Film festival pushes freedoms in cinema-free Saudi http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSL1859459920070718?sp=true
Wed Jul 18, 2007
By Andrew Hammond
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - The screen got bigger this year and the luminaries slightly more illustrious.
Saudi Arabia, a country so socially conservative that it has no public cinemas, launched its second film festival this week with small but significant steps to overcome religious objections and follow the example of other Gulf Arab states where the public flocks to movie theatres. http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSL1859459920070718?sp=true