For ten years, Algeria has been at war. A gradual war with no frontlines, it has caused more than 100,000 deaths. It is a desert that Zina and Kamel, two young Algerians who are at times wild and joyful, while at others demoralized and calm, want to travel the width and breadth off one last time before leaving it behind. —uniFrance
Tarik Teguia was born in 1966 in Algiers. Philosopher and artist by training, he teaches art history at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Algiers, he directed with his brother Yacine a short film and then went to Paris where he was assistant photographer Krzysztof Pruszkowski. In 1996, his photographic work created material for a first short Scrap Waiting, followed in 2002 by Haçla (Closing). His first feature film Rather Than Rome was ahuge success at the 2007 Venice Film Festival and hailed the birth of a great filmmaker. In 2008 Teguia directed Inland which again was previewed at the Venice Film Festival and it was nominated for the Silver Lion.— africapt-festival
