Karim Sayad
Karim Sayad was born in Lausanne in 1984 to an Algerian father and a Swiss mother. After earning a master's degree in international relations from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, he became interested in documentary filmmaking. His first short film, Babor Casanova, won the Youth Student Prize at Clermont-Ferrand. His debut feature, Of Sheep and Men (2016), was selected for numerous international festivals. In 2019, he directed his second feature film, My English Cousin, a documentary about an Algerian man who migrated to England and regrets leaving his homeland. In 2023, he directed 2G, which follows four former smugglers struggling to make a living after the Nigerien government banned the transport of illegal migrants.
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Babor Casanova
Duration: 1h10
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Algiers, 2015: Adlan and Terrorist navigate the Sacré Coeur neighborhood, desperately trying to earn a few dinars. Between small deals and unofficial parking service, they wait for the weekends and the Mouloudia’s soccer games. There, they can forget the emptiness of their daily lives, sing their love for the team, and dream about the boat that might, one day, take them far away from this unfor...
Babor Casanova
Duration: 1h10
Subscription access
Algiers, 2015: Adlan and Terrorist navigate the Sacré Coeur neighborhood, desperately trying to earn a few dinars. Between small deals and unofficial parking service, they wait for the weekends and the Mouloudia’s soccer games. There, they can forget the emptiness of their daily lives, sing their love for the team, and dream about the boat that might, one day, take them far away from this unfor...
