Camille Claudel is a 1988 French biographical drama film about the life of 19th-century sculptor Camille Claudel. The film was based on the book by Reine-Marie Paris, granddaughter of Camille's brother, the poet and diplomat Paul Claudel. It was directed by Bruno Nuytten, co-produced by Isabelle Adjani, and starred her and Gérard Depardieu. The film had a total of 2,717,136 admissions in France. Adjani was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role, the second in her career.
François Ozon is a French film director and screenwriter.
Jean-Paul Civeyrac is a French director whose films are usually characterized by close attention to music and actors' bodies. He has adapted a French novel by Anne Wiazemsky, Hymnes à l'amour, with the title All the fine promises (2003). This movie was awarded by The Prix Jean Vigo 2003. Jean-Paul Civeyrac is professor at the French school, La Fémis, and graduated from the Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 (philosophy).
Tea in the Harem is a 1985 film directed by Mehdi Charef, based on a book written by Charef in 1983. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. The film won the Prix Jean Vigo in 1985.
A Summer in La Goulette is a 1996 film by Tunisian director Férid Boughedir. It is a narrative of how intercommunal relations deteriorated in cosmopolitan La Goulette after the end of French rule, especially Muslim-Jewish relations affected by the Six-Day War and the rising impact of Islam on Tunisian society.
Anne Émond is a Canadian film director and screenwriter, currently based in Montreal, Quebec.
The Barons is a 2009 Belgian comedy film directed by Nabil Ben Yadir. It was written by Yadir, Laurent Brandenbourger and Sébastien Fernandez. It premiered on 2 September 2009 at the Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur. The film was nominated for six Magritte Awards, winning Best Supporting Actor for Jan Decleir.
Malika Zouhali-Worrall is a British-Moroccan film director and editor.
Chakib Nazim Hocine is an Algerian footballer who plays as a centre-back for CS Lanaudière-Nord in Ligue1 Québec.
Face Down is a 2015 drama film directed by Kamen Kalev and starring Melvil Poupaud and Seher Nebieva. It received the Best Director Award at the Golden Rose Film Festival.
Ballerina is a 2016 3D animated musical adventure comedy film co-directed by Éric Summer and Éric Warin and written by Summer, Carol Noble and Laurent Zeitoun. A co-production between Canadian and French companies, the film takes place in 1880s France and follows an orphan girl who dreams of becoming a ballerina and gets a chance to audition for the celebrated school of the Paris Opera Ballet.
Niyi Akinmolayan is a Nigerian filmmaker and director Known for his work in both blockbuster and independent films, He directed The Wedding Party 2 (2017) Chief Daddy (2018), Prophetess (2021), My Village People (2021), The Set Up (2019), and Lisabi: The Uprising (2024). He is the founder of Anthill Studios, a media production facility. In January 2022, Anthill Studios signed an agreement with Amazon Prime Video to stream Anthill's films globally following their theatrical releases in Nigeria.
I Still Hide to Smoke is a 2016 French-Greek-Algerian drama film directed by Rayhana Obermeyer. The film premiered at the 2016 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.
Sanâa Alaoui, also known as Sanaa Alaoui, is a French Moroccan actress.
Judith Malika Liberman is a French storyteller, writer and teacher currently living in Turkey. When she was 14, she learned storytelling in a French commune and has gone on to reintroduce the telling of Anatolian fairy tales in Turkey.
Hocine Ziani is an Algerian painter and artist in plastic arts.
Casablanca Beats is a 2021 Moroccan drama film directed by Nabil Ayouch. In June 2021, the film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. The film was produced by Ali n' Productions. It is reportedly the first Moroccan film to be selected to compete for the Palme d'Or since 1962. The film was shot at Les Etoiles de Sidi Moumen, a cultural centre that director Ayouch co-founded with Mahi Binebine in 2014. It was selected as the Moroccan entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards.
Noura's Dream is a 2019 Tunisian drama film directed by Hinde Boujemaa and co-produced by Marie Besson, François d'Artemare, Tatjana Kozar, Imed Marzouk and Samuel Tilman for Propaganda Production. The film stars Hind Sabri in the titular lead role whereas Lotfi Abdelli, Hakim Boumsaoudi and Imen Cherif made supportive roles. It is a love triangle between Noura, Jamal and Lassad which is not lawful according to the Tunisian law which severely punishes adultery.
Clément Ducol is a French film score composer. He is most noted for his work on the films Chicken for Linda! , for which he received a Lumières Award nomination for Best Music at the 29th Lumières Awards, and Emilia Pérez, for which he and Camille Dalmais won the Cannes Soundtrack Award at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
