Saudi Arabian film industry pioneer Faisal Baltyuor is opening the first arthouse cinema in Riyadh in what amounts to a milestone in the kingdom’s moviegoing trajectory ever since Saudi lifted its ...

When Saudi Arabia lifted its ban on cinema in 2017, there were debates among incoming exhibitors about the design of cinemas for the Kingdom. Would theatres need a curtain running down the middle of ...

Building a country’s entire film industry from the ground up is no easy task. But in just eight short years, Saudi Arabia – which only began having cinemas across the kingdom in 2018 – has transformed ...

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — “My Driver and I” was supposed to be made in 2016, but was scuttled amid Saudi Arabia’s decades-long cinema ban. Eight years later, the landscape for film in the kingdom ...

Largest Exhibitor in Saudi Arabia to Open Four New IMAX® With Laser Locations, including Two in Riyadh and One in Jeddah's Mall of Arabia NEW YORK and RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, July 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - The lights dimmed and the crowd of men and women erupted into applause and hoots Wednesday evening as Hollywood's blockbuster "Black Panther" premiered in Saudi Arabia's ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The audience strolled down the red carpet, fetched their popcorn and soda and filed into the cinema for a night at the movies. It was a sight common around the world. But in the ...

Saudi creative studio Telfaz11 and music platform MDLBEAST unveiled a strategic partnership on the fringes of the Red Sea Film Festival in Jeddah on Monday. The agreement unites two of the hippest ...

DUBAI, United Arab EmiratesDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — AMC Entertainment Holdings has decided to exit Saudi Arabia’s fast-growing market amid heavy competition less than five years after the lifting ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — With daring filmmakers, untold stories and entertainment-starved young people, Saudi Arabia has all the makings of a local movie industry – except for theaters. As ...

LONDON -- Cinemas are set to open in Saudi Arabia in March 2018 for the first time since they were banned in in the early 1980s, according to the Saudi minister of culture. "It's a beautiful day in ...