Houda Benyamina

Houda Benyamina

Houda Benyamina (born 30 November 1980) is a French-Moroccan director and screenwriter. She was born in Viry-Châtillon, France, to a Moroccan family. Her younger sister Oulaya Amamra is an actress. Benyamina's debut feature film Divines was critically acclaimed. It was an official selection of the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival and received the Cannes Film Festival Camera d'Or. Among other accolades were three César Awards (including Best First Feature Film) and four other nominations, a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, a Munich Film Festival CineVision Award, and two Lumières trophies.

  • Title: Houda Benyamina
  • Popularity: 3.796
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1980-11-30
  • Place of Birth: Viry-Châtillon, France
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Houda Benyamina Movies

  • 2011
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    Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections
    Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections

    1 2011 HD

    Gérard Courant's "Filmed Diary" of December 14, 2011, produced in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). Between December 7 and 15, 2011, Gérard...

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  • 2022
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    Salam
    Salam

    7.429 2022 HD

    In the French music world, the beginning of the 2000s was marked by the arrival of a young rapper, Diam's. Over the course of three albums, she has...

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  • 2025
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    All For One
    All For One

    1 2025 HD

    France,1625. Women! They’re women! With fake beards, chest binders and pants underneath their outfits, they are indeed women. Sara, a young...

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  • 2025
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    All For One
    All For One

    1 2025 HD

    France,1625. Women! They’re women! With fake beards, chest binders and pants underneath their outfits, they are indeed women. Sara, a young...

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  • 2016
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    Divines
    Divines

    7.721 2016 HD

    In a ghetto where religion and drug trafficking rub shoulders, Dounia has a lust for power and success. Supported by Maimouna, her best friend, she...

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  • 2016
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    Divines
    Divines

    7.721 2016 HD

    In a ghetto where religion and drug trafficking rub shoulders, Dounia has a lust for power and success. Supported by Maimouna, her best friend, she...

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  • 2011
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    The Road to Paradise
    The Road to Paradise

    1 2011 HD

    The Road to Paradise follows Leila, a mother of two living illegally in France, trying to raise her kids while failing to connect with her husband...

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  • 2011
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    The Road to Paradise
    The Road to Paradise

    1 2011 HD

    The Road to Paradise follows Leila, a mother of two living illegally in France, trying to raise her kids while failing to connect with her husband...

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  • 2016
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    1000 Faces
    1000 Faces

    1 2016 HD

    Four first short films by young filmmakers. An initiative by director Houda Benyamina, produced by her association "1000 visages" (1000 faces).

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  • 1970
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    7.414 1970 HD

    A complex thriller revolving around three characters, each with troubling pasts clouding their intersecting motives: Emma is a young woman who once...

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  • 1970
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    6.5 1970 HD

    The owner of a Paris jazz club gets tangled up with dangerous criminals as he fights to protect his business, his band and his teenage daughter.

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