Portland State’s Middle East Studies Center will be hosting a screening of the 2022 Algerian historical drama The Last Queen, directed by Adila Bendimerad and Damien Ounouri, on Friday, May 26. This event will take place at 5th Avenue Cinema. It’s free, open to the public and will include a Q&
DUBAI: When French Algerian director Damien Ounouri was in his late teens, he knew he wanted to go into filmmaking. It was the 1990s and Ounouri consumed films by major Western directors such as Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese, Oliver Stone and Brian De Palma. “For me, a new world opened in front of my eyes,” Ounouri told Arab News.
05/09/2022 - VENICE 2022: Duo Adila Bendimerad and Damien Ounouri make their feature film debut with a movie looking back on an historic event in 16th century Algeria from a female perspective
05/09/2022 - VENICE 2022: Duo Adila Bendimerad and Damien Ounouri make their feature film debut with a movie looking back on an historic event in 16th century Algeria from a female perspective