Merzak Allouache
Merzak Allouache (1944, Algeria) studied filmmaking in Algiers at the Institut National du Cinéma and subsequently at IDHEC in Paris. After his debut Omar Gatlato (1976), he has made several documentaries about his birthplace Algeria. Based in Paris, he has been directing films in between France and Algeria. In 1994, Bab el-Oued City won the international critics' award at Cannes.
Filmography
(selection) Omar Gatlato (1976), Les aventures d'un héros (1977), L'homme qui regardait les fenêtres (1983), Un amour à Paris (1986), L'après octobre (1988), Femmes en mouvement (1989), Qabsa Chemma 'La Boite à chique' (1989), Voices of Ramadam (1991), Bab el-Oued City (1994), Salut cousin! (1996), L'autre monde/The Other World (2001), Chouchou (2003), Bab el web (2005), Harragas (2009), Normal! (2011), The Repentant (2012) The Rooftops (2013), Madame Courage (2015), Enquête au Paradis (2017, doc), Divine Wind (2018)
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Merzak Allouache op IFFR
Omar Gatlato
90'
Algerije
IFFR 1977
Omar Gatlato
90'
Algerije
IFFR 1978
Après l'octobre
90'
Algerije
IFFR 1990
Bab el-Oued City
93'
Algerije
IFFR 1995
Salut Cousin!
100'
Algerije
IFFR 1997
L'autre monde
95'
Frankrijk
IFFR 2002
Divine Wind
Twee jihadisten die zich in de Algerijnse woestijn opmaken voor een aanslag op een olieraffinaderij worstelen met existentiële vragen.
95'
Algerije
IFFR 2019