Due to the current events, Al-Ahram online decided to republish an article dedicated to the social history of Heliopolis district. It was first published on 11/23/2011 under the title :Heliopolis, a ...

Algerian Djaffar Gacem, director/producer of the drama “Héliopolis,” said both French and Algerian historians have brought their perspectives to the history of colonial Algeria — and that includes the ...

Djaffar Gacem's patriotic melodrama explores the background to events destined to go down in history as the Sétif and Guelma massacres. Serious in intent, but melodramatic in style, the patriotic ...

Dir/scr: Djaffar Gacem. Algeria. 2020. 116 mins. Algeria’s long struggle for independence has inspired a vast body of cinema stretching from Gillo Pontecorvo’s seminal The Battle Of Algiers to ...

Documenting the architectural heritage of the Cairo district of Heliopolis may be the only way to save the neighbourhood for future generations “If all the images and sounds that I have saved in my ...

Romania has chosen Alexander Nanau’s documentary “Collective” (pictured) to be its official entry in the International Feature Film category of the 93rd Academy Awards, while Ecuador has selected Paul ...

In an interview with Screen for our FYC Screening Series, Djaâfar Gacem, the Algerian director of Helipolis, talks how he negotiated the leap from making TV soap operas to directing a coruscating ...