RAWIYAT PODCAST

Comment se frayer un chemin en tant que réalisatrice, femme, dans un écosystème cinématographique où règnent à la fois la censure et la précarité ? Comment résister aux injonctions des financeurs internationaux et protéger son processus créatif ? Dans cet épisode, la membre de Rawiyat et réalisatrice Assia Tamerdjent accueille sa compatriote et consœur Yasmine Chouikh pour explorer ces questions.Yasmine Chouikh est une réalisatrice, journaliste et actrice algérienne issue d’une famille de cinéastes

In this special Cannes episode, Zoulikha Tahar speaks with Erige Sehiri about her documentary practice and how it nourishes her fiction. An episode that puts the real front and center, recorded during Doc Day at the Marché du Film on May 20, 2025.Erige Sehiri is a French-Tunisian director whose work blends documentary realism and narrative cinema. She directed Railway Men (2018) and Under the Fig Trees (2022), which premiered at Cannes Directors' Fortnight. Her second feature, Promised Sky,

What makes a story timeless? Can an Arabic film ever be truly apolitical?Can a story about men ever exist without being a story about women? And what happens when we shift the gaze? Lebanese filmmaker Cynthia Sawma welcomes Rawiyat member Myriam Hage to explore these questions and more—reclaiming narratives and centering women’s voices in cinema.Myriam el Hajj is a Lebanese filmmaker. Her second feature documentary, Diaries from Lebanon, premiered at the Berlinale Panorama in 2024. She also teaches

Comment réfléchir à son processus d'écriture, à la fois pour préparer des dossiers de candidatures et pour faire avancer ses projets ? Comment les résidences peuvent-elles contribuer au développement d'une pratique artistique ? Dans cet épisode, la membre de Rawiyat et réalisatrice Amira Louadah accueille Bahia Bencheikh El Fegoun pour explorer ces questions.Bahia Bencheikh El Fegoun, géologue et cinéaste algérienne, interroge la déshumanisation des débats, et offre une réponse plus intime à

Can creative documentary films help heal historical and family trauma? Is there a form of liberation or at least reparation actually happening for our communities? In this episode, Rawiyat member and filmmaker Dorothée Myriam Kellou welcomes filmmaker Assia Boundaoui to delve into these questions. Assia Boundaoui is an Algerian-American investigative journalist and filmmaker. Her award-winning feature-length directorial debut, The Feeling of Being Watched, a documentary investigating a decade of FBI

How are films made despite difficult circumstances? What is the importance of collective work, and how can we continue telling stories despite challenges and disappointments? In this episode, Rawiyat member and filmmaker Randa Ali welcomes filmmaker Hend Bakr to delve into these questions.Hend Bakr is a director and producer from Alexandria, Egypt, and co-founder of Rufy's Films. In 2023, her first feature documentary The Tedious Tour of M, was in the official selections at Aswan Int'l film