Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival opened its fifth edition this evening with Rowan Athale’s biopic Giant starring Amir El-Masry as boxing champion Prince Naseem Hamed.

Co-star Pierce Brosnan, who plays Naseem “Naz” Hamed’s Irish trainer Brendan Ingle, did not make the trip to the event’s home of the port city of Jeddah but plenty of other stars were in attendance.

Actors Michael Caine and Juliette Binoche as well as director Rachid Bouchareb and Stanley Tong all took to the stage for honorary awards.

Kirsten Dunst, Queen Latifah, Jessica Alba and Ana de Armas also hit the red carpet while Jury president Sean Baker was joined by jury members featuring Riz Ahmed, Naomie Harris, Nadine Labaki, and Olga Kurylenko. Naseem ‘Naz’ Hamed was also in the audience.

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