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Houda Benyamina was born on 30 November 1980 in Viry-Châtillon, Essonne, France. She is a director and writer, known for Divines (2016), Sur la route du paradis (2011) and Ma poubelle géante (2009).
May 27, 2022 · ‘Salam’ Co-Director Houda Benyamina on the Privilege of Helping Former French Rapper Diam’s Tell Her Own Story. By Caitlin Quinlan. Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival.
Feb 27, 2017 · Houda Benyamina's brilliant debut feature follows a teenage girl's devastating attempts to overcome poverty. French director Houda Benyamina's masterful first film, Divines, has been...
Jan 2, 2017 · Since scooping up the Camera d’Or in Cannes with her directorial debut “Divines,” Houda Benyamina, the ambitious 36-year-old French-Moroccan – one of France’s rare Arab female filmmakers of...
Nov 18, 2016 · Divines: Directed by Houda Benyamina. With Oulaya Amamra, Déborah Lukumuena, Kévin Mischel, Jisca Kalvanda. A street teenager from a dysfunctional family from a banlieue (HLMs) in Paris comes across a young dancer who turns her life upside down.
Nov 3, 2016 · Shot in a style that is at once melodic and discordant, DIVINES is a cinematic haiku of empowerment, youthful angst, racial inequality and the consequences of poverty. Winner of the Camera d’Or prize at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, DIVINES is the feature film debut of director Houda Benyamina.
Oct 14, 2016 · We sat down with Houda Benyamina, the director of Divines… How did Divines come about? There’s been a before and after May ’68. There were big strikes in France, and a big social movement that brought about change. In 2005 we had similar anger, we had big riots, but for some reason nothing changed afterwards.
