Bachir Bensaddek

Bachir Bensaddek
Bachir Bensaddek
Born	Algeria
Occupation	Film director, producer, screenwriter
Years active	2001–present

Bachir Bensaddek is a Canadian television director of Algerian Berber descent, best known for his co-direction of 2002 Emmy Award-winning TV series Cirque du Soleil: Fire Within.

Born in Algeria in the year 1972, Bensaddek came to Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1992 as a student before immigrating to Canada. Bensaddek wrote a play in 2004 entitled Montréal la blanche about Algerian immigrants in Quebec.

In May 2011, he released his documentary film , an ORBI-XXI production,^[1] covering the rap scene in three countries (Morocco, Lebanon, Syria) with a number of rappers including , , and .^[2] It had its premiere at the 27th Festival international de cinéma Vues d'Afrique, and was rebroadcast on RDI, TV5^[3] and Al Jazeera's Documentary channel.

Filmography[]

2001: (TV)
2001: Cirque du Soleil: Fire Within (TV series)
2005: (web, short film)
2006: (TV)
2007: (Documentary)
2008: (TV)
2009: Pachamama (TV series)
2011:
2016: Montreal, White City (Montréal la blanche) (film)

Awards[]

In 2003, the series he co-directed, Cirque du Soleil: Fire Within, won an Emmy Award.
In 2007, his film Portrait de dame par un groupe won the "Prix " (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma) for "2007 Best Documentary Short".
In 2011, his film Rap arabe won the "Prix ACIC / ONF" (National Film Board of Canada) for "Best Independent Production" in the section Regards d'ici.^[4]

References[]

^ "ORBI-XXI: Rap arabe - Le pouvoir du rythme, la force des mots". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-11-07.
^ Vallet, Stéphanie (May 3, 2011). "Rap arabe: leur arme, c'est le rap". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 2016-01-14.
^ "- Accueil - Télévision, Francophonie canadienne et internationale - TV5". TV5.ca. Archived from the original on 2014-07-05. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
^ Vue d'Afrique: Palmarès 2011

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[1] "ORBI-XXI: Rap arabe - Le pouvoir du rythme, la force des mots". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-11-07.

[2] Vallet, Stéphanie (May 3, 2011). "Rap arabe: leur arme, c'est le rap". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 2016-01-14.

[3] "- Accueil - Télévision, Francophonie canadienne et internationale - TV5". TV5.ca. Archived from the original on 2014-07-05. Retrieved 2018-02-05.

[4] Vue d'Afrique: Palmarès 2011

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