Malek Bensmaïl (b. 1966)

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Birthplace:
Constantine, Algérie

Born:
January 1, 1966

Malek Bensmail est né en 1966 à Constantine en Algérie. Il suit des études de cinéma à Paris, puis un stage aux Studios Lenfilm de Saint-Pétersbourg. Il produit et réalise des magazines TV et des documentaires depuis 1990 : Roumanie, l’après Ceaucescu, en 1990 ; Le Miracle des mines de sel en 1993 ; Algerian TV show en 1996 ; Territoires(s) en 1997 ; Decibled en 1998 ; Boudiaf, un espoir assassiné en 1999 ; Des vacances malgré tout en 2001. La même année, il signe son premier court métrage de fiction DémoKratia adapté de Une peine à vivre  de Rachid Mimouni. En 2002, il réalise Plaisirs d’eau et une enquête en 2 volets : Algérie(s). Son style cinématographique dessine les contours complexes et sensibles de l'humanité. Le Festival d’Apt s’honore d’avoir présenté Aliénations, La Chine est encore loin, Guerres secrètes du FLN en France. En 2012, sera présent au 10e festival son dernier film 1962, de l’Algérie française à l’Algérie algérienne, réalisé avec Marie Colonna  (chef monteuse et réalisatrice qui a réalisé notamment D’une rive à l’autre (1999) et Harki, un traître mot en 2002).

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Cinematography:
2005  The Big Game

Director:
1996  Territoire(s)
1998  DéciBled
2001  Dêmokratia
2001  Holidays Despite All
2001  Toute l'Algérie du monde
2003  Algeria's Bloody Years
2004  Aliénations
2005  The Big Game
2010  China Is Still Far
2016  Checks & Balances
2017  The Battle of Algiers, a Film Within History
????  Meursault, contre-enquête
????  Ulysse, le brûleur de frontières et la mer blanche du milieu

Director of Photography:
1996  Territoire(s)
1998  DéciBled
2001  Dêmokratia
2001  Holidays Despite All
2001  Toute l'Algérie du monde
2003  Algeria's Bloody Years
2004  Aliénations
2005  The Big Game
2010  China Is Still Far
2016  Checks & Balances
2017  The Battle of Algiers, a Film Within History
????  Meursault, contre-enquête
????  Ulysse, le brûleur de frontières et la mer blanche du milieu

Producer:
1996  Territoire(s)
1998  DéciBled
2001  Dêmokratia
2001  Holidays Despite All
2001  Toute l'Algérie du monde
2003  Algeria's Bloody Years
2004  Aliénations
2005  The Big Game
2010  China Is Still Far
2016  Checks & Balances
2017  The Battle of Algiers, a Film Within History
????  Meursault, contre-enquête
????  Ulysse, le brûleur de frontières et la mer blanche du milieu

Screenplay:
1996  Territoire(s)
1998  DéciBled
2001  Dêmokratia
2001  Holidays Despite All
2001  Toute l'Algérie du monde
2003  Algeria's Bloody Years
2004  Aliénations
2005  The Big Game
2010  China Is Still Far
2016  Checks & Balances
2017  The Battle of Algiers, a Film Within History
????  Meursault, contre-enquête
????  Ulysse, le brûleur de frontières et la mer blanche du milieu

Writer:
1996  Territoire(s)
1998  DéciBled
2001  Dêmokratia
2001  Holidays Despite All
2001  Toute l'Algérie du monde
2003  Algeria's Bloody Years
2004  Aliénations
2005  The Big Game
2010  China Is Still Far
2016  Checks & Balances
2017  The Battle of Algiers, a Film Within History
????  Meursault, contre-enquête
????  Ulysse, le brûleur de frontières et la mer blanche du milieu

Director:
2006  Infrarouge

Screenplay:
2006  Infrarouge

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