Yamina Bachir
Yamina Bachir-Chouikh | |
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Born | Algiers, Algeria | 20 March 1954
Occupation | Film director Screenwriter |
Years active | 1982-present |
Yamina Bachir (born 20 March 1954) is an Algerian film director and screenwriter. Her film Rachida was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.[1] According to Roy Armes, Rachida is 'the first 35mm feature directed by an Algerian woman in Algeria'.[2] The film was primarily financed by French and European funding companies. It was popular in Algeria and was distributed internationally in France.
Career and personal life[]
Bachir attended the National Film School where she studied editing.[3] She is best known for her work Rachida which took her five years to produce.[4] Rachida has been the only Algerian film screened for the Un Certain Regard prize.[5]
Bachir is married to fellow Algerian director . She has a son and three daughters.[3] During the Black Decade, Bachir-Chouikh stayed in Algeria where she worked as a film editor on her husband's films.[2]
Filmography[]
References[]
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Sandstorm". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 31 October 2009.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Armes, Roy, New Voices in Arab Cinema (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2005), p. 104
- ^ Jump up to: a b Dupont, Joan. "Giving a human face to Algeria's horror". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ^ Corm, Carole (2004). "A Woman's Struggle in Midst of War". Al Jadid : a review & record of Arab culture and arts. 10 (46). Retrieved 18 December 2015.
- ^ Hillauer, Rebecca (2005). Encyclopedia of Arab women filmmakers. Cairo, Egypt: American University in Cairo Press. p. 275. ISBN 9789774162688.
External links[]
- Yamina Bachir at IMDb
- Yamina Bachir-Chouikh at Allocine. (French)
- Yamina Bachir at the Museum of Modern Art
- Works by or about Yamina Bachir in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- 1954 births
- Living people
- Algerian film directors
- Algerian screenwriters
- Algerian women writers
- Algerian writers
- Algerian women film directors