Malek Bensmaïl
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1 January 1966 (60 years old)
Place of birthConstantine, Algérie
Known credits15
Biography
Malek Bensmaïl (in Arabic: مالك بن اسماعيل), born in 1966 in Constantine, Algeria, is an Algerian director and screenwriter. In the 1980s, in Algeria, he made essay films in super 8. After studying cinema in Paris followed by an internship in the Lenfilm studios in Saint Petersburg, he devoted his filmography to documentaries, entirely committed to Algeria. Through his films of reality, he draws the contours of a complex humanity: democracy, modernity-tradition, language, identity, society. In 1996, he released Territoire(s), a documentary essay on archaic violence in the Arab world and post…
The Arab
2026 · Director
The Arab
2026 · Screenplay
The Arab
2026 · Associate Producer
Toute l'Algérie du monde
2021 · Director
Toute l'Algérie du monde
2021 · Writer
The Battle of Algiers, a Film Within History
2017 · Director
Checks & Balances
2016 · Director
Ulysse, le brûleur de frontières et la mer blanche du milieu
2013 · Director
China Is Still Far
2010 · Director
China Is Still Far
2010 · Writer
Guerres secrètes du FLN en France
2010 · Script
Guerres secrètes du FLN en France
2010 · Director
Infrarouge
2006 · Director
Infrarouge
2006 · Screenplay
The Big Game
2005 · Director
The Big Game
2005 · Cinematography
The Big Game
2005 · Producer
Aliénations
2004 · Director
Aliénations
2004 · Writer
Aliénations
2004 · Director of Photography
Algeria's Bloody Years
2002 · Director
Algeria's Bloody Years
2002 · Writer
Dêmokratia
2001 · Writer
Dêmokratia
2001 · Producer
Dêmokratia
2001 · Director
Holidays Despite All
2001 · Director
Holidays Despite All
2001 · Writer
DéciBled
1998 · Director
Territoire(s)
1996 · Director
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