Up bright and early with their pet in tow, Zohra Bouderbala and her five children are heading to the beach. This is not a drill! In Algiers, the coveted front row spot waits for no one, but it’s not this family’s first time having to beat the summer seaside crowds. The unmotivated and...
Kabylie, in the north of Algeria, is a region where Berber culture is still very much alive. The residents know that life can be hard, but last summer was exceptional: fires reduced entire hillsides to ashes, and even ancient olive trees perished.
Salim, a young bookseller in Oran, discovers a black-and-white photo torn in two of a woman with a mysterious smile inside a vinyl record. He pieces the two halves of the image back together, a fragment from the past, and places it beside him as a witness to his future encounters.
