Algeria Movies

Nnuba, meaning “each in turn” in the Tamazight language, is the name of a long-standing women’s self-help organisation. Its objective is for each to t...

This docu­men­tary traces the spring of 2004, the Abde­la­ziz Boute­flika re-elec­tion as President of the Alge­rian Repu­blic in the first round of e...

A filmmaker from Scotland tries to understand what it means to be between two cultures by spending time with the women in her Algerian family.

A 25-year-old transgender woman dons the mantle of a male taxi driver by day—compelled by family expectations and fear of social stigma and rejection....

Koukou, 20 years old, lives with his parents and his sister Jura in the mountains of Kabylia. He is out of sync with his village inhabitants, because...

It is 1995. In a district in the suburbs of Algiers, 12-year-olds Samia and Nouara enjoy a happy friendship until violence suddenly appears in their l...

A short film by Ahmed Zir

Immigrants in the Paris area since 1964, Kader and his family decide to spend their summer vacation in his native village, not far from Algiers. Durin...

What does smoking a cigarette mean if you stop smoking?

A documentary short about immigrants who come to work in France.

Short animation film.

When independence is declared in 1962, the minority communities of Jewish and European origin flee Algeria. Four people of Muslim ascendency searching...

CHRONICLES OF MY VILLAGE is the story of Bachir's childhood during the Algerian war of independence. The film considers how a child's innocence, curio...

A social story of a man who married a second wife, in addition to his first wife whom have a boy and a daughter with, the man brought the new wife in...

When her mother forbids her from biting her nails, Sarah has to abide by new rules she doesn't understand. By taking control of her actions and other...

A family drama set in the Algerian desert.

Political activist Kader Affak—the unforgettable surveyor of Tariq Teguia’s film Inland—runs a charity on the same premises as Le Sous-Marin literary...