Soufiane Adel
Still: Le jour où j'étais perduSoufiane ADEL (1981, Algeria) was born in Algeria and moved to France early in his childhood. His interest in cinema peaked while attending ENSCI - Les Ateliers, a design school in Paris. In 2004 he made his first short film, Closed nights (2004), about his father. The film premiered at Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival. His second short film, Kamel has committed six times suicide, his father died (2007), was selected at Cannes - Directors' Fortnight and ACID in 2008. Since then he has actively directed and co-directed films that have premiered in many different international film festivals. His films continue to receive international acclaim.
Filmography
(selection, all short) Nuits closes/Closed nights (2004), Chapter 1: Consultation (2005, co-dir), Chapitre 5: Contestation/Chapter 5: Protest (2006, co-dir), The tape (2006), Kamel has committed six times suicide, his father died (2007), On the head of Bertha Boxcar (2009, co-dir), Go forth (2014), Maids (2015), Vincent V (2015, co-dir), Je suis Martin Eden/I am Martin Eden (2016), Hunger (2018), La lumière tombe/The light falls (2018), Le jour où j'étais perdu/One Day When I Was Lost (2022)