Almost a year ago, Walid Berrissoul and I went to the US and the UK to interview key characters about the future of Saudi Arabia through the spectrum of its controversial prince Mohammed Ben Salmane.
Over more than two weeks, we met interesting and strong people closely connected to this strategic country. We discussed important topics such as human rights, the Middle East, life after oil, the environment, football, vision 2030, soft power, utopia, dystopia, cyberpunks and much more. I didn't get the chance to go to the country but what you are going to see is a striking and fresh portrait of Saudi and its future.
A big thank you to Walid for inviting me to participate on this project and congratulations for this huge investigation that you've done.
The documentary is called « MBS, l'arabie du futur » and it's now avaliable on france.tv.
Director : Walid Berrissoul
Production company : Maximal Productions, Mediawan
Producer/editor in chief : Stéphanie Gillon
Dop: Thomas Blanc, Stéphane Lopez, Raphaël Pannier
Editor: Pascal Drapier
Color grading: Florian Nier
Original Music : Jonathan Evrard
Production manager: Benjamin Dehais, Claire Fretault
Production assistant : Lena Bernard