to “Yomeddine,” which made a splash on the fest circuit in 2018, “Sea of Sands” involves

never really his intention to become a championship jockey,” Hefzy went on to note

of mix is “something that I imagine you will see a lot in Saudi cinema,

of Sands” project germinated from Ithra’s head of performing arts and cinema Majed Z

by Egyptian writer Omar Shama (“After the Battle”) and Saudi writer Mufarrij Almajfel

to complete the film by summer 2023 and probably launch from a fall festival or

is also handling the film’s pan-Arab distribution