RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Film Commission is preparing to announce its strategy to develop the Kingdom’s film sector and support its employees and actors, the authority said on Wednesday.
The announcement will be made at a ceremony at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Riyadh, under the patronage of Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan, minister of culture and chairman of the Film Commission, and in the presence of Saudi filmmakers, a number of strategic partners, media professionals, intellectuals and actors.
At the ceremony, the authority will reveal the details of its strategy, including initiatives and programs that serve the film sector and work to transform it into an integrated industry, in which local and international film production is active, with advanced infrastructure, studios and filming locations.
It will provide practical and educational opportunities for national groups in various disciplines of the film industry.
The commission is one of 11 cultural bodies affiliated with the Ministry of Culture, which was established in February last year by a Cabinet decision.
According to the strategy, the commission will assume multiple tasks, including managing and regulating the film sector, supporting and empowering filmmakers, developing the production environment, marketing Saudi businesses locally and internationally, and motivating institutions and companies to produce and develop content.
Saudi Arabia’s Film Commission to announce its strategy on Sunday
https://arab.news/jjd7f
Saudi Arabia’s Film Commission to announce its strategy on Sunday
- The strategy includes initiatives and programs that serve the film sector and work to transform it into an integrated industry
Saudi defense minister receives Mukalla port director, thanks him for heroic role
RIYADH: Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman received the director of the Port of Mukalla Salem Basamir on Tuesday.
In a post on social media platform X, Prince Khalid thanked Basamir for his heroic and humanitarian role in ensuring the safety and protection of lives and property at the port.
The Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen carried out a limited airstrike in December targeting foreign military support at the Port of Mukalla in the Hadramaut governorate, where calm has been restored after a period of tension.
In a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency following the strikes, coalition spokesman Major General Turki Al-Maliki said two ships coming from the port of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates entered the Port of Mukalla without obtaining official permits from the Joint Forces Command of the Coalition.
“The crews of the two ships disabled their tracking systems and unloaded a large quantity of weapons and combat vehicles to support the Southern Transitional Council forces in the eastern governorates of Yemen (Hadramaut and Al-Mahra) with the aim of fueling the conflict. This is a clear violation of the truce and the pursuit of a peaceful solution, as well as a violation of UN Security Council Resolution No. 2216,” said the spokesman.
