Ahmed Rachedi

Ahmed Rachedi Arabic أحمد راشدي born in 1938 in Tébessa is an Algerian filmmaker screenwriter producer and ministerial advisor The war of independence is his school Ahmed Rachedi belongs with René Vautier and Mohamed Chanderli to the first cinematographic unit of the FLN He went to Tunis where his work focused on reporting editing as well as short films he made several after independence He participates in collective films and directs some of them In 1962 he was one of the founding members with the same René Vautier of the CAV audiovisual center He became known with The Dawn of the Damned 1965 and The Opium and the Stick 1971 adapted from the eponymous novel published in 1965 by Mouloud Mammeri and presented at the directors fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival In France based on a screenplay by Rachid Boudjedra he directed a story about emigrant workers Le Doigt dans lentreprises In 1970 while he directed the National Office for Commerce and the Cinematographic Industry ONCIC from its creation and until 1971 he took part in the production of the famous film Z by director Costa Gavras which won the Oscar for best foreign language film for Algeria Ahmed Rachedi becomes an independent producer In 1986 he filmed a political comedy Le Moulin de monsieur Fabre a film starring Jacques Dufilho In 1990 he adapted Amin Maaloufs novel Léon lAfricain for cinema and television In 1993 his TV film Ctait La Guerre codirected with Maurice Falevic won the FIPA dor prize Since 2009 he has devoted himself completely to historical films by directing several biopics dedicated to the life and journey of figures from the war of national liberation He released the feature film Mostefa Ben Boulaïd in 2009 which will be followed in 2015 by Krim Belkacem a historical film on the journey of this figure of the revolution and Lotfi dedicated to the journey of Colonel Lotfi In 2018 he released his latest film Les Sept Remparts De La Citadelle adapted from the eponymous novel written by Mohamed Maarfia In 2021 Ahmed Rachedi was appointed to the position of Advisor to the President of the Algerian Republic responsible for culture and audiovisual