Fatma Zohra Zamoum

For other uses, see Zamoum (disambiguation).
Fatma Zohra Zamoum
The Director of the film “How Big is Your Love”, Fatima Zohra Zamoum addressing a press conference, during the 42nd International Film Festival of India (IFFI-2011), in Panaji, Goa on November 30, 2011.jpg
Fatma Zohra Zamoum, IFFI (2011)
Born (1967-01-19) 19 January 1967 (age 57)
Bordj Menaïel, north of Algeria
NationalityFranco-Algerian
EducationCinematography and Audiovisual studies
Occupation(s)Writer, filmmaker, educator

Fatma Zohra Zamoum (born 19 January 1967) is a Franco-Algerian writer, filmmaker and educator.[1]

Biography

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Zamoun was born in Bordj Menaïel in the north of Algeria, within a well-known family whose ancestors are Omar ben Zamoum and Mohamed ben Zamoum. After attending the Fine Arts School in Algiers (1985–1988), she went to Paris where she graduated in Cinematography and Audiovisual Studies from the Sorbonne in 1995.[1] She divides her time between Algiers and Paris, pursuing her principal interests, painting, fiction and the cinema.[2]

Z'har (2009) is Zamoun's first feature film, depicting scenes from the violence Algiers experienced in the 1990s.[3] In 2005, she directed the short fiction film La Pelote de Laine and has also authored several books including Comment j'ai fumé tous mes livres (2006).[4] In 2011, she directed and produced a second feature film Kedach Ethabni (Combien tu m'aimes) which tells the story of how little Adel copes with a period spent with his grandmother after his parents break up.[5] She directed and produced since then "Azib Zamoum, A story About Land", in 2014 [6] And in 2019, she achieved a low budget fiction film named PARKOUR(S)[7] and an unreleased documentary: Body + Art.[8]

Works

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  • 1995: Photos de voyages, documentary
  • 1996: Leçon de choses, documentary
  • 1999: À tous ceux qui partent, novel
  • 2003: Le Vingtième Siècle dans la peinture algérienne, historical work and expertise
  • 2004: La Maison de Roy Azdak, documentary
  • 2005: La Pelote de laine, documentary
  • 2006: Comment j'ai fumé tous mes livres, novel
  • 2009: Z'har (Un)Lucky, experimental film
  • 2009: Le Docker noir, documentary
  • 2012: Kedach Ethabni or How Big Is Your Love, feature film
  • 2014 : "Azib Zamoum, A story About Land", docu drama for Tv and cinema
  • 2019 : "PARKOUR(S), a feature length fiction
  • 2019 : BODY + ART, a documentary feature length

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Fatma Zohra Zamoun" (in French). Africultures. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Zamoum Fatma Zohra". Africine.org. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Z'har". Africine.org. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Z'har" (in French). Les films maghrébins. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Kedach ethabni (Combien tu m'aimes)" (in French). Africine.org. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Azib Zamoum, une histoire de terres".
  7. ^ https://filmfreeway.com/PARKOURS and http://sudhorizons.dz/fr/principal-francais/culture/53364-41e-festival-international-du-cinema-du-caire-deux-fims-algeriens-en-competition
  8. ^ "Body + Art".
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