CAREER HIGHLIGHT(S):
Kalthami co-founded Telfaz11 — the Saudi production company that has helped shape the contemporary generation’s tastes, as the country’s youth turned to YouTube for original local content before cinemas opened in 2018. As an executive producer, he turned his long-running web series ALKHALLAT into a Netflix original film, ALKHALLAT+, which premiered at the 2022 Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF).

TWELVE-MONTH HIGHLIGHT(S):
His directorial debut, MANDOOB, became an instant hit in Saudi Arabia, earning an opening record for a local film in mid-December. The film was screened at the TIFF and had its Arab World premiere at the RSIFF. He also produced Meshal Al-Jaser's critically praised road-trip thriller NAGA.