Kamal Dehane

Biography

Kamal Dehane, born in 1954 in Algiers, is a Belgian-Algerian film director. Kamal Dehane studied filmmaking at the INSAS (Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle) in Brussels, where he currently lives. He is also a professor of production at INSAS. In 1984, he directed his first fiction short film, Nejma, before turning primarily to documentary filmmaking. In 1989, he directed Kateb Yacine, l'amour et la révolution; in 1992, Femmes d'Alger, which received awards at several film festivals; in 1993, Assia Djebar, entre ombre et soleil, which won the Critics' Prize at the Carthage Film Festival in Tunisia; in 1994, Mon pays au matin calme; and in 1995, Les Lobbies sortent de l'ombre....