EXCLUSIVE: British-Egyptian actor Amir El-Masry is one of the stars of Saudi Arabia ’s Red Sea Film Festival this year which kicked off its fifth edition on Thursday night.

Having hit the red carpet as the lead role of the opening film biopic Giant about the rise of UK-Yemeni boxing legend Prince Naseem ‘Naz’ Hamed, the versatile actor is also at the festival in competition title The Stories .

Deadline can reveal a first teaser for the Egyptian drama which makes its MENA premiere at the festival on Monday, having world premiered last month at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.

The Stories is the third feature from Egyptian writer-director Abu Bakr Shawky whose first film Yomeddine debuted in competition in Cannes in 2018, and was then followed by Saudi-set camel

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