The only Arab country to have won an Academy Award is betting on an epic film about an anti-colonial hero and the opening of new production studios to restore its place on the movie-world map.

Algeria has banned "Barbie" after it has been shown in theaters in the country for several weeks because the film "promotes homosexuality and other Western deviances," Reuters reported. An official ...

EXCLUSIVE: Rachid Bouchareb’s upcoming feature film Reggane, exploring France’s controversial nuclear tests in Algeria’s ...

Mounia Meddour‘s debut feature Papicha has been selected by Algeria to represent the country in the Oscars‘ newly-dubbed International Feature Film category – formerly known as the Best Foreign ...

Join us for the Arab Film and Media Institute's first showcase dedicated to Algerian Cinema. The program will include the premiere of "The Well," the historical drama that was Algeria's nomination to ...

Actor-director Salem talks about his second directorial outing, ‘The Man From Oran,’ a corrective to the official history of post-independence Algeria Buoyed by the spirit of the Arab spring, best ...

Algerian cinema is in search of a revival, decades after its 1970s heyday and steep decline, with authorities having blown hot and cold in their support. Today, the country counts only a few dozen ...

After world premiering at Cannes in Un Certain Regard to warm reviews, Mounia Meddour’s debut feature, “Papicha,” was the first film to be submitted for the International Feature Film category at the ...

"Everything is at a standstill." 1091 Media has debuted an official US trailer for a contemporary drama titled Until the Birds Return, the feature directorial debut of Algerian filmmaker Karim ...

PARIS -- "Intimate Enemies" is the latest French film to bring the 1954-62 Algerian War -- long taboo -- out of the shadows and into the spotlight. By Rebecca Leffler, The Associated Press PARIS — As ...

CANNES, France (Reuters) - A film on the bloody fight for Algerian independence opened amid heightened police security in Cannes on Friday as demonstrators outside protested that it sullied the memory ...

This genre hybrid tells the true story of a French-born Algerian who tries to qualify for the Winter Olympics as a cross-country skier for his father's home country. By Boyd van Hoeij Though indeed ...