Yamina Bachir

Yamina Bachir (20 March 1954 – 3 April 2022[1]) was an Algerian film director and screenwriter. Her film Rachida was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.[2] According to Roy Armes, Rachida is 'the first 35mm feature directed by an Algerian woman in Algeria'.[3] The film was primarily financed by French and European funding companies. It was popular in Algeria and was distributed internationally in France.

Yamina Bachir-Chouikh
Born(1954-03-20)20 March 1954
Algiers, French Algeria, France
Died3 April 2022(2022-04-03) (aged 68)
Occupation(s)Film director
Screenwriter
Years active1982–2022

Career and personal life

Bachir attended the National Film School where she studied editing.[4] She is best known for her work Rachida which took her five years to produce.[5] Rachida has been the only Algerian film screened for the Un Certain Regard prize.[6]

Bachir was married to fellow Algerian director Mohammed Chouikh. She has a son and three daughters.[4] During the Black Decade, Bachir-Chouikh stayed in Algeria where she worked as a film editor on her husband's films.[3]

Filmography

References
  1. La cinéaste algérienne Yamina Bachir s’éteint (in French)
  2. "Festival de Cannes: Sandstorm". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 31 October 2009.
  3. Armes, Roy, New Voices in Arab Cinema (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2005), p. 104
  4. Dupont, Joan (5 February 2003). "Giving a human face to Algeria's horror". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  5. Corm, Carole (2004). "A Woman's Struggle in Midst of War". Al Jadid: A Review & Record of Arab Culture and Arts. 10 (46). Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  6. Hillauer, Rebecca (2005). Encyclopedia of Arab women filmmakers. Cairo, Egypt: American University in Cairo Press. p. 275. ISBN 9789774162688.
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