Shivani Pandya Malhotra has stepped down as general manager of Saudi Arabia ‘s Red Sea Film Festival after playing an instrumental role in building the event from scratch and, over the course of five editions, turning it into one of the Arab world’s most prominent festivals and the top movie market in the MENA [Middle East and North Africa] region. The Red Sea fest and market held in city of Jeddah, on the Red Sea’s eastern shore, was established in 2019, with its inaugural edition taking place