The Cannes Film Festival, where Saudi Arabia made its first official competition entry in 2024 with the feature film Norah. (Source: Shutterstock)
When the Saudi Cultural Development Fund (CDF) hosted a high-profile roundtable and networking lunch at the 78th Cannes Film Festival, it brought together global industry leaders, studio executives, filmmakers, producers, and financiers under the banner of “Shaping the Future of the Film Industry.”
Quite a shift from how Saudi Arabia was once seen at Cannes: a handful of short films, a…
