan Nalin India Mountain Onion Eldar Shibanov Kazakhstan, China Next Sohee 다음 소희 July Jung South Korea Nezouh Soudade Kaadan Syria, France Our Lady Of The Chinese Shop Ery Claver Angola Raven Song Mohamed Al Salman Saudi Arabia A Summer in Boujad Omar Mouldouira Morocco, France The Last Queen الملكة الأخيرة Damien Ounouri and Adila Bendimerad Algeria, France, Taiwan The Pit The Pit Angela Wanjiku Kenya Within Sand فلم بين الرمال Moe Alatawi Saudi Arabia
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