Saudi Arabian film industry pioneer Faisal Baltyuor has been appointed CEO of the Red Sea Foundation which oversees the Jeddah-based Red Sea Film Festival, the Red Sea Fund, and its year-round Red Sea Labs.
He will replace acting CEO Mohammed Asseri effective June 1.
Baltyour has been a driving force in the Saudi film industry ever since a religion-related ban on cinema was lifted in late 2017 holding posts as the first head of Ithra Cinema, which is financed by Saudi Aramco Oil Company, and then by founding and running Saudi distributor CineWaves Films, which has the biggest library of Saudi films, as well as holding the post of
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