Amor Hakkar

Amor Hakkar (Arabic: عمر حكار; born 1 January 1958), is an Algerian filmmaker as well as a producer, screenwriter and actor currently active in French film industry.[1] He owns the film production company "Sarah Films".[2]

Amor Hakkar
عمر حكار
Amor Hakkar, presenting The Yellow House at the Saint-Leu d'Amiens cinema
Born (1958-01-01) 1 January 1958
Aurès, Khenchela
NationalityAlgerian
OccupationActor, director, producer, screen writer, editor
Years active1990–present
Parent(s)
  • Chays Hakkar (father)

Personal life

He was born on 1 January 1958 in mountainous village Aurès in Khenchela region of Algeria. At the age of 6 months, he arrived France with his parents.[1] Since then, they lived in Besançon, a slum, the city of Founottes.[2] His father Chays Hakkar influenced him to pursuing scientific studies.[3]

Career

In 1990, Hakkar directed his first short film titled Teach me to count to infinity. Then in 1992, he made the first feature film Bad Time for a Thug. It was a collaborative work with Pierre-Loup Rajot, Sylvie Fennec and Serge Giamberardino and produced by the company Rage au cœur films.[4]

In 1994, he began filming in France and Italy the film Ailleurs c'est beau aussi with Mado Maurin and Pierre Remund. Then in 1998, Hakkar moved to his native region the Aurès to bury his father's remains, where he filmed the blockbuster television film Timgad, la vie au cœur des Aurès, a 52-minute documentary for France 5 TV.[5] Meanwhile, in 2001, he won the Marcel Aymé Prize for the book titled La cité des fausses notes.[6] In 2005, Hakkar created the film production company Sarah Films.[7]

In 2008, he released the next film The Yellow House (La Maison jaune) in theaters in France and Algeria, and later in Switzerland and Canada.[8] The film won 37 awards around the world and was critically acclaimed.[1] The film won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at Locarno Film Festival as well as Special Jury award at the International Film Festival of Kerala. Then in 2010, he directed his third feature film Quelques jours de répit, which was entirely shot in Franche-Comté. It was released in France on 27 April 2011 and selected in World Cinema section at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival,[9] becoming the only French film selected.[2] In 2013, he made the film La Preuve within 14 days accompany with Nabil Asli and Anya Louanchi. It was distributed by his own production company, Sarah Films and the film was released in theaters in July 2014.

In 2015, he directed the film Celle qui vivra with Meryem Medjkane, Muriel Racine, Nicolas Dufour, Hichem Berdouk and Caroline Fouilhoux. The film was inspired by an original screenplay by Florence Bouteloup and the film released in theaters in 2017. In 2018, he directed the film Le Choix d'Ali.[10]

Filmography
YearFilmRoleNoteRef.
1990Teach Me To Count To InfinityDirectorshort film
1992Bad Times for a Thug (Sale temps pour un voyou)Directorofficial selection at the festivals of Carthage, Tetouan and Paris
2002Timgad: Life at Heart in the Aurès (Timgad, la vie au cœur dans les Aurès)DirectorTVS prize at the Festival Vues d'Afrique in Montreal 2003
2008The Yellow House (La Maison jaune)Director, Screenwriter, Editor, Actor: MouloudOfficial Locarno 2007 selection
2011A Few Days of Respite (Quelques jours de répit)Director, Screenwriter, Actor: MoshenOfficial selection Sundance 2011[11]
2013The Proof (La Preuve)DirectorOfficial Selection Dubai 2013[12]
2016The One Who Will Live (Celle qui vivra)Director
2018Ali's Choice (Le Choix d'Ali)Director, Producer, Screenwriter

References
  1. "Amor Hakkar at IFFR". International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  2. "Amor Hakkar : "le cinéma est difficile mais pas impossible"". topo-bfc. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  3. "Amor Hakkar bio". Tiburon Film Festival. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  4. "Amor Hakkar biography". amazighnews. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  5. "Director Amor Hakkar filmography". MUBI. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  6. "Amor Hakkar career". Isaano Rwanda Culture. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  7. "Companies linked to the person". unifrance. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  8. "Amor Hakkar". interfilm. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  9. "A Few Days of Respite". Variety. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
  10. "Amor Hakkar, réalisateur du film Le Choix d'Ali". France Bleu. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  11. Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. p. 55. ISBN 978-1908215017.
  12. "La preuve (The Proof)". HKW. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
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