JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — “My Driver and I” was supposed to be made in 2016, but was scuttled amid Saudi Arabia's decades-long cinema ban. Eight years later, the landscape for film in the kingdom looks ...

The 2026 theme, “Cinema of the Journey,” centres on transformation through movement — physical or emotional. The line-up will include Arab and international short and feature-length films in which ...

The Saudi Film Festival is set to return this April, with organizers announcing that the highly anticipated event will take place at the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) from April 23 ...

Largest Exhibitor in Saudi Arabia to Open Four New IMAX® With Laser Locations, including Two in Riyadh and One in Jeddah's Mall of Arabia NEW YORK and RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, July 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EXCLUSIVE: Saudi director Mahmoud Sabbagh has struck a deal with France-based digital film distributor and aggregator for the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Saudi Arabia’s leading exhibition chain Muvi Cinemas is moving directly into film production with the launch of a subsidiary Muvi ...

Building a country’s entire film industry from the ground up is no easy task. But in just eight short years, Saudi Arabia – which only began having cinemas across the kingdom in 2018 – has transformed ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — With daring filmmakers, untold stories and entertainment-starved young people, Saudi Arabia has all the makings of a local movie industry – except for theaters. As ...