Saudi Arabia’s Film AlUla Looks to Become a “Beacon for Creativity and Film”

Executive director Charlene Deleon-Jones discusses the agency’s state-of-the-art new studio complex, supporting green production and creating a legacy.

’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site, AlUla, describes itself as “a living museum … that holds 200,000 years of largely unexplored human history,” while the country’s now much-publicized young

population has the energy, means and, since Saudi opened its borders to non-religious tourists for the first time in 2019, the opportunity to demonstrate the oasis city’s cutting-edge talents and facilities.

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