Jeddah, Dec. 11 -- BAFTA winner Idris Elba recently graced the Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah, where he spoke at length on projects that spotlight narratives.

In reference to the screening of his short film 'Dust to Dreams' at the Red Sea Film Festival, Elba said, "Anywhere that has an underserved voice, where the narrative is often fed to us rather than us providing the narrative, that's where I want to be," he said during a Q&A session, as quoted by Variety.

At the festival, Elba also opened up about his own career trajectory in the early days, stating that he didn't want to play "slaves."

Noting that he made a pact with his agent, the 'Thor' actor said, "We don't want to play slaves, and we don't want to play just gan...