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Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – 05 December 2024
1. Wide shot Will Smith
2. Various Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas on red carpet
3.Various Daniel Dae Kim
4. Wide shot Cynthia Erivo
5. Various Michelle Yeoh
6. Spike Lee arrives
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Spike Lee, director:
“What’s new is that I’m going to see some great films by young filmmakers that I probably never heard of but I’ll know about a lot of them after this festival”
8. Medium Spike Lee on the red carpet
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Spike Lee, director:
“I’m here to see, to judge 16 films. This is not a vacation.”
10. Various Aamir Khan
11.SOUNDBITE (English) Aamir Khan , actor:
“It’s a great honor and I’m really happy and I feel very grateful for the honor of my work."
(Reporter: “You’re one of the iconic Bollywood stars. Do you still, like get excited about like, being honored and everything?")
"Well, it’s really lovely to have your work appreciated, so I’m very happy. Thank you."
12. Various Emily Blunt
13. Wide shot Engin Altan Düzyatan
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Michelle Rodriguez, actor:
“Well, aside from the vast history, I like the deep sense of identity. And I think it’s very rare for the people in our country to just have a very similar united point of view. And I think that that’s quite beautiful."
(Reporter: "Maybe we want to see you doing a movie here?")
"That would be cool. Yeah. You know what? There’s lots and lots of movies being funded by the Red Sea, and they’re from all over the world. So that that might actually happen."
15. Wide shot Mona Zaki
16. Wide shot Georgina Rodríguez
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Kareena Kapoor Khan, actor:
“And I think this time we’ve done it a lot bigger and it’s a lot more grander that so many more films from across the globe which are premiering here, which I think is great. And it’s nice to see Aamir which is… I mean, there’s so many of us who come from all over the world. So I’m very excited"
(Reporter: "Maybe one day we see you do a movie in Saudi?")
“I would you love to do that, I’d love to come and visit, you know, more of Saudi."
18. Wide shot local attendees posing for a group picture
19.Various Al Balad district ahead of event
STORYLINE:
Will Smith, Cynthia Erivo, Emily Blunt, Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michelle Yeoh and Aamir Khan were among the stars walking the red carpet in Saudi Arabia, ahead of the opening ceremony of the fourth Red Sea International Film Festival, Thursday.
The ceremony included honors for Blunt, Vin Diesel and icon of Indian cinema Aamir Khan.
“It’s a great honor and I’m really happy and I feel very grateful for the honor of my work," said Khan, on the carpet.
The festival – one of the fastest growing film festivals in the Middle East – will present over 120 films from 81 countries, in Jeddah’s historic Al-Balad district.
16 features will compete for the Yusr Awards, highlighting work from filmmakers across the Arab region, Asia, and Africa. Winners will be selected by a jury led by Spike Lee.
"I’m going to see some great films by young filmmakers that I probably never heard of, but I’ll know about a lot of them after this festival,” smiled Lee on the carpet.
Competition titles include include Lotfi Achour’s “Red Path,” featured at the Locarno Film Festival, and Mehdi M. Barsaoui’s “Aïcha,” a Venice Film Festival selection. Also competing is Reema Kagti’s “Superboys of Malegaon,” about an amateur filmmaker’s dream in the small town of Malegaon.
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