Djamila Sahraoui (born 1950) is an Algerian filmmaker.
Djamila Sahraoui was born in
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 ...
on 23 October 1950. She studied literature before attending the renowned Parisian film school
IDHEC (Institut des hautes études cinématographiques), specialising in scriptwriting and direction.
Sahraoui moved to France in 1975 where she began her career as a documentary filmmaker. She made her first short film, ''Houria'' in 1980, then worked as an editor and assistant, before going on to make her own documentaries from the 1990s. Her 1995 documentary, ''La moitié du ciel d'Allah'', featured interviews with Algerian women about work and their struggles for equality and freedom. In 1997, she was named the laureate of la Villa Medicis due to her success.
While Sahraoui is best known for her documentaries, she has also achieved success with her fiction films ''
Barakat!
''Barakat!'' ("Blessings!") is a 2006 French/Algerian drama film directed by Djamila Sahraoui. It premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival on 16 February 2006.
Plot
During the Algerian Civil War, Amel (Rachida Brakni) is a doctor who, ...
'' (2006) and ''Yema'' (2013).
Films
Short films
*''Houria'' (1980), 26 min.
Documentaries
*''Avoir 2000 ans dans les Aurès'' (1990), 26 min.
*''Prénom Marianne'' (1992), 26 min.
*''La moitié du ciel d'Allah'' (1995), 52 min.
*''Algérie, la vie quand même'' (1999), 52 min.
*''Opération Télé-cités'' (2000), 26 min.
*''Algérie, la vie toujours'' (2001), 53 min.
*''Et les arbres poussent en Kabylie'' (2003), 85 min.
Fiction films
*''
Barakat!
''Barakat!'' ("Blessings!") is a 2006 French/Algerian drama film directed by Djamila Sahraoui. It premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival on 16 February 2006.
Plot
During the Algerian Civil War, Amel (Rachida Brakni) is a doctor who, ...
'' (2006)
*''Yema'' (2012)
References
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1950 births
Algerian documentary filmmakers
Algerian filmmakers
Algerian women film directors
Living people
People from Algiers
Women documentary filmmakers
21st-century Algerian people