She has also directed several short films, including Rien que des mots (2004).

Born in Bobigny, France, in 1985, to parents of Algerian origin,[1] Guène grew up in Pantin, in the northeastern suburbs of Paris.

She attended Collège Jean Jaurès, followed by Lycée Marcelin Berthelot in Pantin.

[2] She began studies in sociology at Université Paris VIII, in St-Denis, before abandoning them to pursue writing and directing full-time.

Her second work, Du rêve pour les oufs, was released on 2006 in France and translated into English by Ardizzone as Dreams from the Endz.