Red Sea Fund & Film AlUla Reveal 2025 Production Cycle Winning Films

The Red Sea Fund x Film AlUla partnership has announced its 2025 Production Cycle winners – a slate that captures some of the boldest filmmaking voices emerging from the region. Together, the Fund and Film AlUla have backed ten projects since 2023, offering filmmakers not just financing, but access to AlUla’s fast-growing production ecosystem and the visibility that comes with the Kingdom’s expanding global film footprint.

This year’s selected films range from dark coming-of-age thrillers to real-life survival stories and surreal genre-benders:

- Hijra
Saudi Arabia
By Shahad Ameen

- Monteral
Jordan, Saudi Arabia
By Ameen Nayfeh

- Running Dry
Saudi Arabia
By Hamzah Jamjoom

- Yallah, Yallah Beenah! – The Official, Unofficial Guide to How to Live in the Modern World
Saudi Arabia
By Mohammed Hammad

- Alwahd
Saudi Arabia
By Faisal Alamer

- Tigris
Iraq, France, Italy, Saudi Arabia, USA
By Haider Rashid

- Photograph
Saudi Arabia
By Zahra Mohammed Aldhamen

- Madness and Honey Days
Iraq, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Jordan
By Ahmed Yassin Al-Daradj

- Hungry Dog
Saudi Arabia, Jordan
By Mohammed Salman

- Farida: The Girl Who Beat Isis
United Kingdom, Morocco
By Hassan Nazer