Biography

Rabah Nait Oufella earned attention for his debut performance in Laurent Cantet’s The Class in 2008, Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. He then went on to act in Girlhood by Céline Sciamma, and Nocturama by Bertrand Bonello. In 2016, he gave a striking performance in Julia Ducournau’s Raw, selected at Critics’ Week and winner of the FIPRESCI International Critics’ Prize. In 2020, he starred in Ibrahim by Samir Guesmi, selected at the Cannes Film Festival and awarded the Grand Prix at the Premiers Plans d’Angers. The same year, he played the title role in Arthur Rambo by Laurent Cantet, presented at the Toronto and San Sebastián film festivals.

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15/01/2022

10 to Watch 2022 : 10 new French talents to discover

Unifrance presents 10 Talents to Watch in 2022

Selected for the excellence of their work by international journalists Lisa Nesselson (Screen International), Fabien Lemercier (Cineuropa), Elsa Keslassy (Variety), and Jordan Mintzer (The Hollywood Reporter), these 10 to Watch 2022 embody the renewal of our cinema through their audacity, the diversity of their backgrounds, their freshness, exacting career choices, and their commitment.

Unifrance is proud to to focus the spotlight on this new generation of directors, actors, and actresses, who contribute so fully to the effervescence of French cinematographic creation, and to encourage the distribution of their films beyond France’s borders.

Unifrance 10 to Watch 2022 :
- Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet, Director
- Alice Diop, Director
- Arthur Harari, Director
- Karim Leklou, Actor
- Déborah Lukumuena, Actress
- Rabah Nait Oufella, Actor
- Thimotée Robart, Actor
- Agathe Rousselle, Actress
- Anamaria Vartolomei, Actress
- Lucie Zhang, Actress

In partnership with Screen International

👉 More info here: https://en.unifrance.org/news/16187/10-to-watch-2022-10-new-french-talents-to-discoveris-a-suivre