Algeria

Hamid Saïdji earned his MFA in film from Columbia University in New York and has created non-fiction and narrative media in Europe, North Africa, and the United States. In Algiers, Hamid founded Midafilms, which produced commercials and documentaries. He also directed the short Not in the Mood, which played at the International Mediterranean Festival, Tangiers. Hamid co-wrote Houria which won best short film at the International Arab World Film Festival, Oran. His film, L’échappée, co-directed with Jonathan Mason, has played at thirty festivals in twelve countries and is a recipient of the Canal+ Short Film Prize. The screenplay for the feature version of the film was selected for the Sundance Institute's Screenwriting Intensive in Philadelphia. Biography Source

Filmography

L'échappée (2016)
Wait for me, Italia (2016)