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Sofia Djama
Sofia Djama is an Algerian film director. Her 2017 feature film debut, ''The Blessed'', won three awards at the Venice Film Festival, including the Brian Award, given to the film which "best champions human rights, democracy, pluralism and freedom of thought", and the Lina Mangiacapre Award for a film which "changes the image of women in the cinema". Djama's second short film, ''Softly One Saturday Morning'' (Mollement, un samedi matin), won two prizes at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in 2012. Her 2017 feature film debut is '' The Blessed'' (Les bienheureux), a coming-of-age story set in Algiers in 2008, starring Sami Bouajila and Nadia Kaci. ''The Blessed'' had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, and was one of only two films there from African directors, the other being the Franco-Tunisian Abdellatif Kechiche, with his film, '' Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno''. ''The Blessed'' won three awards in the Orizzonti section (Horizons) section of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
The Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (French: ''Festival international du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand'') is an international film festival dedicated to short films held annually in Clermont-Ferrand, France. History In 1979, a Short Film Week was organised by the Clermont-Ferrand University Film Society. In 1982, the Festival became competitive, with a jury attributing awards to films selected from the recent French short film production. International films were shown in special programs highlighting a particular theme, genre, country or region of the world. The audience was also presented with tributes to the great short film makers of the past and present. In 1986, the first Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market was organized, with the intention to raise the economic profile of the short films. The market contains a video library for French and foreign television buyers, distributors and festival programmers to view the all of the films in competition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algiers
Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques de l'Algérie (web). and in 2020 was estimated to be around 4,500,000. Algiers is located on the Mediterranean Sea and in the north-central portion of Algeria. Algiers is situated on the west side of a bay of the Mediterranean Sea. The modern part of the city is built on the level ground by the seashore; the old part, the ancient city of the deys, climbs the steep hill behind the modern town and is crowned by the Casbah or citadel (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), above the sea. The casbah and the two quays form a triangle. Names The city's name is derived via French and Catalan ''Origins of Algiers'' by Louis Leschi, speech delivered June 16, 1941, published in ''El Djezair Sheets'', July 194History of Algeria . from the Arabic na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algerian Feminists
Algerian may refer to: * Something of, or related to Algeria * Algerian people, a person or people from Algeria, or of Algerian descent * Algerian cuisine * Algerian culture * Algerian Islamic reference * Algerian Mus'haf * Algerian (solitaire) * Algerian (typeface) See also * * Languages of Algeria * List of Algerians Notable Algerians include: Artists Writers (including poets) * Ferhat Abbas (1899–1985), political leader and essayist * Mohamed Aïchaoui (1921–1959), political leader and journalist *Abdelkader Alloula (born 1939), playwright *Al-Ak ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Lina Mangiacapre
Lina Mangiacapre (1946 - 23 May 2002) was an Italian feminist playwright and filmmaker. Life Born Carmela Mangiacapre to an upper-middle-class family in Naples, she became involved with the feminist and radical student movements during the social movements of 1968. She graduated with a degree in philosophy and devoted herself to painting under the pseudonym Màlina. In 1970 she founded the feminist collective ''Le Nemesiache'', named in tribute to Nemesis. In 1972 she authored a play, ''Cenerella'', later adapted into a film of the same name. In 1976 she established a film criticism magazine under the aegis of Le Nemesiache. In 1977 she founded the cooperative ''Le tre Ghinee'' ("The three Guineas"), with the objective of fostering women's artistic creations. In 1986 she directed the film ''Didone non è morta'', and in 1987 created a film prize, the Elvira Notari Prize, managed by a jury which she chaired until 2001, and awarded as part of the Venice Film Festival. In 1987 she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algerian Civil War
The Algerian Civil War ( ar, rtl=yes, الْحَرْبُ الْأَهْلِيَّةُ الجَزَائِرِيَّةُ, al-Ḥarb al-ʾAhlīyah al-Jazāʾirīyah) was a civil war in Algeria fought between the Algerian government and various Islamist rebel groups from 26 December 1991 (following a coup negating an Islamist electoral victory) to 8 February 2002. The war began slowly, as it initially appeared the government had successfully crushed the Islamist movement, but armed groups emerged to declare jihad and by 1994, violence had reached such a level that it appeared the government might not be able to withstand it. By 1996–97, it had become clear that the Islamist resistance had lost its popular support, although fighting continued for several years after. Kepel, ''Jihad'', 2002: p.255 The war has been referred to as 'the dirty war' (''la sale guerre''), and saw extreme violence and brutality used against civilians. Kepel, ''Jihad'', 2002: p.254 Islamists targeted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malmö Arab Film Festival
Malmö Arab Film Festival (MAFF) is an Arab film festival based in Malmö, Sweden. MAFF is widely regarded as the most influential and largest Arabic film festival in Europe, and is the only one in Scandinavia. The first edition was held in 2011 and today the festival presents a broad selection of films made by Arab filmmakers or that in some way connects with questions of the Arab world or culture. Winners Best Film *2011: '' Messages from the Sea'', directed by Daoud Abdel Sayed (Egypt) *2012: ''Cairo Exit'', directed by Hesham Issawi (Egypt) *2013: '' Blind Intersections'', directed by Lara Saba (Lebanon) *2014: '' Adiós Carmen'', directred by Mohamed Amin Benamraoui (Morocco) *2015: '' Theeb'', directed by Naji Abu Nowar (Jordan) *2016: '' 3000 Nights'', directed by Mai Masri ( Palestine) *2017: ''Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim'', directed by Sherif El Bendary (Egypt) *2018: '' Wajib'', directed by Annemarie Jacir ( Palestine) *2019: '' Exterior/Night'', directed by Ahmad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Béjaïa
Béjaïa (; ; ar, بجاية, Latn, ar, Bijāya, ; kab, Bgayet, Vgayet), formerly Bougie and Bugia, is a Mediterranean port city and commune on the Gulf of Béjaïa in Algeria; it is the capital of Béjaïa Province, Kabylia. Béjaïa is the largest principally Kabyle-speaking city in the region of Kabylia, Algeria. Geography The town is overlooked by the mountain ', whose profile is said to resemble a sleeping woman. Other nearby scenic spots include the ''Aiguades'' beach and the '' Pic des Singes'' (Peak of the Monkeys); the latter site is a habitat for the endangered Barbary macaque, which prehistorically had a much broader distribution than at present. All three of these geographic features are located in the Gouraya National Park. The Soummam river runs past the town. Under French rule, it was known under various European names, such as Budschaja in German, Bugia in Italian, and Bougie in French. The French and Italian versions, due to the town's wax trad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blessed (2017 Film)
''The Blessed'', also known as ''Les Bienheureux'', is an Algerian movie that shows a family living in the aftermath of the Algerian war also known as 'the dirty war'. Synopsis Set in 24 hours, the movie centers on a couple who happens to be celebrating their twentieth anniversary and plans a date in a restaurant. The couple gets into a disagreement concerning whether or not to send their son abroad for schooling and they decide to ask their friends about it during the night out. During the dinner, the topic is brought up and it ends up with each of them opining their perspectives concerning the war and country's future. Cast * Sami Bouajila * Nadia Kaci * Adam Bessa * Amine Lansari * Lyna Khoudri * Faouzi Bensaïdi * Hadjar Benmansour * Salima Abada * Abdelkader Affak * Mohamed Ali Allalou Awards and nominations *Göteborg Film Festival (2018) International Debut Award ominee Sofia Djama *AMAA 2018 Award Best Young/Promising Actor Anine Lansari inner *Hamburg F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bac Films '' in 1991, '' Indochine'' and ''Le Zèbre'' in 1992, and '' BAC Films is a French film production and distribution company. Based in Paris, the company was founded in 1986 by Jean Labadie, Éric Heumann, and Stéphane Sorlat. Capital shares of the company were re-allocated in 1988 when Vivendi took 10% followed by a 20% stake in the capital of the company, which allowed BAC Films to make major and ambitious acquisitions. History BAC Films had an early success in 1990 with '' Sailor et Lula'', a Palme d'Or winner at the Cannes Film Festival. The releases of '' Barton Fink'' and ''Tous les matins du monde ''Tous les matins du monde (All the mornings of the world)'' is a 1991 French film based on the book of the same name by Pascal Quignard. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyna Khoudri
Lyna Khoudri ( ar, لينا خضري, born 3 October 1992) is an Algerian-French actress. In 2017, she won the Orizzonti Award for Best Actress at the 74th Venice International Film Festival for '' The Blessed''. In 2020, she won the César Award for Most Promising Actress for her performance in ''Papicha''. In 2021, she portrayed a student activist in Wes Anderson's '' The French Dispatch''. In 2023, Khoudri portrayed Constance Bonacieux in '' The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan'' and '' The Three Musketeers: Milady''. Early life Khoudri was born in 1992 in Algiers, Algeria, to a journalist father and a violinist mother. When Khoudri was 2 years old, the family moved to Aubervilliers, France, as exiles following death threats due to the danger of her father's profession during the Algerian Civil War. At the age of 18, Khoudri acquired French citizenship. Khoudri received her professional training at Théâtre national de la Colline. Career In 2014, Khoudri had her first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
