(Algiers) Algerian director Yamina Bachir Chouikh, known for her film Rashidadenouncing the violence of years of terrorism, died Sunday in Algiers, following a long illness, announced the Lumières cinema association.
Posted at 12:16 p.m.
Trained editor, wife of director Mohamed Chouikh (The Citadel, The Desert Ark), Yamina Bachir, 68, had become known abroad thanks to Rashida (2002) his first feature film.
The film depicted a young teacher in a popular district of Algiers, struggling with terrorism during the black decade (1992-2002) and denounced a “culture of hatred and violence”.
The feature film co-produced by Arte, StudioCanal, Ciné-Sud Promotion, released in January 2003, was noticed at several festivals and won awards in Amiens (France), Namur (Belgium) and Marrakech (Morocco).
Born on March 20, 1954 in Algiers, Yamina Bachir Chouikh made her debut as an editor at the Algerian National Cinema Center in 1973. She had worked on works such as Omar Gatlato by Merzak Allouache (1976).
Mother of director Yasmine Chouikh, she was buried on Sunday in Algiers.