Synopsis
Accommodated since Algeria's Bloody Decade of the 1990’s in the "House of the Press", the journalists of the famous daily newspaper El Watan await the completion of their new offices, a symbol of their independence.
My camera is embedded in their newsroom as they follow the events of this new Algerian spring…
President Bouteflika has set his sights on a 4th term. Beyond what we call the Arab revolutions and other mediatized terms, I wanted this film to serve as a memorial to the women and men, young and less young, who battle daily to safeguard the freedom of information in a politically and socially fossilized country.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (4)
- Co-productions : Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA), Magnolias Films
- Foreign production companies : Hikayet Films, Thala Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Hikayet Films
- French distribution : Zeugma Films
Full credits (11)
- Screenwriter : Malek Bensmaïl
- Directors of Photography : Malek Bensmaïl, Ouadi Guenich
- Music Composers : Phil Marboeuf, Camel Zekri
- Editor : Matthieu Bretaud
- Sound Recordist : Hamid Osmani
- Foreign Producer : Malek Bensmaïl
- Associate producers : Gérald Collas, Yann Brolli
- Sound editor : Delphine Telliez
- Grader : Rémi Berge
- Sound mixer : Delphine Telliez
- Participants : Omar Belhouchet, Hacene Ouali, Hassane Moali, Mustapha Benfodil, Omar Kharoum
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Documentary
- Production language : French, Berber
- Coproducer countries : Algeria, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 2015
- French release : 27/01/2016
- Runtime : 1 h 37 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 143.404
- Approval :
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1