Until the Birds Return by Karim Moussaoui

Mourad is a businessman who rose to success in Algeria in the 2000s. Now he's a new man who wants to stay away from trouble. Aisha is done with the past. She's about to start a new life as a married woman. Dahman is a doctor; he wants to marry his cousin. Each one of those characters will have to accept the consequences of his/her choice.

Karim Moussaoui is a founding member of the cultural association promoting the cinema Chrysalide in Algiers. He was also in charge of film programming at the French Institute of Algeria in Algiers for several years. His medium-length film ‘the Days Before’ was selected for several festivals (including Locarno, Clermont-Ferrand and Brive) and nominated for Best Short Film César in 2015, and won the Grand Prix du Jury at the Première Plans Festival in Angers in 2014. His film ‘Until the Birds Return’ was presented as part of the selection ‘Un certain regard’ at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.

This screening is organised in partnership with AFAC - The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture.

1h 48min | Arabic with English Subtitles.