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Fatma Zohra Zamoum

b. 1967

Algerian writer, filmmaker (born 1967)

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Born 1967. Fatma Zohra Zamoum is an Algerian and French film director, screenwriter and writer.

Fatma Zohra Zamoum (; born 19 January 1967) is a Franco-Algerian writer, filmmaker and educator.

Biography Zamoun was born in Bordj Menaïel in the north of Algeria, within a well-known family whose ancestors are Omar ben Zamoum and Mohamed ben Zamoum. After attending the Fine Arts School in Algiers (1985–1988), she went to Paris where she graduated in Cinematography and Audiovisual Studies from the Sorbonne in 1995.

Z'har (2009) is Zamoun's first feature film, depicting scenes from the violence Algiers experienced in the 1990s. In 2005, she directed the short fiction film La Pelote de Laine and has also authored several books including Comment j'ai fumé tous mes livres (2006). In 2011, she directed and produced a second feature film Kedach Ethabni (Combien tu m'aimes) which tells the story of how little Adel copes with a period spent with his grandmother after his parents break up. She directed and produced since then "Azib Zamoum, A story About Land", in 2014 And in 2019, she achieved a low budget fiction film named PARKOUR(S) and an unreleased documentary: Body + Art.

Works 1995: Photos de voyages, documentary 1996: Leçon de choses, documentary 1999: À tous ceux qui partent, novel 2003: Le Vingtième Siècle dans la peinture algérienne, historical work and expertise 2004: La Maison de Roy Azdak, documentary 2005: La Pelote de laine, documentary 2006: Comment j'ai fumé tous mes livres, novel 2009: Z'har (Un)Lucky, experimental film 2009: Le Docker noir, documentary 2012: Kedach Ethabni or How Big Is Your Love, feature film 2014 : "Azib Zamoum, A story About Land", docu drama for Tv and cinema 2019 : "PARKOUR(S), a feature length fiction 2019 : BODY + ART, a documentary feature length

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Algerian writer, filmmaker (born 1967)

When was Fatma Zohra Zamoum born?

Fatma Zohra Zamoum was born on 19 January 1967 in Bordj Menaïel.

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Fatma Zohra Zamoum is a film director, screenwriter and writer.

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Fatma Zohra Zamoum is Algerian and French.

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