Yasmina is a little Algerian girl with her hen and her family. Her father was killed in a bombing by the French colonial army of occupation. After a long journey, the family heads towards the refugee camps on the Tunisian border.

mit / estrelado / starring / avec
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ein film von | um filme de | a film by | un film de
Mohammed LAKHDAR-HAMINA
Djamel-Eddine CHANDERLI

Algérie | 1961 | Court métrage Fiction | 15 mins | Drame, Guerre

This short is part of films produced by the Film Office of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic (GPRA) in the midst of the war of independence. They were intended to re-inform the population and international public opinion on the abuses committed by the French colonial army: torture, arrests and arbitrary executions, napalm bombings, fires in douars, entire villages wiped off the map, etc. which the French media described as a "pacification" campaign. The latter censoring or reorienting all images that could harm the colonial narrative.


Titel / Título / Title / Titre :
ياسمينة
YASMINA

Filmgattung | Tipo | Type :
Kurtz | Short Drama | Court métrage Fiction

Produktionsjahr / Ano de Produção / Year of production / Année de production : 1961
Runtime | Durée : 15 mins

Tags | Mots-clés :
Algeria \ refugee camp \ colonialism \ french colonialism \ information war \ algerian war (1954-62) \ maghreb \
djazair | Algérie \ Camp de réfugiés \ Colonialisme \ Colonialisme français \ Propagande \ Guerre de l'information \ Guerre d'Algérie (1954-1962)


REGISSEUR / REGIA / REALIZADORES / DIRECTORS / RÉALISATEURS :
Mohammed LAKHDAR-HAMINA
Djamel-Eddine CHANDERLI

SCREENWRITER | SCÉNARISTER :
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Djamel-Eddine Chanderli

PRODUKTION / PRODUÇÃO / PRODUCTION / PRODUCTION :
- Gouvernement Provisoire de la République Algérienne - GPRA (Service Cinéma)



Fuente / Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D'INFOS) :
► Africiné Magazine (Dakar)
► www.themoviedb.org/movie/1239229-yasmina
► www.facebook.com/Mohamed-Lakhdar-Hamina-110455225690867
► www.imdb.com/fr/title/tt31149462/
Updated by Thierno DIA, 11 August 2025