Malek Bensmaïl
Directing · Director · Writer · Screenplay
Born Jan 1, 1966 · Constantine, Algérie
Active 1996–present
Malek Bensmaïl (in Arabic: مالك بن اسماعيل), born in 1966 in Constantine, Algeria, is an Algerian director and screenwriter. In the 1980s, in Algeria, he made essay films in super 8.
Filmography
The Arab (2026) — Director · Screenplay · Associate ProducerHolidays Despite All (2001) — Director · WriterChina Is Still Far (2010) — Director · WriterAlgeria's Bloody Years (2002) — Writer · DirectorUlysse, le brûleur de frontières et la mer blanche du milieu (2013) — DirectorAliénations (2004) — Director · Writer · Director of PhotographyInfrarouge (2006) — Director · ScreenplayThe Battle of Algiers, a Film Within History (2017) — DirectorChecks & Balances (2016) — DirectorToute l'Algérie du monde (2021) — Director · WriterThe Big Game (2005) — Producer · Director · CinematographyDêmokratia (2001) — Producer · Writer · DirectorDéciBled (1998) — DirectorTerritoire(s) (1996) — DirectorGuerres secrètes du FLN en France (2010) — Script · Director