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Algerian Director Merzak Allouache on His Latest Pic ‘Front Row’ and Challenges Faced by Algerian Filmmakers
Algerian director Merzak Allouache, whose career spans six decades, received Variety's International Vanguard Director Award at Red Sea Film Festival.
His penetrating vision, which blends social drama and comedy, has earned him considerable critical acclaim, including for 2012 Cannes-player “The Repentant,” “The Rooftops,” which premiered in Venice in 2013, and “Divine Wind” (2018). Allouache explained that Algerian filmmakers face major difficulties in financing their films and that he was only able to complete “Front Row” thanks to the funds provided by the Red Sea festival. But I know that Arab cinema in general is growing, and there is a lot happening in Egypt, Lebanon, Tunisia, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Kuwait, with a new generation of filmmakers in all these countries.”
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