Fatma Zhora is really determined to make her next film. She aims at dealing with violence issues prevailing in the 90s Algeria in it. She got no funding for this project. During the press of shooting an idea a rather fiction dream takes place.

Director Fatma-Zohra Zamoum plays herself in this highly original and intriguing debut, interweaving a documentary-style account of her return to Algeria to shoot her film, employing members of her family along the way, with three mysterious, artfully-shot, fictional narratives. Alia, a photographer, is attempting to journey from Tunis to Constantine to see her sick father; Cherif, an aging writer, is grappling with the discovery of his own death via an announcement in the newspaper; their paths cross through Farid, the taxi driver, who guides them through a fraught Algerian landscape. Zamoun's stylish film heralds a significant new talent in Algerian cinema

by Fatma Zohra Zamoum, experimental feature film, 78mins, DCP, Hdcam, DigiBeta / Colour / France-Algeria / 2009-Jan. / Arabic, French dialogue with English subtitles

Interests: Biography, Family

Director: Fatma Zohra Zamoum
Producer: Alexandre Charlet
Co-Producer: Alexandre Charlet (Les films du Cygne)
Scriptwriter: Fatma Zohra Zamoum
Cinematographer: Fatma Zohra Zamoum
Composer: Oliver Manganelli
Editor: Julien Charenton
Main Cast: Fadila Belkebla, Fatma Zohra Zamoum, Kader Kada

Production & distribution : Z et Compagnie productions

Coproducer : Les films du Cygne (France)
Funds : ONDA (Algeria), CNC et Région Ile de France.

Released in Algeria in october 2010.

2009 | DIFF, Dubai
* Muhr Arabic Feature
* GCC Premiere

2009 | FESPACO, Ouaga
* Sélection

2008 | JCC, Tunis
* Sélection