Festivals: call for entries

XIII Forum of the young cinema Umut-2026

 

Dates & place: 03.03-07.03.2026, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Organizer: Cinema Department with support: Interstate humanitarian cooperation fund
Participants: Ex-Soviet countries
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Call for Entries – 38th Film Festival Dresden

 

FILMFEST DRESDEN is looking forward to new short films! We are now accepting submissions for the 38th festival edition in 2026.

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Call for Entries – 43rd Fajr International Film Festival

 

I'm delighted to announce that submissions are now open for the 43rd edition of the Fajr International Film Festival, taking place from November 26 – December 3, 2025, in Iran.

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Thursday, 25 September 2014 00:00

Taboo breaking movie: "King of the Sands"

 

The film tells the story of the spectacular rising Prince Abdulaziz Ben Abdulrahman Al-Saud to power in the Arabian Peninsula (Island). From a neglected axiled in Kuwait to in adventurer overthrowing the authority of Al-Rasheed in riyadh. The story also emphasizes his strong alliance with the Wahhabi movement and the British Government until the announcement of the establishment of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after a series of killing, displacement and massacres that swept the Arabian Peninsula under the slogan of the sword and religion.