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Variety reports that the Saudi Arabia General Entertainment Authority (also known as the GEA) has announced Big Time Investment, which is a new film fund that hopes to boost the output and quality of Arabic film production. The first film in the slate is El Set, a biopic about Umm Kulthum, one of Egypt’s most

Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority (GEA) has launched a new film fund called Big Time Investment to boost production of quality Arabic movies and announced a slate of Egyptian feature films toplined by a biopic of Egyptian icon Umm Kulthum who is considered the Arab world’s greatest singer. Prominent Egyptian director Marwan Hamed, whose epic …

Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority (GEA) has launched a new film fund called Big Time Investment to boost production of quality Arabic movies and announced a slate of Egyptian feature films toplined by a biopic of Egyptian icon Umm Kulthum who is considered the Arab world’s greatest singer. Prominent Egyptian director Marwan Hamed, whose epic …

Saudi Arabia Launches Film Fund For Arab Cinema With Slate Toplined by Biopic of Singer Umm Kulthum Played by Mona Zaki

Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi General Entertainment Authority (GEA) Advisor Turki bin Abdulmohsen Al Al-Sheikh has announced the establishment of the Big Time Investment Fund to enhance the quality of Arabic content in film production, distribution and manufacturing, with the participation of renowned artists from the Arab world. Al Al-Sheikh emphasized that the authority will serve as the primary sponsor of the fund, with the Ministry of Culture acting as a co-sponsor.