Amin Sidi-Boumédiène (born 5 March 1982), is a

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. He is best known as the director of critically acclaimed short ''Al Djazira'' and film ''Abou Leila''.

Personal life

He was born on 5 March 1982 in

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, France. However, he later grew up in

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, Algeria. He returned to France and studied chemistry after his

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Career

He obtained a degree in film directing from Conservatoire Libre du Cinéma Français (CLCF) in Paris in 2005. Then he made his maiden short film '' Tomorrow, Algiers?'' in 2011. The film was selected in several international film festivals. Then he made his second short film ''Al Djazira'', which was filmed in Algiers in July 2012. It won the Award for the Best Arab Film at the Abu Dhabi film Festival. In 2014, he directed his third short ''Serial K.''. The film was screened at the film days of Bejaia. After series of successful short films, he made his maiden feature film, ''Abou Leila'', a dark film. It was completely shot in his home country Algeria. The film was released in theaters on 15 July 2020. It was also previously screened in the 58th

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. In November 2019, the film won the award for the Best Debut Film of a Director at

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Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sidi-Boumédiène, Amin Living people Algerian film directors French film directors 1966 births 21st-century Algerian people

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