Nabil Boudraa received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Fulbright Commission. As early as the 1960s he was one of the few African film-makers to claim a global platform.

1. An introduction to modern Algerian history and politics -- 2. A brief history of Algerian cinema -- 3. The war of liberation on screen: trauma, history, myth -- 4. Represending gender: tradition ...

"Algeria, The Two Soldiers" tells the true story of two young French soldiers during the Algerian War, who were driven in two completely opposite directions by the same keen sense of honor: Noël ...

Many of them participated in the struggle for Algerian independence. There are "those who believed in heaven", priests, Christians committed against torture, friends ...

Algerian director Merzak Allouache received the Variety International Vanguard Director Award at the Red Sea Film Festival over the weekend, prior to the premiere of his social comedy, “Front Row,” ...

French sales outfit Alpha Violet has acquired the rights for Algerian horror film "Roqia," written and directed by Yanis Koussim, which will have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival as part ...

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