RIYADH: A record 12 films backed by the Red Sea Film Foundation are in the running for best international feature film at the 99th Academy Awards, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Tuesday. Eleven are their countries’ official submissions, while “Angh” qualified to submit directly after winning the Platform Award at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival, the foundation said. Under new Academy rules for the 99th Oscars, winners of select international film festival prizes, including the
