Mounia Meddour

Mounia Meddour (born 15 May 1978) is a Franco-Algerian film director.

She studied in a journalism school, then trained in cinema and audiovisual in France.

[2] She then directed several documentaries, such as Particules élémentaires[3] in 2007, La Cuisine en héritage[4] in 2009, and in 2011 Cinéma algérien, un nouveau souffle a documentary on the new generation of Algerian directors which emerge, despite the absence of funding.

It was also nominated at the César Awards 2020 as Best First Feature Film,[7] and her actress Lyna Khoudri, with whom she prepared for a long time her character,[8] was selected in the list of a potential Most Promising Actress award.

[9] Unless otherwise stated, Mounia Meddor is director and screen-writer of her movies.