a Les. Asphofilms. Baya Films production RIH RABANI DIVINE WIND A feature film by Merzak allouache SYNOPSIS Nour and Amine don't know each other. They meet in a house, near the city of Timimoun, in the Algerian Sahara. They are supposed to launch an armed action against an oil refinery. But things won't turn out as they expected. 2 CREDITS ORIGINAL TITLE: RIH RABANI INTERNATIONAL TITLES: DIVINE WIND / VENT DIVIN PRODUCTION: LES. ASPHOFILMS. Paris - BAYA FILMS Algiers SCREENING FORMAT: DCP FORMAT: SCOPE - BLACK AND WHITE - 5.1 RUNNING TIME: 96 min GENRE: FEATURE FILM SCREENPLAY: Merzak Allouache DIRECTOR: Merzak Allouache ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Mohamed Amine Kabbès DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Mohamed Tayeb Laggoune CAMERA ASSISTANT: Fatma Chaabane-Ikène HEAD ELECTRICIAN: Ala Eddine Khababa MEDIA MANAGER: Hamza Benbraham SOUND: Mohamed Amine Teggar SOUND ASSISTANT: Mohammed Ilyas Guetal POSTPRODUCTION: Pocket Studio - Malakoff Studios - Lylo Media Group EDITING: Merzak Allouache - Factory Corp. EDITING ASSISTANT: Chanez Bouzidi-Benaliouad SOUND EDITING: Alexis Durand ORIGINAL SOUND DESIGN: Gadou Naudin SOUND RE-RECORDING MIXER: Julien Perez COLOR GRADING: Stéphanie Bisutti - Factory Corp. ENGLISH SUBTITLES: Amin Berrah PRODUCTION STAFF: Merzak Allouache Nabil Khelili - Sid Ali Allouache - Serge Lledo POSTPRODUCTION SUPERVISOR: Bahia Allouache SHOOTING SETS: Timimoun and its area YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2017 3 MAIN CAST Nour: Sarah LAYSSAC Amine: Mohamed OUGHLIS El Hadja: Messaouda BOUKHIRA Colonel Djamel: Hacene BENZERARI Second Lieutenant Lotfi: Abdelatif BENAHMED Terrorist Leader: Brahim DERRIS 4 DETAILED FILMOGRAPHY Merzak Allouache Merzak Allouache is born in Algeria in 1944. He studied filmmaking in Algiers at the Institut National du Cinéma and subsequently at IDHEC in Paris. In 1976, he directed his first feature, “Omar Gatlato”. Since then, he has been directing films in between France and Algeria, films frequently selected in prestigious international festivals such as Cannes International Film Festival, the Berlinale or la Mostra di Venezia. 2016-2017 INVESTIGATING PARADISE (Tahqiq fel djenna) feature-length documentary France/Algeria Berlinale, PANORAMA, Berlin International Film Festival, Berlin Germany / Panorama Ecumenic Jury Award - FIPA, Festival International des Programmes Audiovisuels, Biarritz France / Fipa d’Or Award for the Best Creative Documentary / Télérama Best Documentary Award - LAFF, Luxor African Film Festival, Luxor Egypt - Oslo Arab Film Days, Norway - Festival Cinéma Arabe aux Pays-Bas, Amsterdam The Netherlands - FCAT, Festival de Cinéma Africain, Tarifa et Tanger Spain, Morocco - Theatertreffen, Germany´s biggest theatre festival, Berlin Germany - Zawya, Cairo Arab Films Showcase, Egypt - Docs Against Gravity Film Festival, Warsaw Poland - SIFF Seattle International Film Festival, Seattle USA - Étonnants Voyageurs, Saint-Malo France… 2015 MADAME COURAGE feature-length narrative France/Algeria Official Selection: Orizzonti Mostra di Venezia - Haïfa International Film Festival, Israel - BFI London Film Festival, UK - Hamburg International Film Festival, Germany - CINEFERTIL Festival Internacional de Cine Latino Arabe de Buenos Aires, Argentina - Festival Cinema Africano di Verona, Italy - Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece - Malatya International Film Festival, Turquey - Stockholm International Film Festival, Sweden - Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt - Rotterdam Arab Camera Festival, Netherlands - Tallinn International Film Festival, Estonia - Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage, Tunisia - Festival d’Annaba du Film Méditerranéen, Algeria - Festival du Film Méditerranéen de Bruxelles, Belgium - Dubai International Film Festival - New African Film Festival, D.C. area, USA - Luxor African Film Festival, Egypt - FEBIOFEST Prague International Film Festival, Czech Republic - Festival del Cinema Africano, d'Asia e America Latina di Milano, Italy - FIFOG Festival International du Film Oriental de Genève, Switzerland - Oslo Arab Film Days, Norway - Festival Vues d’Afrique de Montréal, Canada - Tehran Fajr International Film Festival, Iran - Jeonju International Film Festival, South Korea - ARAFF Arab Film Festival, Busan-Seoul, South Korea - FCAT Festival de Cine Africano, Tarifa-Tanger, Spain - Köln Neue Filme aus Afrika, Germany… 5 2013 THE ROOFTOPS (Esstouh) feature-length narrative France/Algeria Official Selection: Competition Mostra di Venezia - Abu Dhabi International Film Festival Best Arab film Award - Variety magazine Best Arab Director Award, Abu Dhabi - FIPRESCI Award, Abu Dhabi - Algiers North African Film Festival Best Film Award, Algeria - Alexandria International Film Festival, Egypt - Chicago South Asian Film Festival, USA - Munchen International Film Festival, Germany - Amsterdam Arab Film Festival, Netherlands - Los Angeles COLCOA, USA - Cinémondo Villa Médicis Roma, Italy - Maghreb des films Paris, France - BFI London Film Festival, UK… 2012 THE REPENTANT (El-taïb) feature-length narrative France/Algeria Quinzaine des réalisateurs Festival de Cannes - Prix Europa Cinéma, Cannes - Doha International Film Festival Best Film Award - Silver Hugo Chicago Film Festival - Festival du film francophone d’Angoulême, France - Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt - Bilbao Human Rights Film Festival, Spain - Scarborough International Film Festival, Ontario, Canada - Festival de la Fédération Internationale des Droits de l’Homme de Genève, Switzerland… 2011 LA BAIE D’ALGER TV movie (FRANCE 2) NORMAL! feature-length narrative France/Algeria Doha International Film Festival Best Film Award - Louxor International Film Festival, Egypt… 2010 TATA BAKHTA TV movie (FRANCE 2) 2009 HARRAGAS feature-length narrative France/Algeria Dubai International Film Festival Prix Spécial du Jury - Prix des Droits de l'Homme, Dubai - Valencia International Film Festival Best Film Award, Spain - Valencia International Film Festival Best Soundtrack Award, Spain… 2008 TAMANRASSET TV movie (ARTE) 2005 BAB EL WEB feature-length narrative France/Algeria 2003 CHOUCHOU feature-length narrative France 6 2000 L’AUTRE MONDE feature-length narrative France/Algeria 1999 A BICYCLETTE TV movie (FRANCE 2) 1998 PEPE CARVALHO: LA SOLITUDE DU MANAGER TV movie (ARTE) 1997 ALGER-BEYROUTH, POUR MÉMOIRE TV movie (ARTE) VIE ET MORT DES JOURNALISTES TV documentary (ARTE) 1995 SALUT COUSIN! feature-length narrative France/Algeria Quinzaine des réalisateurs Festival de Cannes – New York International Film Festival - Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage Best Film Award, Tunisia… 1994 JOURS TRANQUILLES EN KABYLIE TV documentary (ARTE) 1993 BAB EL OUED CITY feature-length narrative France/Algeria Un Certain Regard Festival de Cannes - FIPRESCI Award, Cannes - Telluride International Film Festival, USA… 1991 VOICES OF RAMADHAN TV documentary (BBC 2) 1986 UN AMOUR À PARIS feature-length narrative France/Algeria Perspectives du cinéma français Award Festival de Cannes… 1983 L’HOMME QUI REGARDAIT LES FENÊTRES feature-length narrative Algeria 1978 MOUGHAMARAT BATAL feature-length narrative Algeria 7 Official Selection: Forum Berlin International Film Festival, Germany - Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage Best Film Award, Tunisia… 1976 OMAR GATLATO feature-length narrative Algeria Semaine de la Critique Festival de Cannes - Moscow International Film Festival, Russia - Los Angeles FILMEX Festival, USA – Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia… 1974 TIPASA LA ROMAINE TV documentary France/Algeria 8 .