Red Sea Film Festival’s Shivani Pandya Malhotra on Saudi Cinema’s Rapid Rise and Navigating Western Skipticism
- Posted on December 11, 2025
- By The Hollywood Reporter
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Red Sea Film Festival’s Shivani Pandya Malhotra on Saudi Cinema’s Rapid Rise and Navigating Western Skipticism
As RSIFF marks its fifth edition, the event's founding MD discusses structural change in the Saudi film industry, the huge Hollywood contingent participating in 2025, and why she’s unfazed by U.S. backlash after the Riyadh Comedy Festival.
