Maamar (Sid Ali Kouiret), a young fisherman working in a small port in western Algeria, is forced to sell his goods at a discount every day to Si Khelifa (Abdelhalim Rais), owner of many trucks and a cannery where the wives work fishermen. He has a strange encounter. As he returns from fishing, bassinet in hand, he witnesses a car accident. Indeed, a car hits a tree with a beautiful girl “Hayat” on board who has lost consciousness. Maamar pulls her out of the car and saves her. It is at this precise moment that he realizes the existence of another world. As if awakened from a long sleep, he realizes that this exploitation can no longer continue. He leaves his village and his wife Laâlia (Fatima Belhadj) on a whim for three years. He finds himself in the capital which he leaves to return to his village and carry out a saving action...

At the start of the First World War, in the middle of Africa’s nowhere, a gin soaked riverboat capta...

Detective John Shaft travels incognito to Ethiopia, then France, to bust a human trafficking ring.

Run escapes... He just killed the Prime Minister of his country. In order to do so, he had to act as...

A small group of French students are studying Mao, trying to find out their position in the world an...

On the one hand, there’s the desert eating away at the land. The endless dry season, the lack of wat...

A failed track coach finally finds someone who he believes has what it takes to win. The Comrades Ma...

Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved t...

An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the Sout...

An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sie...

Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his fo...

Miguel, a heroic Spanish doctor, puts himself in harm's way to deliver medical treatment to the vict...

This film tells the story of the president of a fictitious African nation who spends a sleepless nig...

Kids from Brooklyn, NY housing projects try to change the world when they are paired with Sierra Leo...

Renowned filmmaker John Wilson travels to Africa to direct a new movie, but constantly leaves to hun...

A stubborn director who wants to rediscover the Algiers of his childhood comes up against the “Holly...

In 1971, the Algerian government nationalized hydrocarbons. The consequences of this decision on the...

Parisian authorities clash with the Front de Libération Nationale (FLN) in director Alain Tasma’s re...
Based on a traditional African tale. A king has the habit whilst walking in disguise on the streets ...

A sorcerer (played by the director himself) controls all activities in a village. Manipulating the d...

A dissolute man whose wife cheats on him seeks revenge to preserve his honor.