Red Sea Film Market Awards 2025: Full List of Winners
The Red Sea Film Market announced this year’s winners, highlighting 40 selected films and series with financial and in-kind support for projects at all stages of development, production, and post-production 💡🎥.
The Red Sea Film Market unveiled the winners of the Project Market Awards, designed to support creative talents and enable projects through development, production, and post-production, including “Lodge” and “Series Lab” programs 🌟✨.
Shivani Bandia Malhotra, Director General of the Red Sea Film Foundation, emphasized that this year’s awards reflect the diverse creative talents from the Arab world, Africa, and Asia, contributing to the future of cinema in these regions 🏆🌍.
Key Awards and Winners
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Arab Cinema Center / Producers Lab 2026:
🏆 Fahd Samman – Film "Dill" -
Arab Radio and Television Network:
🏆 Film "Raheel Nabil"
🏆 Film "Dill"
🏆 Film "Bayt wa Bayt" – Director Maha Al Haj -
Blue B Productions:
🏆 Film "Min Al-Sifr Lil-Alf" – Director Hana Saleh Al Fassi -
CNC:
🏆 Film "The Daughter" – Director Tian Guan -
DTS:
🏆 Film "Dill" – Director Dania Al-Tayeb (post-production services) -
Film More:
🏆 Film "Binemana" – Director Marie-Clementine Dusapigambo -
Freshly Ground Stories & Fine Print:
🏆 Film "Catching the Falling Sky" – Director Cheta Choku
🏆 Film "Velax" – Director Roken Tiksh -
Hubbard:
🏆 Film "Green Corpse" – Director Khaled Zidan -
King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra):
🏆 Film "Green Corpse" – Director Khaled Zidan -
Lith Production & Easy Distribution:
🏆 Film "About Love and September Laws" – Director Mohamed Kordfani
🏆 Film "The Prodigal Son" – Director Rani Masalha -
Mad Solutions:
🏆 Film "The Infidels" – Director Eli Jean Tahchi -
Oticones:
🏆 Film "Ria" – Director Arven Bellarmino -
Shift Studios:
🏆 Film "Raheel Nabil" – Director Dalia Baashen
🏆 Film "About Love and September Laws" – Director Mohamed Kordfani
🏆 Film "Min Al-Sifr Lil-Alf" – Director Hana Saleh Al Fassi
In-Progress and Development Awards
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"Last Night the Eye Didn’t Sleep" – Director Rakan Miassi
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"Binemana" – Director Marie-Clementine Dusapigambo
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"Catching the Falling Sky" – Director Cheta Choku
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"Ashes Wake the Fire" – Director Ashmita Guha Noji
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"The Bad Deed" – Director Ibrahim Morsal
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"About Love and September Laws" – Director Mohamed Kordfani
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"Fantasy" – Director Anusha Switchakornbong
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"Bayt wa Bayt" – Director Maha Al Haj
This year’s awards provided financial and in-kind support, encouraging innovation and highlighting diverse stories that enrich the Arab and global cinema landscape 🎬💡.
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