Mohamed Chouikh

Mohamed Chouikh
Born (1943-09-03) 3 September 1943
Mostaganem, Algeria
CitizenshipAlgerian
OccupationsFilm director
Screenwriter
Actor
Notable workThe Citadel
The Ark of the Desert
Youcef

Mohamed Chouikh (born 1943) is an Algerian film-maker and actor.[1][2]

Biography

Mohamed Chouikh was born at Mostaganem, Algeria on 3 September 1943, where he was to become a stage actor with a troupe which later developed into the Algerian National Theatre. In 1965, he acted in one of Algeria's greatest film productions, L'Aube des damnés by René Vautier and Ahmed Rachedi. In 1966 he took the role of Lakhdar (the son) in Mohamed Lakhdar Hamina's highly successful Le vent des Aurès. In 1972 he directed L'Embouchure for Algerian TV, followed in 1974 by Les Paumés (1974). In 1982 he made his first feature-length film, Rupture, and has pursued a writer-director career since then.

Filmography

Year Film Genre Role
1965 L'Obstacle[3] Drama Actor
1966 Rih al awras[4] Drama Actor
1969 Les hors-la-loi[5] Drama Actor
1970 Élise ou la vraie vie[6] Drama Actor
1972 L'embouchure[7] TV Movie Director
1974 Les paumés[8] TV Movie Director
1976 Les nomades Drama Actor
1979 Mais où et donc Ornicar[9] Drama Actor
1982 Rupture (al-Inquita – Breakdown)[10] Drama Director

Writer

1984 Maquam Echahid[11] Drama Director
1988 La Citadelle (al-Qala – The Citadel)[12] Drama Director

Writer

1994 Youcef: La légende du septième dormant (Youcef kesat dekra sabera – Youcef: The Legend of the Seventh Sleeper)[13] Drama Director

Writer

1997 L'Arche du désert (The Desert Ark)[14] Drama Director

Writer

1999 Monnette[15] Short film Actor
2003 Raqsat errihu[16] Adventure

Drama

Fantasy

Actor
2005 Douar de femmes (Douar al-nisaa – Hamlet of Women)[17] Drama Director
2014 L'Andalou (Al Andalousee)

Awards and nominations

Year Film Festival Award Results
1988 The Citadel Amiens International Film Festival Golden Unicorn Award for Best Film Won
1989 The Citadel Festróia - Tróia International Film Festival Golden Dolphin Award Won
1990 The Citadel Fribourg International Film Festival Trigon Film Award Won
1993 Youcef Amiens International Film Festival Prize of the City of Amiens Won
1997 The Ark of the Desert Locarno Film Festival Golden Leopard Award Nominated
1997 The Ark of the Desert Namur International Festival of French-Speaking Film Special Mention Won
1997 The Ark of the Desert Namur International Festival of French-Speaking Film Golden Bayard award for Best Film (Meilleur Film Francophone) Nominated
1998 The Ark of the Desert Festróia - Tróia International Film Festival Golden Dolphin Award Nominated
1999 The Ark of the Desert Ouagadougou Panafrican Film and Television Festival Jury Special Prize Won
1999 The Ark of the Desert Ouagadougou Panafrican Film and Television Festival OAU Award Won

References

  1. ^ Armes, Roy (June 2008). Dictionary of African filmmakers. Indiana University Press. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-253-35116-6. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
  2. ^ Armes, Roy (2005). Postcolonial images: studies in North African film. Indiana University Press. p. 218. ISBN 978-0-253-34444-1. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
  3. ^ Bouamari, Mohamed (1 January 1965), L'Obstacle (Short, Comedy, Romance), Mohamed Chouikh, Ahmed Benmensour, Anissa Mezaguer, Office des Actualities Algerienes, retrieved 31 August 2025
  4. ^ Lakhdar-Hamina, Mohammed (6 November 1968), Rih al awras (Drama, War), Keltoum, Mohamed Chouikh, Omar Tayare, Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC), retrieved 31 August 2025
  5. ^ Fares, Tewfik (29 December 1976), Les hors-la-loi (Drama), Sid Ahmed Agoumi, Cheikh Nourredine, Mohamed Chouikh, Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC), retrieved 31 August 2025
  6. ^ Drach, Michel (25 November 1970), Élise ou la vraie vie (Drama), Marie-José Nat, Mohamed Chouikh, Bernadette Lafont, Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC), Port Royal Films, retrieved 31 August 2025
  7. ^ Chouikh, Mohamed, L'embouchure, R.T.A., retrieved 31 August 2025
  8. ^ Chouikh, Mohamed, Les paumés, retrieved 31 August 2025
  9. ^ Effenterre, Bertrand Van (28 February 1979), Mais où et donc Ornicar (Drama), Geraldine Chaplin, Brigitte Fossey, Jean-François Stévenin, Mallia Films, retrieved 31 August 2025
  10. ^ Chouikh, Mohamed, Rupture (Drama), Allel Bachali, Abdelkader Belmokadem, Charef Daouadji, Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC), retrieved 31 August 2025
  11. ^ Chouikh, Mohamed, Maquam Echahid, retrieved 31 August 2025
  12. ^ Chouikh, Mohamed, El kalaa (Drama), Djillali Ain-Tedeles, Yamina Bachir, Mohamed Baki, retrieved 31 August 2025
  13. ^ Chouikh, Mohamed (23 March 1994), Youcef, Mohamed Ali Allalou, Youcef Benadouda, Mohamed Benguettaf, ENPA, retrieved 31 August 2025
  14. ^ Chouikh, Mohamed (28 January 1998), L'arche du désert (Drama), Hacen Abdou, Messaouda Adami, Shyraz Aliane, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, retrieved 31 August 2025
  15. ^ Hélia, Marie, Monette (Short), Catherine Rouvel, Mohamed Chouikh, retrieved 31 August 2025
  16. ^ Louhichi, Taieb, Raqsat errihu (Adventure, Drama, Fantasy), Hatem Berrabeh, Haifa Bouzouita, Mohamed Chouikh, Tanit Productions, Thoke Moebius Film Company, retrieved 31 August 2025
  17. ^ Chouikh, Mohamed (17 November 2005), Douar de femmes, Sofia Nouacer, Khaled Benaïssa, Bahia Rachedi, Acima Films, retrieved 31 August 2025

Further reading

  • Guy Austin, "Mohamed Chouikh: From Anticolonial Commemoration to a Cinema of Contestation" in: Josef Gugler (ed.), Ten Arab Filmmakers: Political Dissent and Social Critique, Indiana University Press, 2015, ISBN 978-0-253-01644-7, pp. 166–187
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