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Samia Chala

Samia Chala

DirectorWriterSoundDirecting 2001–2013 (12 year career)
8.5 avg rating

Biography

Samia Chala was born in Algiers in 1964. After studying engineering, she left Algeria at the height of the civil war and arrived in France in 1994. She initially worked as a production assistant before becoming an investigative journalist for numerous documentary productions. For the past seven years, Samia Chala has been directing her own films. Her documentaries focus on Algeria, women, exile, and, more broadly, migration from the Global South to the North. Since 1995, she has directed numerou…

Known For

Algeria's Bloody Years
Film

Algeria's Bloody Years

Assistant Director
Mouss et Hakim, controled origins
Film

Mouss et Hakim, controled origins

Director

Filmography