Djamila Sahraoui

  • Djamila Sahraoui
© DR
Film director, Actor, Screenwriter
(Female)
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv

Djamila Sahraoui was born in Algeria in 1950. Having studied literature in Algiers, Djamila Sahraoui obtained a diploma in film direction and editing at IDHEC. She also won awards from the Villa Médicis Hors les Murs. She directed several documentaries, awarded in different festivals, as well as her first feature film "Barakat!" (2006) which was awarded 11 prices in multiple festivals such as Dubai, Cairo, Milan and Fespaco... With her second feature, "Yema" (2012, meaning "My mother", in Arabic) - under development since 2008 formerly with the title "Ouardia Once had Sons" - Djamila won the FIPRESCI Award at Dubai FilmFest 2012. She stars in as Ouardia.


FILMOGRAPHY / FILMOGRAPHIE
1980 - Houria
1990 - Avoir 2000 ans dans les Aurès
1992 - Prénom Marinane
1996 - La moitié du ciel d'Allah
1999 - Algérie, la vie toujours
2003 - Et les arbres poussent en Kabylie
2006 - Barakat!
2012 - Yema

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جميلة صحراوي ولدت بالجزائر سنة 1950، درست الأدب قبل أن تلتحق بباريس للحصول على شهادة في الإخراج والتركيب من معهد الدراسات العليا السينمائية، أخرجت العديد من الأفلام الوثائقية، قبل أن تنتقل إلى إنتاج الأفلام الطويلة سنة 2006 بفيلم "بركات" الذي حصد جوائز عربية وعالمية عديدة."يما" هو فيلمها الطويل الثاني، وهو من كتابتها وإخراجها، فضلا عن توليها الدور الرئيسي فيه

Source: http://fofafestival.org/fiche_film.php?ref=yema

DVDs

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Organizations

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Events

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Articles

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Files

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YEMA, de Djamila Sahraoui, Algérie, 2012

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YEMA, Djamila Sahraoui, Algeria, 2012 (DIFF Trailer)

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Barakat! - Trailer (in French)

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Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
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  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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