THE TRUE CHRONICLES OF THE LAST CENTURY AT THE BLIDA-JOINVILLE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, WHEN DR FRANTZ FANON WAS HEAD OF THE FIFTH WARD BETWEEN 1953

ABDENOUR ZAHZAH is an Algerian screenwriter, director and producer. Studied at the University of Algiers, worked at the Blida Cinémathèque. He completed his first film, “Frantz Fanon, Mémoire d’Asile” in 2002. After that, he traveled to France, where he made two documentaries, and a film with the writer Maurice Pons. Returning to Algeria, he made se­veral commissioned documentaries. His short fiction “Garagouz” is a multi-award-winning film. After a feature-length documentary, “The River”, which won critical acclaim at festivals, he directed his first feature-length fiction film in 2024.