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Malek Bensmaïl
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Malek Bensmaïl

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1966Born, Constantine
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Malek Bensmaïl (in Arabic: مالك بن اسماعيل), born in 1966 in Constantine, Algeria, is an Algerian director and screenwriter. In the 1980s, in Algeria, he made essay films in super 8. After studying cinema in Paris followed by an internship in the Lenfilm studios in Saint Petersburg, he devoted his filmography to documentaries, entirely committed to Algeria. Through his films of reality, he draws the contours of a complex humanity: democracy, modernity-tradition, language, identity, society. In 1996, he released Territoire(s), a documentary essay on archaic violence in the Arab world and post-modern violence in the West, the film won the Loupbar, the prize for best documentary discovery at…

Known for

The Battle of Algiers, a Film Within HistoryDirector
InfrarougeDirector
Algeria's Bloody YearsDirector
Ulysse, le brûleur de frontières et la mer blanche du milieuDirector
Holidays Despite AllDirector

Filmography

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2026The ArabDirectorMovie
2021Toute l'Algérie du mondeDirectorMovie
2017The Battle of Algiers, a Film Within HistoryDirectorMovie
2016Checks & BalancesDirectorMovie
2013Ulysse, le brûleur de frontières et la mer blanche du milieuDirectorMovie
2010China Is Still FarDirectorMovie
2010Guerres secrètes du FLN en FranceDirectorMovie
2006InfrarougeDirector · 1 episodeShow
2005The Big GameDirectorMovie
2004AliénationsDirectorMovie
2002Algeria's Bloody YearsDirectorMovie
2001DêmokratiaDirectorMovie
2001Holidays Despite AllDirectorMovie
1998DéciBledDirectorMovie
1996Territoire(s)DirectorMovie

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