Fatma Zohra Zamoum
Fatma Zohra Zamoum (born 19 January 1967) is a Franco-Algerian writer, filmmaker and educator.[1]
Biography
Zamoun was born in Bordj Menaïel in the north of Algeria. After attending the Fine Arts School in Algiers (1985–1988), she went to Paris where she graduated in Cinematography and Audiovisual Studies from the Sorbonne in 1995.[1] She divides her time between Algiers and Paris, pursuing her principal interests, painting, fiction and the cinema.[2]
Z'har (2009) is Zamoun's first feature film, depicting scenes from the violence Algiers experienced in the 1990s.[3] In 2005, she produced the short documentary La Pelote de Laine and has also authored several books including Comment j'ai fumé tous mes livres (2006).[4] In 2011, she produced a second feature film Kedach Ethabni (Combien tu m'aimes) which tells the story of how little Adel copes with a period spent with his grandmother after his parents break up.[5]
Works
- 1995: Photos de voyages, documentary
- 1996: Leçon de choses, documentary
- 1999: À tous ceux qui partent, novel
- 2003: Le Vingtième Siècle dans la peinture algérienne, non-fiction work
- 2004: La Maison de Roy Azdak, documentary
- 2005: La Pelote de laine, documentary
- 2006: Comment j'ai fumé tous mes livres, novel
- 2009: Z'har (Un)Lucky, experimental film
- 2009: Le Docker noir, documentary
- 2012: Kedach Ethabni or How Big Is Your Love, feature film
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Fatma Zohra Zamoun" (in French). Africultures. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ↑ "Zamoum Fatma Zohra". Africine.org. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ↑ "Z'har". Africine.org. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ↑ "Z'har" (in French). Les films maghrébins. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ↑ "Kedach ethabni (Combien tu m'aimes)" (in French). Africine.org. Retrieved 15 March 2015.