DUBAI: Saudi actor Sarah Taibah is capping off 2025 with a slew of film premieres.
The actor most recently attended the premiere of psychological thriller “Hoba” in Abu Dhabi, just days after jetting to London for a screening of the same film at the BFI London Film Festival.
Taibah also stars in “A Matter of Life and Death,” directed by Saudi Anas Ba-Tahaf, that is set to premiere at December’s Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah.
Taibah — an artist, writer, filmmaker and actor — previously told Arab News about her performance in “Hoba,” an Emirati horror film directed by Majid Al-Ansari, known for the critically-acclaimed 2015 film “Zinzana.”
She said: “I got so excited about ‘Hoba’ for two reasons: First, I like the director — I remember seeing his first film, and I thought that he does things differently. Second, I really appreciated him not typecasting me. I’m always cast by directors in certain roles that are really similar to my character — as Sarah — but with Majid, he saw something else. The character couldn’t be more different than me. I’ve never been this challenged — not only because she’s the villain of the movie, but also because it allowed me to experience different techniques, to tap into something a bit supernatural, something I have zero clue how to relate to.”
