Directing
Yanis Koussim
Known for
Directing
Credits
7 titles
After studying at La Fémis, Yanis Koussim directed several short films, including Khouya (which won awards at Locarno and Amiens, and was in the official selection at Clermont-Ferrand) and Khti. He then participated in the documentary Un été à Alger : the Night, which premiered at the Palais de Tokyo, and co-wrote the screenplays for R. Obermayer’s I Still Hide to Smoke, and El Zahia, the upcoming feature film by Adila Bendimerad and Damien Ounouri. He is the founder of Plateau19, a collective of filmmakers who campaign for independent cinema in Algeria.
Known for
In 1926 Algiers, amidst political and cultural upheaval, Ghazala battles against French colonial justice to pursue her acting career and secure a better future for her daughter.
The Joyful 1926
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5.7After a 1993 crash, amnesiac Ahmed returns home bandaged. His child fears him, and nightly visitors speak in strange tongues. His neighbor makes him uncomfortable, leaving him questioning everything.
Roqia
2025
7.0One evening in Algiers, Myassa is raped by a man with a limp dick. Back home, she can't take a shower because the plumbing is broken. She has two priorities: file a complaint and find a plumber. She ends up face to face with her rapist.
Mollement, un samedi matin
2012
NRThey come from completely different worlds, but over the course of a single day and night, their lives collide. What starts as a clinical relationship slowly turns into something deeper—almost like a shared understanding of the same struggle.
My sister
2007
7.0In an Algerian family, three young sisters are terrorized by an arrogant brother who regularly beats them in front of their mother. In the husband's absence, the son has taken control of the household, and the mother does nothing to restrain him and put an end to the girls' ordeal. Until the day the confrontation turns tragic.
Khouya
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Film credits
Behind the camera
In 1926 Algiers, amidst political and cultural upheaval, Ghazala battles against French colonial justice to pursue her acting career and secure a better future for her daughter.
The Joyful 1926
—
5.7After a 1993 crash, amnesiac Ahmed returns home bandaged. His child fears him, and nightly visitors speak in strange tongues. His neighbor makes him uncomfortable, leaving him questioning everything.
Roqia
2025
5.7After a 1993 crash, amnesiac Ahmed returns home bandaged. His child fears him, and nightly visitors speak in strange tongues. His neighbor makes him uncomfortable, leaving him questioning everything.
Roqia
2025
NRThey come from completely different worlds, but over the course of a single day and night, their lives collide. What starts as a clinical relationship slowly turns into something deeper—almost like a shared understanding of the same struggle.
My sister
2007
NRThey come from completely different worlds, but over the course of a single day and night, their lives collide. What starts as a clinical relationship slowly turns into something deeper—almost like a shared understanding of the same struggle.
My sister
2007
7.0In an Algerian family, three young sisters are terrorized by an arrogant brother who regularly beats them in front of their mother. In the husband's absence, the son has taken control of the household, and the mother does nothing to restrain him and put an end to the girls' ordeal. Until the day the confrontation turns tragic.
Khouya
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