Cinema of Saudi Arabia is a small and still quite new, thus undiscovered industry, releasing a modest number of features per year. 2012‘s „Wadjda” by Haifaa al-Mansour, which won accolades on festivals across the world including BAFTA for the best foreign film, was considered the first motion picture with an all-Saudi cast and shot entirely on location in Sa. It was only in 2018 when the country in a series of socio-economic reforms introduced by the ruler lifted its religion-based ban on movie theatres that lasted 35 years. Also, Saudi Film Council (Sfc) was founded. It opened up brand-new opportunities for filmmakers. Abdulmohsen Aldhabaan was among those who decided to benefit from the change of landscape in an emerging industry and applied for a shooting permit. He started watching movies on VHS and DVD and learned about the cinema from an online forum for cinephiles. Since 2006, he worked as a movie critic and journalist,...
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