Red Sea Film Festival Chiefs Play Up ‘East Meets West’ Role as Industry Attendance Rises and Saudi Event Embraces Boxing Biopic ‘Giant’

Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival opens on Thursday with the Middle East premiere of Rowan Athale’s boxing biopic “Giant,” starring Egyptian-British actor Amir El Masry as iconic British-Yemeni featherweight “Prince” Naseem Hamed and Pierce Brosnan as his trainer, just as Saudi’s nascent film and TV industry is busy bulking up. The choice of “Giant” as […]
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