Eight films financed for the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, a gala dedicated to women with Naomi Campbell and Catherine Deneuve as guests. For the second year in a row, the Red Sea International Film Festival appears as a major player on the Croisette.
Human Rights Watch accused Saudis -- regularly singled out for discrimination against women and numerous executions of prisoners -- of using festivals like Cannes "as a way to whitewash their reputations" "The Saudis are proud of this achievement," Emad Iskandar, director of the fund, told AFP.