Algeria Movies

A filmmaker from Scotland tries to understand what it means to be between two cultures by spending time with the women in her Algerian family.

It is 1995. In a district in the suburbs of Algiers, 12-year-olds Samia and Nouara enjoy a happy friendship until violence suddenly appears in their...

Set during Algeria's Black Decade, “El Mehna” is a dramatic portrayal of a rural community’s struggle with terrorism and civil...

Standing by a movie theater – recently renovated but desolate – a filmmaker approaches people in the street to speak with them about...

Drifa films the weight of her brother Sofiane’s absence, who left Algeria illegally for England in 1992. She tells of a neglected present and a...