Director and restoration expert, Nabil Djedouani works to preserve Algeria’s audiovisual heritage. He has restored major films, merging technical precision and historical insight to connect filmed memory with future creative possibilities.
Filmmaker and documentarian Mila Turajlić created films like Cinema Komunisto and The Other Side of Everything, awarded at IDFA and Toronto, exploring deeply political memory, archival work, and national storytelling.
American activist and writer who joined the Algerian liberation struggle, worked with Fanon and FLN, lived twelve years in Algeria, supported African movements, and documented key revolutionary histories and voices.
A leading Algerian film scholar and critic, IDHEC graduate and PhD in American literature, he held key cultural positions, authored influential works, and helped shape Algeria’s cinematic landscape through decades of dedicated contribution.
Coordinator of the FiSahara Film Festival in Sahrawi refugee camps, Marion Carrión promotes cinema as a tool for freedom and solidarity, linking creativity, education and human rights, shaping a unique model of cultural diplomacy.
A director, producer and founder of Film Lab Palestine, Hanna Atallah has spent over a decade advancing independent Palestinian cinema through training, coproduction and distribution initiatives, strengthening its cultural presence internationally.
For the first time, the Algiers International Film Festival is launching its Film Market, AIFF SOUK, which will be held from December 5 to 9, 2025, at Riadh El Feth Office, Level 102.
This new professional space aims to foster meetings and exchanges between stakeholders in the film and audiovisual sectors. Its goal is to stimulate the sale, acquisition, production, co- production, and distribution of works.
For this inaugural edition, the focus will be on the national market, with a gradual expansion towards regional and international levels. The SOUK will bring together producers, distributors, streaming platforms, television channels, as well as state institutions involved in cinema funding.
Through the SOUK, the AIFF reaffirms its commitment to building a sustainable professional dynamic, by providing a space conducive to collaboration and the promotion of projects.
Hakim and Karim Traïdia, Algerian filmmakers based in the Netherlands, create films exploring exile, memory and identity. Shown at Cannes and European festivals, their work blends emotional depth and human clarity, offering perspectives shaped by meaningful cross-cultural experiences and vision.
Tahar Houchi is an Algerian journalist, critic and filmmaker in Switzerland. He founded FIFOG and promotes Arab cinema, supports young talent and builds cultural bridges linking East and West today.
She brings extensive international experience, having led talent programs at TIFF and worked with Cannes, Rotterdam and Abu Dhabi. She founded Prodigy 360 to support filmmakers in development, production, distribution and festival strategy.
