Diane Kruger, Ranveer Singh and Joel Kinnaman Engage at Red Sea Film Festival – The Hollywood Reporter

Ranveer Singh, Diane Kruger, Joel Kinnaman, Paz Vega, Freida Pinto

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Diane Kruger, Indian actor Ranveer Singh, Joel Kinnaman, Freida Pinto and Paz Vega are all set to add star power to the third edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

pinto (the homeless milionaire, Knight of Cups), vega (Sex and Lucia, Organic Agriculture), Kinnaman (Silent night, for all humanity, Suicide squad(And Egyptian Amina Khalil)Grand Hotel, Eugenie Nights) join the event’s main feature competition jury, which will be chaired by Baz Luhrmann.

The Red Sea: Short Film Competition will be judged by jury Hanaa Al-Omair, a Saudi writer, film director, and film critic behind the Netflix series. WhispersFrench-Moroccan actor Assaad Bouab (Call my agent, whatever Lola wants(And the Turkish-German director, screenwriter, and producer Fatih Akin)face to face, In fading).

On Monday, organizers also revealed that Singh, Kruger and Saudi actor and writer Abdullah Al-Sadhan will be honored at the festival.

“This year we honor Ranveer Singh, an icon of Indian cinema; Diane Kruger, who has given us a series of unforgettable characters from Helen of Troy to Tarantino’s Bridget von Hammersmarck, and moved us with her powerful performance as the vengeful angel Katya in Fatih Akin’s film. In fading; In addition to the much-loved Abdullah Al-Sadhan who was a mainstay of Saudi entertainment through him Tash Ma Tash for two decades and will also appear in this year’s competition title NuraMohammed Al Turki, CEO of the Red Sea Film Festival Foundation, said: “We are delighted to recognize both their diverse and profound contributions to cinema and to have them with us for our third edition.”

The organizers explained that the Red Sea Honor Award is dedicated to “prominent cinematic personalities and icons who contributed to shaping the history of cinema as we know it today and immortalized it in the hearts of the masses.” He added: “The award expresses the festival’s great respect and appreciation for those with profound cinematic contributions from all over the world.”

The third edition of the Saudi event will be held from November 30 to December. 9- On the eastern shore of the Red Sea.

Shivani Pandya Malhotra, Managing Director of the Red Sea Film Institute, said: “We have an array of tremendous talent on this year’s jury, representing some of cinema’s leading creatives from around the world.” “We have the strongest programming line-up to date, so it is not easy to crown the winners of an outstanding year in cinema.”