Rachid Hami arrived in France with his mother and siblings after fleeing the civil war in his native Algeria. Backed by Abdellatif Kechiche and Arnaud Desplechin, he debuted in 2005 with the short film No Effect Without Cause. Since then, he has filmed Choosing Love (2007), a medium-length film starring Louis Garrel and Leïla Bekhti, and his debut feature Orchestra Class (La Mélodie), the story of a disenchanted and talented violinist sent to teach a class of rebellious young musicians, premiered in Venice and hosted in Seville. In 2022, Hami presents his second feature film in the Orizzonti section of the Biennale: For My Country, a fiction of autobiographical inspiration that takes a very frank look at the new Europe.
Festival de Cine de Sevilla
