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Jeddah Film Festival canceled
Filed under NewsJul 19JEDDAH: The Jeddah Film Festival that was scheduled to open Saturday at King Abdul Aziz Cultural Center was canceled at the eleventh hour, literally.
Mamdouh Salem, director of the Jeddah Film Festival, confirmed the cancellation, saying that he received an official notice from the Jeddah governorate at 11 p.m. on Friday ordering the festival canceled and leaving many attendees who had already arrived at a loss of words.
Salem, who put the total cost of the festival at around SR200,000, said the cancellation came at the last moment just when everything was ready. The adjudicating panel, which consists of Omani director Khaled Al-Zajali, UAE writer Khaled Al-Bodour, Saudi producer Majdi Wadou and writer Halema Muzafar, had already started their work early Friday.
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Jul 18
JEDDAH – The 4th Jeddah Film Festival 2009 opens today and will screen films from Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries until Wednesday at the King Abdul Aziz Cultural Center Abrug Al-Raghama. At a press conference Ayman Halawani, the director general of Rotana Studios the Festivals sponsor, Mamdouh Salem, the director of the Festival, and Ibrahim Badi the director of media relationship at Rotana announced that more than 100 films will be shown during the five-day Festival and a workshop with British film directors will be held with the cooperation of the British Council.
For the first time, Yemeni feature films will be shown in a Saudi film festival and eight feature-length films from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the UAE will be screened for the entertainment of the audience.
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