About the Author
Co-scriptwriter and co-director, is a graduate of the Atelier scénario de La Fémis, after studying literature and cinema in France and Italy. She has directed a short film produced by GREC, which has been shown in a dozen festivals, and a creative documentary for television. She is currently collaborating on the writing of various feature films, in parallel to her activity as a programmer and reader.
Developed Projects
After a 25-year career in France, Baya, a former cabaret dancer, returns to Algiers, her hometown. Upset by the lack of freedom of the young girls in her neighborhood, she tries to share with them her passion for dance and to revive the emblematic cabaret “Le Palm Beach” thanks to them. But very quickly, Baya is confronted with the hardening of a society, which her son, Amine, is the first to embody and remind her of.
From Script to Screen
