Algeria
143, rue du désert
Hassen Ferhani 2019In the middle of the Algerian sahara, in her relay, a woman writes her History. She welcomes, for a cigarette, a coffee or eggs, truckers, wandering beings and dreams... Her name is Malika. More
Bab el-Oued City
Merzak Allouache 1994Bab El-Oued, a popular district of Algier, in 1989, a few months after the riots. Young Boualem works six nights a week in a French bakery. On the rooftop of his apartment building the fundamentalists have installed a loudspeaker which is now broadcasting the Imam's word and the fundamentalist's hateful propaganda and therefore preventing Boualem from sleeping. Unable to stand the noise any longer, in a fit of madness, he destroys the loudspeaker and throws it into the sea. But he's quickly filled with guilt and apprehension for what he has done. More
Timgad
Fabrice Benchaouche 2016Will Timgad, a small and poor village of Algeria, and its junior soccer team, get to the prestigious international soccer tournament that takes place in Marseille? Mustapha, artist and boots keeper; Mokhtar, teacher and manager; Jamel, archaeologist and coach; Naïma, the grocer’s and sponsor's daughter and the whole village will fight a facetious destiny to make their dreams come true. More