15-05-2025
Saudi-backed ‘Promised Sky' premieres in Cannes' Un Certain Regard section
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia's Red Sea Fund-backed feature 'Promised Sky' premiered at the 78th Cannes Film Festival as part of the Un Certain Regard section on the event's second day.
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Directed by Erige Sehiri, the film is among the latest international projects supported by the Red Sea Film Foundation, which champions emerging filmmakers.
The premiere was attended by Sehiri and lead cast members Deborah Naney, Aissa Maiga and Laetitia Ky, who gathered for the film's official screening and red carpet appearance.
'Promised Sky' follows the fate of three women, a pastor, a student and an exiled mother, whose delicate cohabitation shifts when they take in little four-year-old Kenza, rescued from a shipwreck.
