A new generation of talent is turning its lens towards intimate storytelling, with Africa’s largest nation as its backdrop.

1. An introduction to modern Algerian history and politics -- 2. A brief history of Algerian cinema -- 3. The war of liberation on screen: trauma, history, myth -- 4. Represending gender: tradition ...

Nabil Boudraa received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Fulbright Commission. As early as the 1960s he was one of the few African film-makers to claim a global platform.

Algerian director Merzak Allouache received the Variety International Vanguard Director Award at the Red Sea Film Festival over the weekend, prior to the premiere of his social comedy, “Front Row,” ...

The Battle of Algiers grabbed audiences in 1965 with its stark depiction of Algerian rebels’ bloody, victorious war against French colonial authorities. Now Criterion is releasing the DVD with many ...

Algerian director Merzak Allouache received the Variety International Vanguard Director Award at the Red Sea Film Festival ...