Stars Align for Red Sea: Angelina Jolie, Jude Law, Paul Dano, Anthony Mackie, Ben Kingsley Films to Play at Saudi Festival

The Red Sea Film Festival unveiled its lineup Tuesday, with films starring Angelina Jolie, Paul Dano, Jude Law, Anthony Mackie and Ben Kingsley among the selection. The festival opens on Dec. 4 with Prince Naseem biopic “Giant” (see separate story), starring Amir El Masry and Pierce Brosnan.

The International Spectacular strand includes Angelina Jolie-led drama “Couture” by Alice Winocour; Mamoru Hosoda’s anime “Scarlet,” based on Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”; Olivier Assayas’ political thriller/comedy “The Wizard of the Kremlin,” starring Paul Dano and Jude Law; Spanish dance documentary “Farruquito: A Flamenco Story”; and Rupert Wyatt’s Saudi Arabia-set drama “Desert Warrior” with Ben Kingsley and Anthony Mackie.

The lineup also includes two Special Screenings: Oliver Laxe’s “Sirât” and Kaouther Ben Hania’s “The Voice of Hind Rajab.”

The Arab Spectacular program features Annemarie Jacir’s “Palestine 36,” a Red Sea-funded portrait of a photographer documenting rebellion in Mandate Palestine; Haifaa Al Mansour’s “Unidentified,…