Women who contributed to the spread of film in Saudi Arabia

Last Updated on April 24, 2024 3:36 am

One Hana Al Omair is one of those working tirelessly to develop the film industry in the conservative Muslim country of Saudi Arabia. He is simultaneously a script writer, filmmaker and film critic. Several films written and produced by him have won awards as the best films in Saudi Arabia at various exhibitions.

Hana Al Omair initially started her career in journalism. In 2006, he began writing film reviews for newspaper publications. His film reviews were published in Al-Awsat and Al-Riyad dailies.

At some point, Hana Al Omair started writing film scripts. His script “Hadaf” won the best script award at the Saudi Film Competition in 2008. His second short film “The Complaint” won the Best Short Fiction Film Award at the 2015 Saudi Film Competition.

Hana Al Omair’s latest short film Swan Song (2019) won the Golden Palm Tree Award for Best Actor at the Saudi Film Festival.

Hana Al Omair is working tirelessly to develop the film industry in Saudi Arabia. Currently, he is serving as the chairman of the Saudi Cinema Association.

It should be noted that the film industry is seen as an emerging market in Saudi Arabia. Cinema halls reopened in Saudi Arabia in 2018 after being closed for almost three years. After that, the number of halls started to increase. Currently there are 66 cinema halls in the country. Saudi Arabia recently celebrated 6 years of opening cinema halls. And during this period, the Saudi revenue department earned about 1 billion dollars from the big screen.

According to the Saudi government data, according to Saudi government data, just six years after the opening of the first movie theater, the Saudi revenue sector has collected 986 million dollars (about 11,000 crores) from movie screenings, citing the General Authority for Media Regulation.

The report also said that more than 60 million movie tickets were sold in Saudi Arabia from April 2018 to March this year. And during this period, a total of 1971 films including 45 domestic films were screened in the country.

Saudi Arabia currently has 66 movie theaters with about 618 screens and 63,373 seats. One of those who are working tirelessly to develop the film industry in the conservative Muslim country of Saudi Arabia is one Hana Al Omair. He is simultaneously a script writer, filmmaker and film critic. Several films written and produced by him have won awards as the best films in Saudi Arabia at various exhibitions.
Hana Al Omair initially started her career in journalism. In 2006, he began writing film reviews for newspaper publications. His film reviews were published in Al-Awsat and Al-Riyad dailies.

At some point, Hana Al Omair started writing film scripts. His script “Hadaf” won the best script award at the Saudi Film Competition in 2008. His second short film “The Complaint” won the Best Short Fiction Film Award at the 2015 Saudi Film Competition.

Hana Al Omair’s latest short film Swan Song (2019) won the Golden Palm Tree Award for Best Actor at the Saudi Film Festival.

Hana Al Omair is working tirelessly to develop the film industry in Saudi Arabia. Currently, he is serving as the chairman of the Saudi Cinema Association.

It should be noted that the film industry is seen as an emerging market in Saudi Arabia. Cinema halls reopened in Saudi Arabia in 2018 after being closed for almost three years. After that, the number of halls started to increase. Currently there are 66 cinema halls in the country. Saudi Arabia recently celebrated 6 years of opening cinema halls. And during this period, the Saudi revenue department earned about 1 billion dollars from the big screen.

According to the Saudi government data, according to Saudi government data, just six years after the opening of the first movie theater, the Saudi revenue sector has collected 986 million dollars (about 11,000 crores) from movie screenings, citing the General Authority for Media Regulation.

The report also said that more than 60 million movie tickets were sold in Saudi Arabia from April 2018 to March this year. And during this period, a total of 1971 films including 45 domestic films were screened in the country.

Saudi Arabia currently has 66 movie theaters with about 618 screens and 63,373 seats.