Saudi film festival cancelled
July 21st, 2009
Saudi Arabia’s only film festival was cancelled at the last hour after apparent religious pressure within the highly conservative Islamic kingdom. The Jeddah film festival, which was scheduled to open on Saturday had planned to be a rare showcase for movie-makers in Saudi Arabia, a country where cinemas were banned for almost three decades. Read more hereTags: Tags: censorship, cinema, film censorship, Jeddah, Jeddah film festival, Saudi Arabia,
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