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Amin Sidi-Boumédiène (born 5 March 1982), is a Franco–Algerian filmmaker. He is best known as the director of critically acclaimed short Al Djazira and film Abou Leila.[1]
He was born on 5 March 1982 in Paris, France.[2] However, he later grew up in Algiers, Algeria.[3] He returned to France and studied chemistry after his baccalauréat.[4]
He obtained a degree in film directing from Conservatoire Libre du Cinéma Français (CLCF) in Paris in 2005.[5] Then he made his maiden short film Tomorrow, Algiers? in 2011.[6][7] The film was selected in several international film festivals. Then he made his second short film Al Djazira, which was filmed in Algiers in July 2012.[4] It won the Award for the Best Arab Film at the Abu Dhabi film Festival.[2][8]
In 2014, he directed his third short Serial K.. The film was screened at the film days of Bejaia. After series of successful short films, he made his maiden feature film, Abou Leila, a dark film.[9] It was completely shot in his home country Algeria.[2] The film was released in theaters on 15 July 2020.[10] It was also previously screened in the 58th Critics' Week section at 2019 Cannes Film Festival.[11] In November 2019, the film won the award for the Best Debut Film of a Director at 50th International Film Festival of India.[12]
| Year | Film | Role | Genre | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Tomorrow, Algiers? | Director, writer, editor | Short film | |
| 2012 | Al Djazira | Director, screenplay, editor | Short film | |
| 2014 | Serial K. | Director, writer, editor | Short film | |
| 2019 | Abou Leila | Director, writer | Film |
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