About
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.
Filmography
The Arab2026 · Director, Screenplay, Associate Producer
Toute l'Algérie du monde2021 · Director, Writer
The Battle of Algiers, a Film Within History2017 · Director
Checks & Balances2016 · Director
Ulysse, le brûleur de frontières et la mer blanche du milieu2013 · Director
China Is Still Far2010 · Director, Writer
Guerres secrètes du FLN en France2010 · Script, Director
The Big Game2005 · Producer, Director, Cinematography
Aliénations2004 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Algeria's Bloody Years2002 · Writer, Director
Dêmokratia2001 · Producer, Writer, Director
Holidays Despite All2001 · Director, Writer
DéciBled1998 · Director
Territoire(s)1996 · Director