Middle East exhibitor Vox Cinemas promotes Arabic film production

Vox Cinemas, the largest exhibitor in the Middle East, which is also active in distribution and production, is stepping up its investment in the production of Arab feature films and unveiling its first full slate of original local films at the Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia.

The Arabic Vox Group meets the demands of the local market by presenting commercially viable works in a range of different genres, directed by both Arab newcomers and well-known names and starring top talent such as Egyptian star Nelly Karim (pictured) who is taking part in the Red Sea Festival. The main jury.

Karim is co-starring with acclaimed actors Mohamed Farrag and Bayoumi Fouad (a niche worthy of men) in the drama “Foy! Foy! Foy!” which is being released and teased at the festival today with a press conference and sneak peak footage.

“Foy! Foy! Foy! It marks the directorial debut of Egyptian commercials director Omar Helal. WAX is producing this fantastic picture alongside Egypt Film Clinic, the panel headed by prominent producer Mohamed Hefzy, and Image Nation Abu Dhabi.

said Ignace Lahoud, CEO of Majid Al Futtaim Entertainment (MAF), the entertainment and cinemas operator that operates Vox.

Lahoud added that “distinguished local productions, especially in an emerging market like Saudi Arabia, provide a real and untapped opportunity,” noting that “VOX,” as a leading cinematic company in the region, “is committed to developing a sustainable Arab film industry.”

Below is a summary of the list of VOX Cinemas Arabia films

Vox and Image Nation, who already had a production partnership, have teamed up with Saudi-owned MBC Studios on “HWJN,” an adaptation of the best-selling Saudi fantasy/sci-fi/romance novel of the same title. Dubai-based Iraqi director Yasser Al-Yasiri (“On Borrowed Time”) directs the picture, which is set to be released across the Middle East next year.

Vox, Image Nation, and MBC Studios have also collaborated on “King of the Ring,” a Saudi remake of the South Korean wrestling comedy “The Foul King,” which is shown at the Red Sea Festival.

Vox will team up with Sirb Productions, the sister company of Saudi Arabia-based animation studio Myrkott — known for the popular young adult animated series “Masameer County” — to produce a live-action film from showrunners Abdulaziz Al-Muzaini and Malik. Najjar which is simply described as a Saudi comedy. They hope to repeat the success of “Masameer: ​​The Movie,” which was distributed theatrically by Vox and has become one of the highest-grossing Saudi films of all time.

Also on Vox’s slate is an unspecified Egyptian comedy from director Hadi El Bagoury, who recently directed the Netflix Egyptian original series Finding Ola. Pic is a partnership with Cairo-based The Producers, the company behind “Hepta – The Last Lecture,” which in 2016 was the highest-grossing romantic drama in Egypt, and also “Sheikh Jackson,” a film about a conservative Muslim cleric. He was tormented by a burning passion for Michael Jackson, who went to Toronto and “Excuse me, French.”

Vox has also joined forces with The Big Picture Studios, a Beirut-based subsidiary of Imagic Group, on its first feature film. They said the still-untitled film script is the result of a writers’ workshop hosted by Vox Cinemas with new voices from Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon “as part of its commitment to ensuring authenticity and relatability when developing local films”.

– Vox has also signed a deal with Dubai-based Blue Engine Studios, which was founded last year by veteran Arab media executives Ziad Kbiye and Hani Gharib, to develop an untitled Saudi comedy. Beck sees the hero on an international rescue mission “full of adventure, danger, and misfortune.”

For Vox Cinemas, these projects are “in line with its strategy to foster and nurture the next generation of storytellers in the region,” the statement said. He noted that the exhibitor, who operates more than 600 screens across the Middle East, is now also investing in development with several regional production companies and is actively working with Arab writers by hosting workshops while empowering emerging filmmakers.

In the words of Lahoud: “Storytelling is deeply rooted in Arab culture, and Vox Cinemas is dedicated to cultivating the next generation of regional filmmakers and empowering them to use the language of film to tell their stories. The diversity of our Arabic roster reflects the diversity of creativity in the MENA region’s thriving film industry, As the region’s largest showrunner, we have a great opportunity to capitalize on our scale and amplify these voices on the big screen.”



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