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Name: Yamina Benguigui  
   
Also Know As:
   
Date of Birth: 9th April 1957
   
Place of Birth: Lille, France
   
Profession: Director
 
 
From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia

Yamina Benguigui is a French-Algerian woman film director renowned for her films on gender issues in the North African immigrant community in France. She is the first French-Algerian woman to direct a feature film.

In an industry where women directors are rare and Arab women filmmakers are nonexistent, her work has earned praise from the Arab community.

Films

  • Inch'Allah Dimanche

Awards:

  • FIPRESCI Award for Courage in Filmmaking from the Toronto International Film Festival.

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