BITTER SEED
( working title)
SYNOPSIS
When Camélia learns that her father Mohamed-Lamine has decided to Frenchify his name, a rift opens.
Through their conversation, interwoven with Camélia’s journeys to Algeria, Bitter Seed is a creative documentary about immigration and dual identity.
FEATURE FILM
FRANCE, ALGERIA
80 minutes
WRITTEN BY :
DOP :
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EDITOR:
PRODUCTION :
CAMÉLIA GADHGADHI
NINA BERNFELD
ARNAUD CALVAR
MAXIME MATHIS
ANTOINE GOLDET
BOUALEM ZIANI (LIBRE IMAGE)
DIRECTED BY
CAMÉLIA GADHGADHI
Camélia Gadhgadhi is a 26-year-old French-Algerian filmmaker from the Paris suburbs. After completing a master's degree in cinema and gaining various experiences on film sets, she wrote, directed, and produced her first short film, UNZARI in Tokyo in 2019.
She worked as a writing coordinator and assistant showrunner on the production of the first French Apple TV series, La Maison and directed her second short film, La nuit shot in Paris in 2021 and auto-produced.
