Red Sea Film Foundation Participates in Toronto International Film Festival

Red Sea FF is participating in the 2024 TIFF with a diverse program
Red Sea FF is participating in the 2024 TIFF with a diverse program
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Red Sea Film Foundation Participates in Toronto International Film Festival

Red Sea FF is participating in the 2024 TIFF with a diverse program
Red Sea FF is participating in the 2024 TIFF with a diverse program

The Red Sea Film Foundation (Red Sea FF) is participating in the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) with a diverse program.

Three films supported by the Red Sea FF have been selected for screening within the TIFF's program, a move that reinforces the Red Sea Film Foundation's ongoing efforts to highlight Arab cinema on the global stage.

As part of its participation, the Red Sea FF is hosting a panel discussion in collaboration with TIFF's Conference Center, titled "Bridging Cinematic Cultures: Making Films with the Arab World."

This panel aims to explore prospects for cooperation between international and Arab filmmakers. It will feature a select group of experts, led by Managing Director of the Red Sea Film Foundation, Shivani Pandya Malhotra, alongside Founder of Dubai-based film sales outfit Cercamon, Sebastien Chesneau; Paris-based filmmaker Hind Meddeb; and Founder and Producer of OFFSHORE, Fabrice Préel-Cléach.

"Our Red Sea-supported films at TIFF this year depict the breadth of talent from across the Arab and African regions, showcasing the spectrum of genres and themes that these talented directors are bringing to the international stage,” Managing Director of the Red Sea Film Foundation Shivani Pandya Malhotra said.



Musk Says SpaceX to Launch First Uncrewed Starships to Mars in Two Years

Michael Milken, Chairman of Milken Institute, converses with Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X at the Milken Conference 2024 Global Conference Sessions at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, US, May 6, 2024. REUTERS/David Swanson/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
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Musk Says SpaceX to Launch First Uncrewed Starships to Mars in Two Years

Michael Milken, Chairman of Milken Institute, converses with Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X at the Milken Conference 2024 Global Conference Sessions at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, US, May 6, 2024. REUTERS/David Swanson/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
Michael Milken, Chairman of Milken Institute, converses with Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X at the Milken Conference 2024 Global Conference Sessions at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, US, May 6, 2024. REUTERS/David Swanson/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights

SpaceX will launch its first uncrewed Starships to Mars in two years when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said, in a post on social media platform X on Saturday.

"These will be uncrewed to test the reliability of landing intact on Mars," Musk said, adding if those landings go well, his space company will launch its first crewed flights to Mars in four years, Reuters reported.

"Flight rate will grow exponentially from there, with the goal of building a self-sustaining city in about 20 years," the billionaire said.

In April, Musk, who founded SpaceX in 2002, said the first uncrewed starship to land on Mars would be within five years, with the first people landing on Mars within seven years.

In June, a Starship rocket survived a fiery, hypersonic return from space and achieved a breakthrough landing demonstration in the Indian Ocean, completing a full test mission around the globe on the rocket's fourth try.

Musk is counting on Starship to fulfill his goal of producing a large, multipurpose next-generation spacecraft capable of sending people and cargo to the moon later this decade, and ultimately flying to Mars.