Malek Bensmaïl
Known for
Directing
Born
January 1, 1966 (age 60)
Birthplace
Constantine, Algérie
Biography
Malek Bensmaïl (in Arabic: مالك بن اسماعيل), born in 1966 in Constantine, Algeria, is an Algerian director and screenwriter.
In the 1980s, in Algeria, he made essay films in super 8. After studying cinema in Paris followed by an internship in the Lenfilm studios in Saint Petersburg, he devoted his filmography to documentaries, entirely committed to Algeria. Through his films of reality, he draws the contours of a complex humanity: democracy, modernity-tradition, language, identity, society.
In 1996, he released Territoire(s), a documentary essay on archaic violence in the Arab world and post-modern violence in the West, the film won the Loupbar, the prize for best documentary discovery at...
Best known work
The Battle of Algiers, a Film Within History
2017
Infrarouge
2006
Algeria's Bloody Years
2002
Ulysse, le brûleur de frontières et la mer blanche du milieu
2013
Holidays Despite All
2001
Aliénations
2004
Checks & Balances
2016
China Is Still Far
2010
Toute l'Algérie du monde
2021
The Arab
2026Filmography
2026
The ArabDirector, Screenplay, Associate Producer
2021
Toute l'Algérie du mondeDirector, Writer
2017
2016
Checks & BalancesDirector
2013
2010
China Is Still FarDirector, Writer
2010
Guerres secrètes du FLN en FranceScript, Director
2006
2005
The Big GameProducer, Director, Cinematography
2004
AliénationsDirector, Writer, Director of Photography
2002
Algeria's Bloody YearsWriter, Director
2001
DêmokratiaProducer, Writer, Director
2001
Holidays Despite AllDirector, Writer
1998
DéciBledDirector
1996
Territoire(s)Director