Director | Rayane Mcirdi
Script | Rayane Mcirdi, Nouria Mcirdi, Jamila Hammane, Najia Zerguit
Director or photography | Simi Beniamino
Editing | Mila Olivier
Sound designer | Charlotte Bourlier, Lucie Moïse
Main cast | Bellamine Abdelmalek, Sonia Faidi, Flore Hamidani, Romane Oukhemanou, Yanis Hamidani
Producer | Walid Bekhti
Production company | Malfamé, 2 horloges production
In the 1980s, as a young girl experiences her first summer without her newlywed sister, her family embarks on a nostalgic road trip from France to Algeria, promising a journey back to their roots and the rediscovery of a homeland filled with cherished memories.
About the director:
Rayane Mcirdi, a promising artist and filmmaker, graduated from the Beaux-Arts in Paris in 2019, navigates between contemporary art and cinema. His career took off with exhibitions at the prestigious Sharjah Biennale and continued at the Magasins Généraux. His first documentary film, The Crescent of Fire, was selected for the Cinéma du Réel in 2019, where it won the Detainees’ Prize. He later presented it at the Centre Pompidou and the Jameel Arts Centre in 2023. After the Sun is his first short fiction film, part of his feature project.