Amor Hakkar (

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: عمر حكار; born 1 January 1958), is an Algerian

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as well as a producer, screenwriter and actor currently active in French film industry. He owns the film production company "Sarah Films".

Personal life

He was born on 1 January 1958 in mountainous village

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Khenchela Khenchela (; ; anciently Mascula) is the capital city of the administrative Khenchela Province ('' Wilaya''), in the north east of Algeria. Situated in the Aures Mountains, 1200 m above sea level. The city is mainly populated by Berber Cha ...

region of Algeria. At the age of 6 months, he arrived France with his parents. Since then, they lived in Besançon, a slum, the city of Founottes. His father Chays Hakkar influenced him to pursuing scientific studies.

Career

In 1990, Hakkar directed his first short film titled ''Teach me to count to infinity''. Then in 1992, he made the first feature film ''Bad Time for a Thug''. It was a collaborative work with

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, Sylvie Fennec and Serge Giamberardino and produced by the company Rage au cœur films. In 1994, he began filming in France and Italy the film ''Ailleurs c'est beau aussi'' with Mado Maurin and Pierre Remund. Then in 1998, Hakkar moved to his native region the Aurès to bury his father's remains, where he filmed the blockbuster television film ''Timgad, la vie au cœur des Aurès'', a 52-minute documentary for France 5 TV. Meanwhile, in 2001, he won the Marcel Aymé Prize for the book titled ''La cité des fausses notes''. In 2005, Hakkar created the film production company Sarah Films. In 2008, he released the next film '' The Yellow House (La Maison jaune)'' in theaters in France and Algeria, and later in Switzerland and Canada. The film won 37 awards around the world and was critically acclaimed. The film won the

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Locarno Film Festival The Locarno International Film Festival is a major international film festival, held annually in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narr ...

as well as Special Jury award at the

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. Then in 2010, he directed his third feature film ''Quelques jours de répit'', which was entirely shot in Franche-Comté. It was released in France on 27 April 2011 and selected in World Cinema section at the

2011 Sundance Film Festival The 27th annual Sundance Film Festival took place from January 20, 2011 until January 30, 2011 in Park City, Utah, with screenings in Salt Lake City, Utah, Ogden, Utah, and Sundance, Utah. The festival opened with five screenings, one from each ...

, becoming the only French film selected. In 2013, he made the film ''La Preuve'' within 14 days accompany with Nabil Asli and Anya Louanchi. It was distributed by his own production company, Sarah Films and the film was released in theaters in July 2014. In 2015, he directed the film ''Celle qui vivra'' with Meryem Medjkane, Muriel Racine, Nicolas Dufour, Hichem Berdouk and Caroline Fouilhoux. The film was inspired by an original screenplay by Florence Bouteloup and the film released in theaters in 2017. In 2018, he directed the film ''Le Choix d'Ali''.

Filmography

References

External links

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Le choix d’Ali, du Bisontin Amor Hakkar en avant-première

Amor Hakkar
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