The Way We See Us: Panel Discussion

‘Red Sea Documentary Film Days’ is accompanied by an extended public programme that includes talks and workshops for all ages.

This panel discussion taking place at Hayy Cinema titled ‘The Way We See Us’ (Saturday, June 10 at 6pm) focusses on how filmmakers project themselves into plays, family and social memories to reveal intimate details that touch upon universal concerns around identity, personal and collective memory. Speakers include directors and producers: Abdulmohsin Almutairi (Memories from the North, 2022) , Abdulwahab Bin Shaddad (The King’s Poem, 2022) and Hala Lotfy (My Lost Country, 2022)

Biographies

Abdulmohsin Almutairi is a Saudi Filmmaker whose films Nothing (2008) and Project (2009) were selected for the the Gulf Film Festival. Almutairi is Co-Founder of Talashi Films. a Saudi filmmakers group, founded in May 2008.

Abdulwahab Bin Shaddad is a screenwriter and film director at Thmanyah Company for Publishing and Distribution. He graduated from the University of Denver with a degree in Film Studies and Production. His screenplay, The Surveilled Door (Al-Bab Al-Marsood), won the Best Short Film Scenario award at the Saudi Film Festival 8th edition in 2022.

Hala Lotfy is an Egyptian director and producer and founder of Hassala Films. She produced more than ten tittles, feature and documentary to include: Um Ghayeb by Nadine Salib, Exterior/ night by Ahmad Abdalla, and most recently Light Upon Light by the Danish director Christian Suhr.