Promotion of homosexuality at the Saudi Red Sea International Festival.
The English newspaper “Guardian” revealed that a film promoting homosexuality is going to be screened at the “Red Sea” film festival in Saudi Arabia.
According to this newspaper, a film promoting homosexuality is scheduled to be screened at the Saudi Red Sea Film Festival, while Saudi Arabia considers homosexuality a crime.
According to this report, the Western film The Blue Caftan will be screened at the Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia, which started on Thursday for the second year in a row.
This movie revolves around the story of a gay Maghrebi tailor.
In this regard, “Mohammed Al-Turki”, the executive director of the International Red Sea Festival, said that in the context of criticizing the establishment of this festival in Saudi Arabia, we are witnessing the hypocrisy of the West. We are excited to host an event in our country; A festival that was impossible to hold until the last few years. Films are not censored in this festival.
Among the contestants is Luca Guadagnino, the Oscar-winning director of Call Me by Your Name, a film about homosexuality that will surely not be censored.
Kalim Aftab, director of international programs of the Red Sea Film Festival, said that there are no restrictions on the selection of films by the Saudi government.
In a conversation with Screen International, he emphasized: looking at Saudi Arabia in general is a big mistake, it’s like me saying that everyone in England is white. Every society has flaws.
Just five years after Saudi Arabia lifted its decades-old ban on cinemas, the second edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival began on Thursday and continues for 10 days.
