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Yamina Bachir (20 March 1954 – 3 April 2022[1]) was an Algerian film director and screenwriter. Her film Rachida was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.[2] According to Roy Armes, Rachida is 'the first 35mm feature directed by an Algerian woman in Algeria'.[3] The film was primarily financed by French and European funding companies. It was popular in Algeria and was distributed internationally in France.

Yamina Bachir-Chouikh
Born	(1954-03-20)20 March 1954 Algiers, French Algeria, France
Died	3 April 2022(2022-04-03) (aged 68)
Occupation	Film director Screenwriter
Years active	1982–2022

Career and personal life

Bachir attended the National Film School where she studied editing.[4] She is best known for her work Rachida which took her five years to produce.[5] Rachida has been the only Algerian film screened for the Un Certain Regard prize.[6]

Bachir was married to fellow Algerian director Mohammed Chouikh. She has a son and three daughters.[4] During the Black Decade, Bachir-Chouikh stayed in Algeria where she worked as a film editor on her husband's films.[3]

Filmography

• Sandstorm (1982)
• Rachida (2002)

References

External links

• Yamina Bachir at IMDb
• Yamina Bachir-Chouikh at Allocine. (French)
• Yamina Bachir at the Museum of Modern Art
• Works by or about Yamina Bachir in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

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