Directing

Salim Aggar

Salim Aggar was born on June 21, 1968 in Algiers. A graduate in French literature, he spent more than 22 years of his career in the Algerian press. Journalist in the country's most important newspapers such as L'Expression, Le Quotidien d'Oran and Horizons, he had in the meantime started a career as a director in 1989 by signing his first short film in super 8 at the age of 21 years old, entitled “God made the mountain and man made the city”. He will then direct several other short films in the same format, the most prolific of which remains a documentary on children and war entitled Soldat à 13 ans. In another register, he worked as an assistant on the medium-length film “Cousines” by Lyès Salem (César for best short film in 2005) and in several documentaries and participated in the production of advertising spots. He wrote several articles and theses on Algerian cinema, such as the review on “The 40 years of Algerian cinema” published by the Year of Algeria in France 2003, but also devoted himself to the promotion of short films with his association “To us the screens”, of which he has been president since 2002. He will be the first to launch a website dedicated to Algerian cinema. With this association he also launched the first film festival in the Algerian capital: The Algiers Cinematographic Days (JCA).