The Pink Sea Movie Basis, which organizes the Pink Sea Movie Pageant in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, unveiled a management replace on Wednesday, together with the transition of Mohammed Al Turki from his CEO publish to an advisor position.
“Al Turki will proceed to assist the management crew whereas he returns to deal with private tasks and his profession as an unbiased movie producer and businessman,” it mentioned. “The collection of a successor is underway and within the interim, former board member of the Pink Sea Movie Basis Mohammed Asseri will step in as appearing CEO of the muse.”
The Pink Sea Movie Basis not too long ago had a landmark Cannes Movie Pageant which noticed 4 titles supported by the group chosen for the competition. This included Tawfik Alzaidi’s Norah, which had its world premiere on the Pink Sea Worldwide Movie Pageant in December and made historical past as the primary Saudi movie to be chosen to display screen as a part of the Cannes Official Choice.
Since its inception, the Pink Sea Movie Basis has supported greater than 250 tasks from Saudi Arabia, the Center East, Africa and Asia.
“We celebrated a watershed second in Cannes with the screening of Norah, which was a milestone each for the muse and for Saudi cinema as a complete,” mentioned Jomana Alrashid, chair of the Pink Sea Movie Basis. “As we depart the Cannes Movie Pageant on a excessive, we glance again on the previous three years and the constructing blocks which were labored on relentlessly by the crew at Pink Sea Movie Basis and share our gratitude for Mohammed AlTurki who performed a key position in main the crew and the Basis to the place it’s in the present day.”
Added the chair: “We sit up for watching his profession as one among Saudi’s most outstanding movie executives proceed.”
Stated Al Turki: “Working with the muse on these three editions of the competition and cementing Saudi Arabia’s place on the worldwide stage of the movie trade has been an honor and a privilege. Now we have achieved a lot, and forward of our fourth version – we’re able we may solely have dreamed of some years in the past – which is why I really feel now could be the right time to transition.”
Each lauded the work of managing director Shivani Pandya Malhotra.
The fourth version of the Pink Sea Worldwide Movie Pageant will run in Jeddah Dec. 5-14.