North Africa Movies

An Algerian peasant (fellah), crushed by the soldiers of the French colonial army, decides to resist. His young wife finds herself, despite herself,...

The story of a doctor who loses his memory in Africa, returns to Istanbul, and falls in love again with his ex-girlfriend, whom he married.

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

Tahar, son of a wealthy family, is trying to preserve his privileged status despite the social changes brought about by the revolution. Tinted with...

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...

A 19 year-old Swiss woman travels to her birthplace—an isolated, barren Berber settlement in the mountainous desert landscape of...

Set against the vibrant backdrop of contemporary North Africa, this drama follows three women as they navigate the complex interplay between...

Raï Story is a musical journey in search of the Raï legend, Cheikha Remitti, in Oran, Algeria, where the Raï musical tradition began....

The first fictional feature film produced in Algeria after independence, this film addresses one of the most worrying problems: that of childhood....

At the turn of 1990 in Algeria, in an end-of-era atmosphere marked by the victory of the Islamists in the municipal elections, then in the...

In the furnace of Algiers, the camera follows and accompanies Ibrahim, Adam, and Ismael, originally from sub-Saharan Africa, in an irregular...

Composed of three parts, this montage film addresses all aspects relating to the role of women in Algerian society: their ambitions, the role of the...

When the British army looks set to defeat Mussolini’s Italian forces, Hitler sends reinforcements; the Afrika Korps led by General Rommel. The...

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...

A small abandoned house, isolated in the Algerian countryside. Here Ouardia has buried her son Tarik, a soldier possibly killed by his own brother...

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...