Saudi Arabia’s AlUla shooting location welcomes first local production ‘Norah’

World heritage site in northwestern Saudi Arabia has previously hosted international productions Kandahar and Cherry.Film AlUla, the film commission overseeing Saudi Arabia’s rising filming location of AlUla, has announced the arrival of the first homegrown production to shoot there.Saudi director Tawfik Alzaidi’s debut feature is currently in preparation and is due to start filming next month.

It is produced by Saudi production companies Black Sugar Pictures and Nebras Films.Also attached are UK producer Paul Miller and Jordanian producer Sharif Majali, who both have extensive experience working on productions in the Middle East and North Africa.

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