Yanis Koussim
Yanis Koussim trained at La Fémis and has directed several short films, including Khti (2008) and Khouya (Mon Frère) (2010), which won awards at Locarno and Amiens. He later contributed to the documentary A Summer In Algiers: The Night, which premiered at the Palais de Tokyo, and he co-wrote the screenplays of Rayhana Obermayer's I Still Hide To Smoke and El Zahia by Adila Bendimerad and Damien Ounouri. He is the founder of Plateau19, a collective of filmmakers advocating for independent cinema in Algeria.