5th Red Sea International Film Festival: 33 publications

Paul Risker - 12-12-2025

A school petition exposes traumatic wounds for a seventeen-year-old school girl, in this thought-provoking South Korean drama - from the 5th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 12-12-2025

DMovies' editor Victor Fraga attended the 5th edition of a nascent festival that quickly acquired a world-famous reputation; find out the winners, our dirty picks, and more [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 11-12-2025

Iranian filmmaker lends Chekhov’s gun an explosive new meaning, in this metatextual hodgepodge of film stories - from the 5th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Paul Risker - 11-12-2025

Two sisters flee their father's wrath in this suspenseful Jordanese short with beats of paranoia and humour - from the 5th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 11-12-2025

Young couple living in Mumbai feign happiness on social media in order to cope with societal and financial pressures, in this austere and auteurial creation - from the 5th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 11-12-2025

A sickly orphan living on the violent streets of Baghdad dreams of meeting with his late parents, in this devastating urban tale of abandonment - from the 5th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Duda Leite - 10-12-2025

Single mother and fearless lorry driver navigates the dangerous roads of Kenya in order to provide for her growing family - dirty doc premieres at the 5th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Duda Leite - 10-12-2025

Duda Leite interviews the new International Programme Director at the Red Sea International Film Festival; they discuss the female gaze, Arab sensibilities, LGBT+ films, turning down the Palme d'Or winner, a contentious [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 10-12-2025

DMovies' editor Victor Fraga interviews the Egyptan director of epic historical and family drama The Stories; they discuss baldness, football, Oum Kalthoum, Jimmy Carter and more - live from the Red Sea [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 09-12-2025

Desperate mother seeks novel and unorthodox ways of connecting with her neurodiverse son, in this finely crafted family drama from Jordan - from the 5th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Duda Leite - 08-12-2025

Duda Leite talks to two protagonists of Erupja, an American-Polish drama about fleeting lovers and explosive relations; they discuss collaborative scripts, John Cassavetes, working with Charlie XCX, the Quran, and more - live from the 5th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Duda Leite - 08-12-2025

Pierce Brosnan and Amir El-Masry star in British-Yemeni boxer Prince Naseem's biographical drama - in cinemas on Friday, January 9th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 08-12-2025

Grandma sacrifices her life mission in order to locate her missing granddaughter, in this warm and tender female road movie from Saudi Arabia - world premiere takes place in the 5th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 08-12-2025

Muslims from six different places travel to Mecca in search of spiritual healing, in this glitzy Saudi documentary - from the 5th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 07-12-2025

Guinean orphan becomes a fearless child soldier in order to survive in an intrinsically “cadaverised” Africa - dazzling animation shows in the 5th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Duda Leite - 07-12-2025

British singer Charli XCX gets down and dirty in "liquid" Warsaw, while making her acting debut in this filthy gem of a Polish-American indie - from the 5th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 07-12-2025

Juliette Binoche and Akram Khan violate the conventions of dance and drama, in this unabashedly experimental movie - from the 5th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 06-12-2025

Historical drama offers valuable insight into Palestine under British rule, plus it's a tribute to the self-determination of Arabs - now on various VoD platforms [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 06-12-2025

Young girl and ghost friend set out to uncover the dark secrets of their land, in this sensuous depiction of rural China - from the 5th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 16-11-2025

Egyptian director of Yomeddine intertwines personal stories with his country's history, in this heartwarming family drama - from the Official Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival/ the 5th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 21-09-2025

Angelina Jolie and South Sudanese newcomer Anyier Anei star in tender French-American drama about the pitfalls of fashion and the pains of cancer - from the Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

H.M. Ryan - 11-09-2025

Yanis Koussim creates an eerie, uncomfortable atmosphere within an Algeria that has seen more than its fair share of horrors - from the 5th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 04-09-2025

Chinese actress-turned-director Shu Qi crafts a very familiar tale of coming-of-age marred by domestic abuse - from the 5th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 03-09-2025

Five-year-old girl trapped inside car with six dead relatives begs for help over the telephone, in Kaouther Ben Hania's horrifyingly real register of the Gaza Genocide - in cinemas on Friday, January 16th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 31-08-2025

Quiet spin doctor helps Putin to strengthen his grip on power, in Olivier Assayas's star-studded and lifeless political thriller - from the 5th Red Sea International Fil;m Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 30-08-2025

Boats, men and their imagination get terribly lost at sea, in Mark Jenkin's inventive fisherman's tale - from the 5th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Nataliia Serebriakova - 17-08-2025

Sho Miyake's delicate meditation on movement and stasis masterfully depicts unspoken intimacy and dazzling Japanese landscapes - winner of the 78th Locarno Film Festival shows at the Red Sea [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 12-07-2025

The ethics of solidarity are put to the most brutal test conceivable, as a Palestinian family resists Israel's 75-year-old occupation - from the 5th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 19-05-2025

BEST DIRECTOR AND BEST ACTOR WINNER AT CANNES: Kleber Medonca Filho's crime drama about a dignified researcher on the run pays tribute to the films and the cinemas of yore, while also celebrating the director's native Recife, in Northeastern Brazil - from various festivals [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 16-05-2025

European whims are shattered into pieces, in Oliver Laxe's hauntingly beautiful and disturbing allegory of life on the edge - showing at various film festivals [Read More...]

Lida Bach - 24-02-2025

Leonie Bensch shines as a burnt out nurse toiling in an understaffed Swiss hospital - profound drama with an urgent message shows at the Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 19-02-2025

Profoundly lyrical and elliptical drama featuring Georges Khabbaz and Hanna Schygulla illustrates the Arab immigration experience in Germany - from the 5th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 17-02-2025

Maternal pressures cause a therapist to have a meltdown worse than any of her patients, in this very dark and engaging American dramedy - from the Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]