Djamel Bendeddouche

Djamel Bendeddouche (Arabic: جمال بن ددوش), born in 1941 in Tlemcen, Algeria, is a director, screenwriter, and prominent figure in Algerian cinema and television. Djamel Bendeddouche discovered the world of television and cinema at a very young age, just after his teenage years. He was barely 17 when he made his acting debut in 1958-59, starring in the film "Fadila" by Francis Mischkind. This short film depicts the friendship of two children from the Casbah of Algiers during the Algerian War. "Fadila" won the Grand Prix du Cinéma at the Salon de l'enfance in 1959 and was awarded a prize by the National Center for Cinematography (CNC) in France.