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Algerian Filmmaker Mohamed Lakhdar Hamina, the only African Sacred in Cannes, Died

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The Algerian director and producer, Mohamed Lakhdar Hamina, the only Arab and African filmmaker crowned in Cannes, died this Friday, May 23, at the age of 95, announced his family. 50 years ago, day to day, May 23, 1975, the Palme d'or of the Cannes Festival was awarded to him. On Friday, the Palais du Festival and the Cannes Festival had planned a tribute for this 50th anniversary, by projecting his film Chronique des années de braise as part o…

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As the only award-winning Arab and African filmmaker in Cannes, he had gained international fame with "Chronicle of the Years of Braise", a six-table narrative of decolonization.

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The Algerian director and producer, Mohamed Lakhdar Hamina, the only Arab and African filmmaker crowned in Cannes, died this Friday, May 23, at the age of 95, announced his family. 50 years ago, day to day, May 23, 1975, the Palme d'or of the Cannes Festival was awarded to him. On Friday, the Palais du Festival and the Cannes Festival had planned a tribute for this 50th anniversary, by projecting his film Chronique des années de braise as part o…

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He breathed his last at his home in Algiers - He was 95 years old and the oldest living winner of the Palme d'Or

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The filmmaker died in Algiers, surrounded by his relatives, according to his children. He was 95 years old.

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He was the only Arab and African filmmaker to have been crowned in Cannes. ...

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Prague/Tirana - Director Piro Milkani, who graduated from Prague's FAMU and was the Albanian ambassador to the Czech Republic from 1998 to 2002, died today in Tirana at the age of 86. His last film work was the Czech-Albanian film Mrs. Šnajderová's Sorrow, which premiered in Prague in May 2008. The main female role in it was played by Anna Geislerová. ČTK was informed about his death based on the family's announcement by film producer Jana Tomso…

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franceinfo.fr broke the news in on Friday, May 23, 2025.
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