DUBAI (Reuters) - When Yasmina Adi got access to archives documenting the 1961 repression of Algerian protesters in Paris, she was shocked to uncover a trove of material relating to gaps in the story ...

The haunting new film adaptation of Albert Camus's existential masterpiece "The Stranger" is a rarity—a fine adaptation.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prominent Egyptian producer and distributor Mohamed Hefzy’s Film Clinic is headed to the Venice Film Festival with a trio of ...

EXCLUSIVE: Rachid Bouchareb’s upcoming feature film Reggane, exploring France’s controversial nuclear tests in Algeria’s Sahara Desert in the early 1960s, has sparked interest out of the U.S. and Asia ...

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

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,” ...

Mounia Meddour, whose feature debut “Papicha” opened at Cannes and won two prizes at the Cesar Awards in 2020, has pulled together an eclectic female cast for her next film, “Malika,” which will tell ...

CANNES, France, May 21 (Reuters) - A film on the bloody fight for Algerian independence opened amid heightened police security in Cannes on Friday as demonstrators outside protested that it sullied ...

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.