Saudi-supported film to screen at Cannes parallel section ACID

DUBAI: ACID, a Cannes Film Festival parallel section, has announced the lineup for its 2025 edition, which includes the Red Sea Film Foundation-supported film “Life After Siham” from Egyptian filmmaker Namir Abdel Messeeh.

The autobiographical hybrid-documentary – supported by Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Fund – follows the director as he grieves his mother’s death while dealing with a creative impasse as he leads a writing workshop in Egypt.