Khaled Benaissa

It is during a night in a post-reconstruction world that a masked call rings out. Cheikh Morad Djadja wanders through these non-places in search of an anonymous telecommunication space. This universe with its illusory and oppressive walls, makes us notice the existence of an abstract space-time in which a trans-identity tries to find a place. #31# (appel masqué) is a proposal halfway between documentary, fiction and installation, exploring the hidden meaning of a coded message, this one coming from a literary/musical genre, the raï.

Mostaganem, 2019. In a few weeks, five teenage girls are found dead on the beach. The bodies all bear the same marks of violence. How to explain these serial murders? Mobilizing her informers and a cop friend, Houria, a seasoned journalist, leads the investigation. And despite the pressure to give up, the young woman is pugnacious. But the decision to continue her investigation at all costs will not be without consequences.

어머니의 부고로 휴가를 나온 튀니지 군인 S는 탈영을 결심하고 산 속으로 숨는다. 몇 년 후, 인근의 빌라로 이사 온 젊은 사업가의 부인 F가 산책 중에 실종된다.

1990년대 알제리를 배경으로 한 영화는 열 여덟 살의 패션 디자이너 지망생 나지마가 알제리 내전 상황에 아랑곳하지 않고 자신의 삶을 이끌어나가는 모습을 그린다. 나지마는 친구 와실라와 밤문화를 즐기기도 하며 세계 다른 곳의 십대와 별반 다르지 않은 생활을 한다. 사회 분위기가 더 보수적이 되면서 전통적 관습에 반하는 행동을 금하는 규정이 생겨나고, 그에 순응할 수 없는 나지마는 자신의 자유를 지키려면 맞서 싸워야 하는 상황에 처한다. 그녀가 준비하는 패션 쇼는 개인의 꿈을 향한 여정인 동시에 사회에 맞서 외치는 여성의 목소리다.

Algeria region of the high flatlands. As Islamist groups continue to spread terror, Rashid, a young Jihadist, leaves the mountains to return to his village. In keeping with the law « of pardon and national harmony », he has to surrender to the police and give up his weapon. He thus receives amnesty and becomes a « repenti ». But the law cannot erase his crimes and for Rachid it's the beginning of a one-way journey of violence, secrets and manipulation.

Zineb is a psychiatrist assigned to Rihana, a traumatized and pregnant young woman, who was raised as a son by her dictatorial father. Rihana's story awakens repressed thoughts in Zineb's own mind.

Mounir Mekbek lives with his family in a small village in the heart of the Algerian countryside. Very proud and sure of himself, he has only one dream- to finally be appreciated by his fellow villagers. Screwing up his carefully maintained image is his headstrong, narcoleptic sister Rym who falls asleep anywhere and whom the village is convinced will end up a spinster. One evening, Mounir returns from town drunk and announces that he's found a suitor for his sister. The fake story snowballs and snowballs until the suitor morphs into a rich, blonde Australian. The village begins preparing for the wedding in earnest - but without a bridegroom in sight.

At a dangerous time in Algeria, 'Douar de Femmes' is a story of ordinary women who manage to defend themselves in extraordinary situations. The film focuses on a small village that has been attacked more often by terrorists from the surrounding mountains. While the men work, the women learn how to handle machine guns and explore the area. “Fear has armed us,” says the young woman Sabrina. But despite that fear, people get married, children come and keep watch.