47th Thessaloniki International Film Festival

International Competition

Out of Competition

Special Screenings

Tributes, Retrospectives, Homages, Spotlights

Wim Wenders

Focus: Teenage Lust/Teenage Angst

Opening & Closing Films

Brazilian Cinema

New Cinema from China: Another View

Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche

Filmography
2002 Wesh Wesh
2006 Bled Number One / Back Home

Born in 1968 in France, he grew up in Montfermeil, on the outskirts of Paris. After studying Social Sciences, he started his own company, Sarrazink Productions, in 1999. His first film, Wesh Wesh, won many awards, including the Louis Delluc Prize and the Wolfgang Staudte Award in Berlin.

International Competition

Back Home / Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche

Immediately after his release from prison in France, Kamel is deported to Algeria, his country of origin. In forced exile, he becomes a lucid observer of a society in turmoil, as Algeria is torn between the urge to modernize and the weight of ancestral tradition.

Direction:	Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
Sceenplay:	Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche & Louise Thermes
Cinematography:	Lionel Sautier, Hakim Si Ahmed,Olivier Smittarello
Editing:	Nicolas Bancilhon
Sound:	Timothée Alazraki, Bruno Auzet, Mohamed Naman
Sets:
Costumes:	Sabrina Cheniti
Music:	Rodolphe Burger
Cast:	Meriem Serbah (Louisa), Abel Jafri (Bouzid), Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche (Kamel), Farida Ouchani (Loubna), Ramzy Bedia (Ahmed), Sakina Dammene-Debbih (doctor)
Producer:	Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
Production:	Sarrazink Productions & Les Films du Losange (France)
	35mm Color 97’
	France - Algeria

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