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Mahmoud Sabbagh
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Mahmoud Sabbagh

Saudi Arabian film director1

Mahmoud Sabbagh, or Mah Sabbagh (Arabic: مَحْمُود صباغ; born March 1983) is a Saudi film director, producer, and screenwriter. Sabbagh has been a major pioneer of independent cinema in Saudi Arabia since 2013.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Mahmoud Sabbagh (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Mar 27, 1983.1

About

His debut feature, titled Barakah Meets Barakah, premiered at Berlin Film Festival in 2016; becoming the first feature film from Saudi Arabia to screen in the festival. His debut film was also selected as the entry of Saudi Arabia for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards.

In 2015, Sabbagh founded Elhoush Productions, the first independent feature film production company, based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Sabbagh opened the first official art house cinema in Jeddah in 2019. Cinema Elhoush opened with the screening of Stanley Kubrick's groundbreaking epic 2001: A Space Odyssey. It resumed its program in Winter 2022 at Alula, with a collection of recent and classic films Cinema Elhoush premiered a retrospective of Wong Kar-Wai screening five of his top films in 4k format for the first time in Saudi Arabia.

Sabbagh was named on the jury for the Best First Feature Award at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.

From Wikipedia’s article on Mahmoud Sabbagh, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

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Early life and education

  • Date not recordedColumbia University Graduate School of Journalism3

Career

Occupation: screenwriter, film director.5

Personal life

  • BornMar 27, 1983, Jeddah6
  • CitizenshipSaudi Arabia7

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