Writing
Fatma Zohra Zamoum
Born
1967-01-19 (59)
Place of birth
Bordj-Ménaiel, Algeria
Known for
Writing
Credits
9 titles
Fatma Zohra Zamoum is a writer, director and producer. She taught Art History and Cinema in Universities (2004-2010) After attending the Fine Art School in Algiers (1985-1988), she went to Paris where she gratuated in Art History and Cinematography and Audiovisual studies at the Sorbonne in 1995. Z'har (2009) is Zamoum's first feature film, decipting scenes from the violence Algiers experienced in the 1990s. In 2005, she directed a short film La Pelote de Laine and has also authored several books including Comment j'ai fumé tous mes livres (2006). In 2009, she directed a documentary as a tribute to Sembene Ousmane, named Le Docker Noir, Sembene Ousmane. In 2011, she directed and produced …
Known for
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Parkour(s)
2020
4.0No synopsis available yet.
La Pelote de Laine
2006
7.0Algiers, nowadays, Adel, 8 years old, has been taken to his grandparents Khadidja and Lounès because his parents Rachid and Safia have been quarreling. Adel was supposed to stay with his grandparents for one week end ; then another week begins and he misses school; then he feels that he has lived there for ever. Khadidja, a house wife, will try to introduce Adel to her everyday life in her apartment and Lounès, a retired man, will introduce him to the great world of animals. From day to day, the child and his grandmother hold on to the question "how big is your love" to help them get through this difficult period and grow closer to each other.
How Big Is Your Love?
2011
No synopsis available yet.
Le docker noir, Sembene Ousmane
2021
NRDirector Fatma-Zohra Zamoum plays herself in this highly original and intriguing debut, interweaving a documentary-style account of her return to Algeria to shoot her film, employing members of her family along the way, with three mysterious, artfully-shot, fictional narratives. Alia, a photographer, is attempting to journey from Tunis to Constantine to see her sick father; Cherif, an aging writer, is grappling with the discovery of his own death via an announcement in the newspaper; their paths cross through Farid, the taxi driver, who guides them through a fraught Algerian landscape. Zamoun's stylish film heralds a significant new talent in Algerian cinema
(Un)Lucky
2009
Behind the camera
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Parkour(s)
2020
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Parkour(s)
2020
4.0No synopsis available yet.
La Pelote de Laine
2006
4.0No synopsis available yet.
La Pelote de Laine
2006
7.0Algiers, nowadays, Adel, 8 years old, has been taken to his grandparents Khadidja and Lounès because his parents Rachid and Safia have been quarreling. Adel was supposed to stay with his grandparents for one week end ; then another week begins and he misses school; then he feels that he has lived there for ever. Khadidja, a house wife, will try to introduce Adel to her everyday life in her apartment and Lounès, a retired man, will introduce him to the great world of animals. From day to day, the child and his grandmother hold on to the question "how big is your love" to help them get through this difficult period and grow closer to each other.
How Big Is Your Love?
2011
7.0Algiers, nowadays, Adel, 8 years old, has been taken to his grandparents Khadidja and Lounès because his parents Rachid and Safia have been quarreling. Adel was supposed to stay with his grandparents for one week end ; then another week begins and he misses school; then he feels that he has lived there for ever. Khadidja, a house wife, will try to introduce Adel to her everyday life in her apartment and Lounès, a retired man, will introduce him to the great world of animals. From day to day, the child and his grandmother hold on to the question "how big is your love" to help them get through this difficult period and grow closer to each other.
How Big Is Your Love?
2011
No synopsis available yet.
Le docker noir, Sembene Ousmane
2021
NRDirector Fatma-Zohra Zamoum plays herself in this highly original and intriguing debut, interweaving a documentary-style account of her return to Algeria to shoot her film, employing members of her family along the way, with three mysterious, artfully-shot, fictional narratives. Alia, a photographer, is attempting to journey from Tunis to Constantine to see her sick father; Cherif, an aging writer, is grappling with the discovery of his own death via an announcement in the newspaper; their paths cross through Farid, the taxi driver, who guides them through a fraught Algerian landscape. Zamoun's stylish film heralds a significant new talent in Algerian cinema
(Un)Lucky
2009
NRDirector Fatma-Zohra Zamoum plays herself in this highly original and intriguing debut, interweaving a documentary-style account of her return to Algeria to shoot her film, employing members of her family along the way, with three mysterious, artfully-shot, fictional narratives. Alia, a photographer, is attempting to journey from Tunis to Constantine to see her sick father; Cherif, an aging writer, is grappling with the discovery of his own death via an announcement in the newspaper; their paths cross through Farid, the taxi driver, who guides them through a fraught Algerian landscape. Zamoun's stylish film heralds a significant new talent in Algerian cinema
(Un)Lucky
2009