Yamina Benguigui - Biography

Director-Producer-Writer
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Passionate about cinema, Yamina Benguigui chose to work in film because she believes that it is open to everyone, seeing the medium as an invaluable tool with which to challenge our thinking.
Her pioneering work explores the human side of immigration. Rejecting the insidious form of apartheid that discrimination represents and refusing to accept the notion that exclusion is inevitable, she highlights the changing nature of French society after decolonisation and the consequences of population displacement, acknowledging the cultural and religious problems that result.

Each of her films is designed to lead into a debate on social issues – as well as showing her ‘film tools’, she also asks her audiences to respond directly, stimulating discussion, encouraging the public’s input and challenging public authorities, forcing them into taking action on the causes she has espoused.

On 28 March 2008, she was elected Deputy to the Mayor of Paris, overseeing human rights and fighting discrimination.

2009 Jury: 49th Monte-Carlo Television Festival 2009