Chakib Taleb-Bendiab
Directing
Biography
Chakib Taleb-Bendiab is an Algerian writer, director, and musician. He has won numerous prizes at global festivals for his scripts and short films "Sang Froid" in 2013 and "Black Spirit" in 2018 an African Samurai tale in the Sahara. His first feature film, "Algiers", is Algeria's official representative at the 97th Oscars 2025 in the Best Foreign Film category.
Known For
The kidnapping of a little girl creates tension and suspicion in Algiers. Only Dounia, a brilliant psychiatrist, and Sami, a police inspector, can unearth the demons of the past.
Algiers
Fabrice, a cold and manipulating young man, is paid an unexpected visit by his colleague, Benoît. He then finds himself forced to welcome Thierry Millet, a troubling and enigmatic police officer, making him sense a danger that he thought he had control over...
Cold Blood
An old French archaeologist worn out by life but still adventurous is convinced that he is finally on the trail of the legendary African Samurai clan, the 'Black Spirits', in the Tunisian Sahara. Is his mystic journey just a dream or a way to escape a reality he doesn't want to accept ?