Abderrazak Larbi-Cherif
Directing
Biography
Abderrazak Larbi-Cherif, born in 1970 in Algeria in Greater Kabylia, is an Algerian journalist and director. After a degree in journalism at the University of Algiers, he worked as a journalist and reporter on Channel II of National Radio in 1992, then deputy editor-in-chief at the Kabyle channel of Algerian television. Then in 2001 he left for France to follow training at the international school of audiovisual creation and production (EICAR). He worked at Berbère Télévision before joining Beur FM where he directed a program as well as the television channel Beur TV where he made small independent productions and productions. He is also editor-in-chief of the Arabic editorial team of France 24. In 2010, based on an idea from Mohamed Berkani (producer of the film), he made his third documentary film, Kamel Hamadi, Ger Yenzizen. This film is one of the 12 films selected to participate in the competition of the 10th edition of the annual Amazigh film festival (Tizi Ouzou, Algeria, 2010). He received the Golden Olivier for best documentary. His fourth documentary is a portrait of the poet Tahar Djaout (1954-1993): Tahar Djaout, Amedyaz ur yettmattat (Tahar Djaout, can a poet die?) in 2011. His two previous documentaries (lasting 26 minutes) focus on crafts in the Maâtkas region (about pottery), as well as on the crafts of Ath Yenni (around jewelry). They were broadcast on the Algerian television channel in Kabyle and Arabic versions, or even in French version for the one on the crafts of Ath Yenni. In 2015, he released the documentary film "Cheikh El-Hasnaoui, From the White House to the Blue Ocean", dedicated to the life and artistic work of Cheikh El-Hasnaoui in collaboration with his colleague Meziane Ourad.
Known For
Cheikh El-Hasnaoui is an Algerian singer who left his country in 1937 without ever setting foot there again. Between 1939 and 1968 he composed most of his repertoire in France. For many years the Algerian cafes of Paris were the stages of his shows. With a handful of artists of his generation, he laid the foundations of modern Algerian song. A fervent defender of women's rights, he claims, as a pioneer, the fight for identity for a plural Algeria. At the end of the Sixties, he ended his artistic career. On July 6, 2002 he died in Saint-Pierre de la Réunion, where he is buried to this day. This 80-minute documentary follows in the footsteps of this extraordinary character. From Kabylia to Saint-Pierre de a Réunion via the Casbah of Algiers and the belly of Paris.
Cheikh El Hasnaoui, from the White House to the Blue Ocean
Portrait of the Algerian singer and composer Kamal Hamadi (husband of the singer Noura). Performer, musician, conductor, lyricist, author and composer, he is considered today as the witness par excellence of Algerian artistic action of the 20th century. The film received the Golden Olivier for best documentary 2010 at the Tizi-Ouzou Amazigh Film Festival in Algeria.