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Red Sea Film Foundation Reveals Teams Selected for 4th Edition of '48hr Film Challenge'

Red Sea Film Foundation Reveals Teams Selected for 4th Edition of '48hr Film Challenge'
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Red Sea Film Foundation Reveals Teams Selected for 4th Edition of '48hr Film Challenge'

Red Sea Film Foundation Reveals Teams Selected for 4th Edition of '48hr Film Challenge'

The Red Sea Film Foundation has announced the teams selected for the fourth edition of the 48hr Film Challenge.
Launched in June 2024, this challenge is a collaboration between the foundation, the French Consulate in Jeddah, the Embassy of France in the Kingdom, and the Alliance Française, according to SPA.

The challenge aims to encourage emerging talents to think creatively in their cinematic pursuits and uncover innovative minds in independent filmmaking.
The selected teams will have the opportunity to participate in artistic workshops and guidance programs scheduled for July 19-20, 2024. These will include workshops on film directing, writing, and editing. The teams will then compete for 48 hours on July 26-27, 2024, with the winning teams set to be announced on September 19, 2024.
The French Consulate will provide 15 selected team members with two days of professional workshops in Jeddah and Riyadh featuring experts from France and the Kingdom. The workshops will include short film screenings and industry discussions, with the winning teams chosen by the jury.
The winning teams will be able to attend an artistic residency at the La Fémis School in France in 2025, organized by the French Consulate in Jeddah. The upcoming Red Sea International Film Festival in December 2024 will also screen the winning films.

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Reports: Helmsman of Cargo Ship Run Aground in Norway Was Likely Asleep

Johan Helberg stands next to his house, with the container ship NCL Salten in the background, after the 135-meter-long ship ran aground in the Trondheimsfjord, outside Byneset, in Trondheim, Norway, Thursday May 22, 2025. (Jan Langhaug/NTB Scanpix via AP)
Johan Helberg stands next to his house, with the container ship NCL Salten in the background, after the 135-meter-long ship ran aground in the Trondheimsfjord, outside Byneset, in Trondheim, Norway, Thursday May 22, 2025. (Jan Langhaug/NTB Scanpix via AP)
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Reports: Helmsman of Cargo Ship Run Aground in Norway Was Likely Asleep

Johan Helberg stands next to his house, with the container ship NCL Salten in the background, after the 135-meter-long ship ran aground in the Trondheimsfjord, outside Byneset, in Trondheim, Norway, Thursday May 22, 2025. (Jan Langhaug/NTB Scanpix via AP)
Johan Helberg stands next to his house, with the container ship NCL Salten in the background, after the 135-meter-long ship ran aground in the Trondheimsfjord, outside Byneset, in Trondheim, Norway, Thursday May 22, 2025. (Jan Langhaug/NTB Scanpix via AP)

The helmsman of a huge container ship that ran aground in Norway just a stone's throw away from a cabin as its owner slept was probably asleep as well at the time of the accident, Norwegian media reported Friday.

"Only one person was on the bridge at the time. He was steering the vessel, but didn't change course when entering the Trondheim fjord as he should have," the news agency NTB reported.

"Police have received information from others who were on board that he was asleep," police official Kjetil Bruland Sorensen told NTB.

The 135-metre (443-foot) NCL Salten sailed up onto shore just meters from Johan Helberg's wooden cabin around dawn on Thursday.

Helberg discovered the unexpected visitor only when a panicked neighbor who had rung his doorbell repeatedly to no avail gave up and called him on the phone.

"The doorbell rang at a time of day when I don't like to open," Helberg told television channel TV2.

His neighbor, Jostein Jorgensen, said he was roused at around 5:00 am by the sound of a ship heading at full speed toward land and immediately ran to Helberg's house.

None of the cargo's 16 crew members were injured, and Norwegian police have opened an investigation.

"We are aware of the police stating that they have one suspect, and we continue to assist the police and authorities in their ongoing investigation," the NCL shipping group said Friday.

"We are also conducting internal inquiries but prefer not to speculate further," it added.

Efforts to refloat the ship have failed so far, and the massive red and green container ship remained stuck, looming over the small cabin.