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JEDDAH: Two young Saudi film directors have been presented with trophies after winning the second edition of a 48-hour filmmaking challenge, with participants racing against the clock to create a short film within a two-day limit.

Khaled Zidan and Tala Alharbi received their awards on Thursday during a special screening held at Vox Cinemas in Red Sea Mall, Jeddah.  

The 48HR Film Challenge was part of a collaboration between the Alliance Fran莽aise of 抖阴短视频, the Consulate General of France in Jeddah, the French Embassy in Riyadh, the Red Sea International Film Festival, Cercle des Amis de la Culture Francaise and Vox Cinemas.

The challenge encourages Saudi and Saudi-resident filmmakers aged from 18-25 to produce new works.

A team of between two and five participants, led by a Saudi director or scriptwriter, received two days鈥� training to develop their film before the challenge.

Mohammed Al-Turki, CEO of the Red Sea Film Festival Foundation, congratulated the winners and said: 鈥淲e watched some really amazing short films that were very intriguing and projected a lot of creativity from the young Saudi filmmakers, especially to create it within 48 hours only.鈥� 

He told Arab News: 鈥淚 believe this platform will help them reach their goals with the support of the Red Sea Fund.鈥�

During the event, Al-Turki said that the two films will be screened at the Red Sea Film Festival as a part of the 鈥淣ew Saudi New Cinema Shorts鈥� segment.

Zain Zedan, Red Sea Souk manager, described the winning efforts as 鈥渁 great achievement and accomplishment.鈥�

He added: 鈥淭his will encourage other filmmakers not to be hesitant to produce the films they like.鈥�

Catherine Corm-Kammoun, Consul General of France in Jeddah, told Arab News that she was impressed by the exceptional work of all participants. 

鈥淚t was surprising to see the deep thoughts of the young filmmakers and learn the way they see life. As the Consulate General of France, we are eager to generate new filmmakers among the youth in 抖阴短视频. Our aim is to strengthen the film industry in the Kingdom,鈥� she said.  

鈥淲ith this successful partnership with the Red Sea Film Festival, we decided to renew this challenge for the next year as it is a good cooperation and hope to keep on working like this.鈥�

Charles-Henri Gros, cultural attache of the Consulate General of France, told Arab News: 鈥淎s this was the second edition, we added a new initiative by challenging the participants to create a film in just two days. We hosted them at the residency of the French General Consulate in Jeddah and dedicated the two days to the young talents, and introduced them to some Saudi and French experts in cinema.鈥�

He added: 鈥淭his is just the beginning of a great future for them in the cinema, which is a masterpiece of arts and culture. As a French consulate, we consider ourselves lucky to initiate this with the Red Sea Film Festival.鈥�

Zidan, who won with a short film titled 鈥淭he Kid in the Closet,鈥� told Arab News: 鈥淚t wasn鈥檛 an easy challenge. There were some limitations, especially the time. Making a film in 48 hours isn鈥檛 an easy thing. We used to work on films in the pre-production area and I know it takes a lot of time to make films.鈥� 

He said that creating a film with just three team members was also challenging. 鈥淏ut I am happy that it was a great learning experience, which in itself is a reward. The workshops at the French consulate allowed us to get expertise from a number of directors, producers and actors.鈥�

Alharbi, who created a winning film titled 鈥淲hen Red Blooms,鈥� said: 鈥淚t is unbelievable and feels like a dream to have won. It has definitely been a lot of hard work. It was an exciting experience, but very stressful.鈥�

The jury, chaired by award-winning actor Dhafer L鈥橝bdine, and filmmaker and journalist Wael Abu Mansour, presented the two teams with trophies designed by the artist Rabi Alakhras. Winning team leaders will also attend an educational residency program led by leading French cinematographers.

Jana Mazin, writer and director of another of the short films, 鈥淟uLu,鈥� will receive support to create a movie with the help of Vox Cinemas.