Karim Moussaoui

Born in 1976, Karim Moussaoui is the author of three short films and a medium-length feature The Days Before, which receives particular acclaim (selected at the Locarno, Clermont-Ferrand and Brive film festivals, Great Prize at the Angers European First Film Festival and nominated for a César Award in the Best Short Film Category). His first feature-length film Until the Birds Return, whose screenplay, winner of the 2016 Gan Foundation, is developed as part of the Cinefondation residency at the Cannes Film Festival and Les Ateliers d'Angers, and is selected at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section.

Karim Moussaoui is also a founding member of the Chrysalide Cultural Association for Cinema Promotion in Algiers, and is responsible for cinema programming at the French Institute in Algiers for several years.

In 2020, he directs the short film Les Divas du Taguerabt for the 3e Scène of the Opéra de Paris, in which he explores the role of opera in Algerian musical culture. This short film is part of the collective film Celles qui chantent.

In 2024, his second feature The Vanishing, starring Sammy Lechea, premiered at the 17th Angoulême Francophone Film Festival.