Six years after Saudi Arabia lifted its 35-year ban on cinema, the kingdom continues to make significant strides as the Middle East-North Africa region's top movie market with audiences flocking to ...

LONDON — In the latest in a series of gestures toward modernization that would once have seemed improbable, Saudi Arabia announced Monday that it would allow commercial movie theaters to open for the ...

Executive director Charlene Deleon-Jones discusses 'Norah,' shot in the oasis city and the first Saudi movie in Cannes' official selection and hints at a Hollywood-Chinese-Bollywood-Saudi mega-project ...

Saudi filmmaker Shahad Ameen’s road movie “Hijra,” centered on the bond formed between different generations of Saudi women during a journey across the desert, has been selected as Saudi Arabia’s ...

"We feel it is particularly timely to use the medium of film to look at what connects us and to give a platform to the voices and experiences of people in our region and beyond to foster insight, ...

Last night, just before the New York premiere of Wadjda, the first-ever feature film to be shot entirely in Saudi Arabia, writer-director Haifaa al-Mansour told the crowd about her goals: “I tried to ...

A report published by the Cairo Film Connection, during Cairo Industry Days (Nov. 16-20), provides key data on recent trends ...

Hollywood-oriented AI is getting a major boost from the Saudi government, which is expected to announce Wednesday that it will anchor a $900 million funding round for Luma AI, the San Francisco ...

Saudis will soon be able to go to the movies for the first time in more than 35 years. From early next year, commercial movie theaters will be granted licenses, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Culture and ...

A night at the movies will soon become a reality for citizens of Saudi Arabia, as the country is lifting a ban that has been in effect for more than 35 years, CNN reported Monday. Early next year, ...