Rachida Krim

Rachida Krim (born February 17, 1955) is a French filmmaker and visual artist of Algerian descent.^[1]

Life

Rachida Krim was born in Alès, southern France, to parents from Western Algeria who were "rank and file members" of the National Liberation Front.^[2] She studied painting and had several exhibitions after her graduation.^[1] She began working in film in 1988 as a scriptwriter and in other capacities.^[1] In 1992 she traveled to Algeria to make her first film, El Fatha. Her film Sous les pieds des femmes examined personal memories of the Algerian War.^[2]

Awards

• 1997 Winner of CICAE Award at the Namur International Festival of French-Speaking Film for Sous les pieds des femmes
• 1998 Winner of Prix SACD at Avignon Film Festival for Sous les pieds des femmes
• 2003 Winner of Screenplay Creation Fonds at Amiens International Film Festival, shared with Irène Jouannet for Presque tout sur mon père
• 2003 winner of TV/Video Competition Award at Ouagadougou Panafrican Film and Television Festival for Houria for Best Series or Sitcom

Works

Films

• El Fatha [The Feast], short film, 1992^[3]
• Sous les pieds des femmes [Beneath the Feet of the Women], 1997^[4]
• Imra`a safira / La Femme dévoilée [The Unveiled Woman], 1998^[4]

Television

• Houria, 5 part TV series about issues of sexuality and AIDS, 2002^[1]
• Pas si simple [Not That Simple], 2009^[5]
• Permis d'aimer [License to Love], TV movie, 2005^[4]

References

1. Rebecca Hillauer (2005). Encyclopedia of Arab Women Filmmakers. American Univ in Cairo Press. pp. 309–311. ISBN 978-977-424-943-3.
2. Kutschera, Chris (Dec 1997). ""Beneath the Feet of the Women"...". Middle East (273): 35–37 – via ProQuest.
3. "El Fatha de Rachida Krim (1992) - UniFrance". UniFrance. 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
4. Martin, Florence (2011). Screens and Veils: Maghrebi Women's Cinema. Indiana University Press. pp. 232.
5. Cauhape, Veronique (2010-04-16). "Not that easy". Le Monde. Retrieved 2019-03-27.