Chakib Taleb-Bendiab

Chakib Taleb-Bendiab
Chakib Taleb-Bendiab
شكيب طالب بن دياب
	El Gouna Film Festival 2024
Born	1982
Occupation	Filmmaker
Website	https://chakib-taleb.com

Chakib Taleb-Bendiab (Arabic: شكيب طالب بن دياب; born in 1982) is a multi award winner Algerian-French screenwriter, director and music composer.

His short film "Cold Blood" (French: Sang Froid," won the Best Screenplay award^[1] at the Sapporo Short Film Festival in Japan.^[2] As for Black Spirit,^[3] his second fiction short film delves into a legend of African samurai in the Sahara and has received accolades at over 40 International festivals worldwide.^[4]

His first feature film "Algiers, 196 Meters" (internationally known as "Algiers^[5] with stars Meriem Medjkane, Nabil Asli, Hichem Mesbah and Ali Namous),^[6] won the Grand Prix Award for Best Feature at the 28th Rhode Island International Film Festival.^[7] And will officially represent Algeria at the 97th Academy Awards® for Best International Feature Film category.

References

^ "Cold Blood de Chakib Taleb Bendiab (2013) - Unifrance". en.unifrance.org. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
^ "SAPPORO SHORT FEST 2013 | 第8回札幌国際短編映画祭". SAPPORO SHORT FEST 2013 | 第8回札幌国際短編映画祭. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
^ "« Black Spirit le Samouraï noir »acclamé par les cinéphiles | Radio Algérienne". radioalgerie.dz (in French). Retrieved 2024-11-10.
^ "Chakib Taleb B. | Filmmaker". chakib-taleb.com. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
^ Patrick Frater, Leo Barraclough, Jamie Lang, Elsa Keslassy, Alex Ritman, Ellise Shafer, Nick Vivarelli, Naman Ramachandran, John Hopewell (2024-10-10). "Algeria has selected Chakib Taleb-Bendiab's child kidnapping thriller "Algiers" as its entry in the 2025 Oscars international feature race". Variety. Retrieved 2024-11-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Salah, Faisal. "The five Arab entries aiming to win Best International Film at the 2025 Oscars". The National. Archived from the original on 2024-09-26. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
^ "Le film algérien «196 mètres» rafle le Grand Prix parmi 7.000 concurrents". Maghreb (in French). 2024-08-12. Archived from the original on 2024-08-15. Retrieved 2024-09-27.

External links

Chakib Taleb-Bendiab at IMDb
https://www.thewrap.com/oscars-international-race-films-list-2024/ Algeria: “Algiers,” Chakib Taleb-Bendiab.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/rhode-island-film-festival-new-narrative-1235989663/ How the Rhode Island Film Festival Is "Writing a New Narrative".
https://www.algerie360.com/oscars-2025-196-metres-algiers-porte-les-espoirs-du-cinema-algerien/ Algérie 360 (in French). Retrieved September 16, 2024.
https://www.lexpressiondz.com/culture/esprit-vagabond-305225
https://www.leaders.com.tn/article/12835-sang-froid-un-court-qui-promet

[1] "Cold Blood de Chakib Taleb Bendiab (2013) - Unifrance". en.unifrance.org. Retrieved 2024-11-10.

[2] "SAPPORO SHORT FEST 2013 | 第8回札幌国際短編映画祭". SAPPORO SHORT FEST 2013 | 第8回札幌国際短編映画祭. Retrieved 2024-11-10.

[3] "« Black Spirit le Samouraï noir »acclamé par les cinéphiles | Radio Algérienne". radioalgerie.dz (in French). Retrieved 2024-11-10.

[4] "Chakib Taleb B. | Filmmaker". chakib-taleb.com. Retrieved 2024-11-10.

[5] Patrick Frater, Leo Barraclough, Jamie Lang, Elsa Keslassy, Alex Ritman, Ellise Shafer, Nick Vivarelli, Naman Ramachandran, John Hopewell (2024-10-10). "Algeria has selected Chakib Taleb-Bendiab's child kidnapping thriller "Algiers" as its entry in the 2025 Oscars international feature race". Variety. Retrieved 2024-11-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[6] Salah, Faisal. "The five Arab entries aiming to win Best International Film at the 2025 Oscars". The National. Archived from the original on 2024-09-26. Retrieved 2024-09-27.

[7] "Le film algérien «196 mètres» rafle le Grand Prix parmi 7.000 concurrents". Maghreb (in French). 2024-08-12. Archived from the original on 2024-08-15. Retrieved 2024-09-27.

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