North Africa Movies

Writer and filmmaker Assia Djebar explores Algerian history, the psychological impact of war, and post-colonial female identity in this 1979 classic...

Rachid is a young man who survives in Morroco boxing in clandestine fights in order to save enough money with which to pay a smuggler, and be able to...

In 1895, young journalist Albertine Auclair arrives in the Kabylie during a family visit. The beauty of the region seduces her but she soon learns of...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

In Algeria, Youcef escapes from a psychiatric asylum located at the edge of the desert. He was a fighter and, years later, he still believes himself...

In the streets of the Casbah of Algiers, an FLN fighter pursued by the colonial police hands over confidential documents to Mourad, an Algerian child...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A modern couple seeks to find marital happiness in a context where Algerian society is taking the “first step” towards female...

The daily life and tribulations of colorful residents in the millennial popular district of the Casbah of Algiers.

The son of a French colonialist in Algeria returns to Algeria after learning that his father is ill. Memories from childhood return. He also must...

Travelogue released on December 4th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

At a dangerous time in Algeria, 'Douar de Femmes' is a story of ordinary women who manage to defend themselves in extraordinary situations. The film...

Documentary dialogue with young women in Algiers on their experience of independence shortly after their country's independence.

Chants d’Automne (Song of Autumn), is a story of daily life on a colonial farm, at the start of the war of liberation in Algeria, describing...

He is a 75-year-old half-blind man. He takes 3000 steps every day. Since 2004 he has made a decision: he will no longer talk about cinema....

Travelogue released on November 11th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Travelogue released on November 27th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Cheikh Djemaï looks back on the genesis of Gillo Pontecorvo’s feature film, The Battle of Algiers (1965). Through archive images, extracts...