Biography

After being professional photograph and work for such institutions and magazines as Télérama, GéoAdo or The League Against the Cancer, she wrote her first screenplay, "Jours Intranquilles" (Unquiet Days), winning first prize of the SIRAR Bourse at the International Aubagne Film Festival, in March 2015. She directed the short film "Jours Intranquilles" (Unquiet Days), produced by Le GREC (Groupe de Recherche et d'Essais Cinématographiques), selected in some twenty festivals and multi prize The film was telecast several times by BBC Arabic TV. In 2017, she directed a second short film, "Terrain Vague" (Wasteland), shot in 35mm, produced by Saudade Productions and Bando à Parte. The film has it's world premiere in competition at Curtas Vila do Conde (Portugal, 2017) and was already selected to 85 festivals, winning 20 prizes, including, a Jury Special Mention at the Fameck Arab Film Festival, in France, First Prize at Festival Ecran Libre d'Aigues-Mortes, in France, and Grand Prix Best Short 2017 in Festival du Film de Sarlat, in France. In 2018 she directed the short documentary "Tahiti", entirely shot in Alger and in the following year she completed another short fiction, "La Chambre" (The Room). Latifa Said is actually preparing her first feature, "Plus Longue Sera la Nuit" (Longer Will Be the Night), to be shot in Algeria.
- IMDb mini biography by: João Antunes