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JEDDAH: The Red Sea Film Foundation on Saturday unveiled the programming team for the fifth edition of its Red Sea International Film Festival, set to take place from Dec. 4-13 in Al-Balad, the historic district of Jeddah.

The team will be led by Antoine Khalife, director of the Arab and Classic Cinema Program, with critic Ahmed Al-Ayyad and Josephine Habashi appointed as senior programmers, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

Maryam Abdullah will serve as programmer and the foundation鈥檚 delegate to Egypt, while Badie Massad will oversee the Short Films Program within the Arab section.

Mohie Qari will continue in his role as director of the Saudi Program.

As part of the festival鈥檚 international expansion, Fionnuala Halligan has joined as director of International Programs. She will work with a global team of advisers.

These include British producer Mike Goodridge for the international program, Toronto International Film Festival curator Giovanna Fulvi for Asian programming, former MAMI Mumbai Film Festival artistic director Deepti de Cunha for South Asian cinema and African cinema expert Alex Moussa Sawadogo for African projects.

Shivani Pandya Malhotra, executive director of the RSFF, said the programming team formed the backbone of the festival, and highlighted the diversity and expertise of its members.

She added that their collective vision would help deliver an 鈥渋nspiring artistic program鈥� for the upcoming edition.