Malek Bensmaïl
Directing
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…
Filmography
15
The Arab
2026
Toute l'Algérie du monde
2021
The Battle of Algiers, a Film Within History
2017
Checks & Balances
2016
Ulysse, le brûleur de frontières et la mer blanche du milieu
2013
China Is Still Far
2010
Guerres secrètes du FLN en France
2010
Infrarouge
2006
The Big Game
2005
Aliénations
2004
Algeria's Bloody Years
2002
Dêmokratia
2001
Holidays Despite All
2001
DéciBled
1998
Territoire(s)
1996