The series "Oussekine" revisits the murder of Malik Oussekine, a French-Algerian student killed by police in Paris in 1986.

Based on the research and script development work of Lina Soualem, in dialogue with Carole Desbarats, the session explores the investigative process, the use of archival material, and the narrative choices that confront systemic racism and France’s political memory.

Following the discussion, the first two episodes of the series will be screened. More information here: Oussekine EP.01 + EP.02.

Open to all festival accreditation holders or upon purchase of a ticket.

Speakers: Lina Soualem, Carole Desbarats

Lina Soualem is a French-Algerian-Palestinian filmmaker and actress. Her films “Their Algeria” (2020) and “Bye Bye Tiberias” (2023), which premiered in Venice and was selected to represent Palestine at the Oscars, explore family memory and the legacies of exile. She regularly collaborates as a screenwriter and consultant on fiction and documentary projects and contributed to the research and script editing of the Disney+ series “Oussekine.”

Carole Desbarats is a researcher and educator specialising in film pedagogy and visual analysis. Former Director of Studies at La Fémis, she coordinated academic programmes and film literacy projects. She is currently the Artistic Director of Les Rencontres du Havre sur les Séries and focuses her work on artistic education, with particular attention to school mediation and audience development.