Yamina Benguigui

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Yamina Benguigui (b. April 9, 1957) is a French-Algerian woman film director renowned for her films on gender issues in the North African immigrant community in France. She is the first French-Algerian woman to direct a feature film.

In an industry where women directors are rare and Arab women filmmakers are nonexistent, her work has earned praise from the Arab community.

[edit] Filmography

  • Mémoires d'immigrés, l'héritage maghrébin (documentary, 1997)
  • Pimprenelle, in Pas d'histoires ! (Don't Make Trouble!, 2001)
  • Inch'Allah Dimanche (Inch'Allah Sunday, 2001)
  • Le Plafond de Verre (2004)

[edit] Awards

  • FIPRESCI Award for Courage in Filmmaking from the Toronto International Film Festival.

[edit] External links

Yamina Benguigui at the Internet Movie Database

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