Red Sea Souk Awards Highlight Emerging Talent from the Arab World, Africa, and Asia

Katia Jarjoura's 'Robbing Beirut' wins the top $75,000 production prize, with other notable projects recognized in diverse categories.

The fourth edition of the Red Sea Souk, the market arm of the Red Sea Film Festival, concluded with 38 feature film and TV projects showcased from the Arab world, Africa, and Asia.
Katia Jarjoura's 'Robbing Beirut,' a heist drama set during Lebanon's economic crisis, won the $75,000 Red Sea Souk Production Award, the event's highest honor.
Georgian director Levan Koguashvili's 'Guria' received the $40,000 post-production award for its portrayal of a Georgian town in the 1990s after the Soviet Union's collapse.
Other major winners included Mahamed Al’Omda's 'Blue Card' ($70,000) and Lydia Matata's 'Pepo Kali' ($50,000), both recognized as part of the Red Sea Lodge program.
The Red Sea Souk expanded its scope this year, welcoming projects from Asia for the first time and achieving a record number of meeting requests for its selected projects.