Maghreb Movies

The transformations of the daily life of the Algerian people during the destructive French occupation, then during the war of liberation. While...

Algeria from above is the first documentary made entirely from the sky on Algeria. Through the eye of the famous Yann Arthus-Bertrand this...

El Gusto is the story of an orchestra of Jewish and Muslim musicians torn apart by war 50 years ago, and recently reunited for an exceptional...

Ikach, is a farce in two acts in popular Arabic, written by André Sarrouy and adapted and directed by himself. A critique of marriage in...

Film describes the miserable existence of a charcoal-burner who is barely able to feed his family. His search for work in town ends in failure and he...

In the 1980s, Algeria experienced a tumultuous social context which reached its peak during the riots of October 88. This wave of protest, with youth...

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

The Director Mohammed Soudani comes back to Algeria after 30 years with the photographer Michael von Graffenried to visit the Algerians he had...

A documentary road movie with René Vautier In the aftermath of Algeria's independence, René Vautier, a militant filmmaker, considered...

This excellent feature-length documentary - the story of the imperialist colonization of Africa - is a film about death. Its most shocking sequences...

Illustrated with archival photographs, animations and live action, this film explores the history and historical and spiritual heritage of Emir Abd...

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

The portrait of Eldridge Cleaver, the "Minister of Information" for the Black Panthers movement, in exile in Algiers.

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

In Algiers, during the Algerian War of Independence, one of the leaders of the FLN was arrested by the French colonial army, which used the most...

While trying by all means to stay out of the bloody turmoil caused by the Battle of Algiers, Hassan, an honest and naive family man, is wrongfully...

In the 18th century, the Barbary threat became serious. In July 1785, two American boats were returned to Algiers; In the winter of 1793, eleven...

"Film shot on the 'bench' from hundreds of photos, buildings, streets, towns unusually colorful for a North Mediterranean eye. The editing was...