Priyanka Chopra Jonas (Heads of State), actor and singer Nick Jonas (Power Ballad), actress and director Olivia Wilde (Don’t Worry Darling, Booksmart), and Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once) are among the latest stars who have signed up to appear at the Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF) during “In Conversation With” sessions at the fourth edition of the fest in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Organizers of the festival, which opens Thursday and runs through Dec. 14, on Wednesday also unveiled the following additions to the event’s speakers lineup: a Saudi Pioneers session with actor and poet Ibrahim Alhasawi and actor Moshal Almutairi, fireside chats with Academy Award nominee and Red Sea honoree Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer), and Red Sea honoree Aamir Khan (Dangal).
“Our lineup of speakers this year brings together an incredible group of pioneering artists that will be sharing insights and anecdotes from their varied and acclaimed careers across our In Conversation program,” said Shivani Pandya Malhotra, managing director of RSIFF. “From award-winning filmmakers to stars of the screen, we’re truly honored to be welcoming all of the speakers to Jeddah this year, as we come together in celebration of the best of filmmaking at our ‘New Home of Film’ in Al-Balad,” the city’s historic Old Town.