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Red Sea Film Festival Announces Winners in Short Film Klinik Program

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Red Sea Film Festival Announces Winners in Short Film Klinik Program

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Saudi Arabia's Red Sea International Film Festival has announced the list of winners in its Short Film Klinik program, after offering a series of workshops.
Three aspiring youth successfully presented their scripts and received production grants in order to complete their short films, in memory of Fareed Majari, Director of the Goethe-Institut Gulf region.
Maha Hani received the program’s award for the film "Yasmin," while Ghaith Al-Adwan won the award for "Men Do Cry" and Hind Anabtawi won the program’s award for "As the Snow Melts."
The Short Film Klinik program held workshops to improve scriptwriting and storytelling skills in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut and the Filmakademie Baden Württemberg GmbH film school in Ludwigsburg, Germany.

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Pineapple Pizza Debate Heats Up as UK Pizzeria Sets 100-pound Price Tag

Chef Quin Jianoran has a taste of the Hawaiian, ham, and pineapple-topped pizza at Lupa Pizza restaurant in Norwich, Britain, January 23, 2025. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes
Chef Quin Jianoran has a taste of the Hawaiian, ham, and pineapple-topped pizza at Lupa Pizza restaurant in Norwich, Britain, January 23, 2025. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes
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Pineapple Pizza Debate Heats Up as UK Pizzeria Sets 100-pound Price Tag

Chef Quin Jianoran has a taste of the Hawaiian, ham, and pineapple-topped pizza at Lupa Pizza restaurant in Norwich, Britain, January 23, 2025. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes
Chef Quin Jianoran has a taste of the Hawaiian, ham, and pineapple-topped pizza at Lupa Pizza restaurant in Norwich, Britain, January 23, 2025. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes

A trendy pizzeria in the English city of Norwich has declared war on pineapples, charging an eye-watering 100 pounds ($123) for a Hawaiian in a bid to put customers off the disputed topping.
Lupa Pizza recently added pizza topped with ham and pineapple to its account on a food delivery app, writing in the description: "Yeah, for 100 pounds you can have it. Order the champagne too! Go on, you monster!"
"(We) vehemently dislike pineapple on pizza," Reuters quoted Lupa co-owner Francis Wolf as saying. "We feel like it doesn't suit pizza at all."
The other co-owner, head chef Quin Jianoran, said they kept tinned pineapple at the restaurant in case someone ordered it, but this had yet to happen.
As pizza has become popular globally, foreign innovations in toppings have often left Italians perplexed and aghast.
A January 2024 survey by British polling and research company YouGov showed that over 50% of Britons either love or like pineapple on pizza, 16% disliked it and nearly 20% hated it.
Some well-known British personalities have weighed in on the debate, with former politician Ed Balls saying pineapple on pizza was an "appalling" idea.
Hawaiian lovers took to Lupa's social media in defense of the topping, with a user saying "pineapple on pizza is life". Another said Lupa's war on pineapples was a "great bit of harmless marketing".
At the Norwich pizzeria, customers were also divided.
Builder Simon Greaves, 40, said that putting pineapple on pizza was wrong, and should not be done. But Johnny Worsley, 14, said the Hawaiian was his second favorite after pepperoni.
"But I wouldn't pay 100 pounds for it. I don't think anyone will," Worsley said.