DUBAI: Saudi stars Fatima Al-Banawi and Roula Dakheelallah are among several professionals hosting a masterclass at the Alfwad Productions headquarters in Jeddah on Thursday.

The free workshop has been organized in collaboration with the Red Sea International Film Festival, as it prepares for its fifth edition from Dec. 4 to 13 in Jeddah.

Director and actress Al-Banawi will join Dakheelallah, who won the Best Actress award at the 25th Rotterdam Arab Film Festival this summer for her lead role in the Saudi Arabia movie “My Driver & I.”

Also participating are screenwriter Adham Abdulghani, and producer Antoine Khalife, who worked on Oscar-nominated titles “Capernaum” and “The Man Who Sold His Skin.”

The other participants are writer Waad Janbi, director Rmas Al-Hazmi, and actor Eissa Hafiz, who starred in “Basma,” directed by Al-Banawi.