Michael Caine honored by Vin Diesel on the Red Carpet at the Red Sea Film Festival

Vin Diesel wheeled Michael Caine onto the red carpet at the Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah on Thursday, where the 92-year-old actor was honoured with an award.

The festival opened with the Middle East premiere of Giant, Rowan Athale’s biopic of British-Yemeni boxing champion “Prince” Naseem Hamed, starring Amir El-Masry and Pierce Brosnan.

Attendees included Dakota Johnson, Uma Thurman, Ana de Armas, Queen Latifah, Nina Dobrev, Kirsten Dunst, Jessica Alba and jury president Sean Baker alongside members Riz Ahmed, Naomie Harris, Nadine Labaki and Olga Kurylenko.

Diesel, who worked with Caine on The Last Witch Hunter (2015), presented the actor with the honorary award at the opening ceremony, describing him as a “fellow family man.”

“Tonight is more special for me personally because I’ve been asked to recognise someone who you all know as one of the best actors who’s ever lived,” the Fast Five star said.

Caine, accompanied by his three grandchildren, reflected on his career and family. “I’ve been married for 52 years. I have loads of photographs but none are of any of the movies I am in, it’s just family, because that’s my life,” he said.

“I’m here to get an award, which doesn’t surprise me. I won two Oscars,” the Batman Begins actor added, referring to Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and The Cider House Rules (1999). “And one of the luckiest things is tonight. I’m just so happy to be here.”

The ceremony took place inside the Red Sea Film Foundation’s new headquarters in Jeddah.

Other festival honourees this year include Sigourney Weaver, Juliette Binoche, Rachid Bouchareb and Stanley Tong.