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JEDDAH: Dec. 8 marked the closing ceremony of Purple Sea Worldwide Movie Competition spherical two, which celebrated storytellers and individuals within the competition competitions who stepped out of their consolation zone to share their tales with the world.

Spanish actor Antonio Banderas, supermodel Naomi Campbell, Indian actor Hrithik Roshan, DJ Khaled, former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, and Hong Kong actor and filmmaker Jackie Chan have been amongst well-known faces to seem on the crimson carpet.

Chan, who is thought for his acrobatic combating type, stated that the ceremony evening coincided together with his sixtieth yr within the movie business.

“I need to thank the RSIFF for this — it’s the place I can see so many good pals and new pals. Additionally, this yr marks my 60 years within the movie enterprise, and I need to share this to the chums around the globe,” he stated. 
Winner of the younger rising star award was Jeddah-born Saudi actress Sarah Taibah, 33.

Taibah stated: “I did not know that I might be nominated, thanks Purple Sea Movie Competition. I really feel wonderful and grateful for being honored in my nation and metropolis.”

Saudi-Kuwaiti manufacturing “How I Obtained There,” an motion drama by Zeyad Al-Husaini, received the Movie AlUla viewers award for greatest Saudi movie.

Hamza Jamjoom, a Saudi filmmaker and producer of the profitable movie, accepted the award on behalf of Al-Husaini.

Movie AlUla viewers award for greatest movie went to a Singapore-South Korean manufacturing “Ajoomma,” directed by He Shuming.

In the meantime, Purple Sea Digital Actuality includes a collection of the newest main VR storytelling and artwork tasks from award-winning worldwide artists and administrators.

The strand was adjudicated by London-based Egyptian documentary filmmaker Could Abdalla, Bangladeshi artist Naima Karim and Tribeca Movie Festivals Immersive Curator Ana Brzezinska

Brzezinska stated: “It has been an actual honor to be right here on the Purple Sea Movie Competition to guage the digital actuality election. It’s a actually wonderful second for this medium with an explosive strategy to artistic concepts. From the dash of many tasks, it was an actual problem to select simply two.”

The Silver Yusr for Purple Sea digital actuality went to “Eurydice” by Celine Daemen, whereas the winner of the Gold Yusr for Purple Sea Digital Actuality was “From the Primary Sq.,” a German movie by Pedro Harres.

The Purple Sea brief competitors was judged by filmmaker Joana Hadjithomas, Saudi author and director Shahad Ameen, and Nigerian actor Ozzy Agu.

The jury gave two awards to the Mongolian and French drama “Snow in September” by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir.

The Silver Yusr for brief movie went to “Will My Mother and father Come to See Me,” by Somalian director Muhamed Bashiir Harawe. The Golden Yusr for Brief Movie went to “On My Father’s Grave,” a Moroccan and French movie by Jawahine Zentar.

The Purple Sea competitors was headed by Oliver Stone, president of this yr’s jury.

The Silver Yusr for greatest cinematic achievement went to “Hanging Gardens,” a manufacturing of Iraq, Palestine, Egypt, the UK, and Saudi Arabia.

The Silver Yusr award for greatest actor went to Adam Bessa. The Silver Yusr for greatest actress went to Adila Bendimarad.

The perfect display award was received by “ Childless Village,” by Reza Jamali from Iran.

The Res Sea competitors jury prize went to “Inside Sand,” a Saudi characteristic movie telling the story of a younger man making his manner via the desert with the assistance of a wolf.

“The movie is predicated on precise occasions that occurred in Saudi in early 1900. There’s a responsivity to replicate the Saudi tradition in essentially the most applicable manner,” director  Mohammed Alatawi advised Arab Information.

The Silver Yusr award for greatest director went to Lotfy Nathan for his movie “Harka.”

The Golden Yusr for the perfect characteristic movie went to “Hanging Gardens,” by Ahmed Yassin Al-Daradji.

The competition’s third version shall be held subsequent yr in Saudi Arabia. The ceremony concluded with a reside efficiency by Lebanese singer Nancy Ajram.

Although RSIFF festivities and periods have come to an finish, guests can nonetheless take pleasure in their weekend watching motion pictures from the competition and assembly red-carpet stars.