Samy Benammar is a Montreal-based artist and film critic. His work as a writer and filmmaker has developed as a form of experimentation around socio-political issues inherited from his Algerian and working-class origins. His films include Adieu Ugarit (2024), Avant Seriana (2024), kaua'i'o'o (2023), and peugeot pulmonaire (2021). They have been shown in festivals such as Prismatic Groung, BFI London festival, RIDM and are distributed by Winnipeg Film Group, Vidéographe and CFMDC. His writings can be read in magazines such as Hors Champs, 24 images and Panorama cinéma. He is also conducting a PhD in research and creation focusing on the Wilaya of Batna, Algeria, and colonial photography.
He listens to the bleating of the goat. No matter how domesticated, they remain unpredictable, and resist docility.
Screenings
Adieu Ugarit | 2024 | HD | Color | Stereo | 17mins
Distribué par Winnipeg Film Group. Soutenu par le CALQ, Main Film et PRIM
> RIDM 2024
> RVQC, Montréal 2025
> Regard, Chicoutimi 2025
> Prismatic Ground, New-York 2025
Avant seriana| 2024 | HD | Color | 5.1 | 19mins
Distribué par Winnipeg Film Group
> BFI London Film festival 2024. London UK
> Festival du film sur l’art 2025. Montréal
> Open Secret 2025, Agnes Etherington Art Centre. Kingston ON.
> Braquage collecting, Home Movie Day 2024. Paris
> Prismatic Ground 2024. New York
> Diffusion 2024, Reassemblage collective. Toronto
> WNDX 2024. Winnipeg
> Diffusion 2024, Reassemblage collective. Toronto
> FIFA, Montréal 2025
> Criterion Chanel, 2025 - 2028
kaua’i’o’o| 2023 | 16mm | Color | Stereo | 7mins
Distribué par Vidéographe et Winnipeg Film Group. Soutenu par le Calq
> Festival du film sur l’art de Montréal 2023
> MUFF Harrisburg 2023
> Kabayitos Microcinema 2023
> Symposium de cinéma expérimental à la Cinémathèque québécoise 2023
> Percéides 2023
> Mire Nantes 2023
> Tous courts Aix en Provence. Meilleur court-métrage expérimental.
> RVQC 2024
> Experiments in Cinema! Albuquerque 2024
> Fisura Festival, Mexico, Mexique. 2024
> OpenEyes Filmfest Marburg, 2024
> Vector Festival. Interaccess Toronto
> Cinesalon exp film fest 2024. Cork City, Ireland.
> Artifact 2024. Calgary
> Animal nature film festival 2024. London ON*
> Eco-kino at Other Cinema
colosse| 20XX | HD | Color | Stereo | 13min
Zoom outVidéodrome 2025
sous-ex | 2022 | HD |
Color | Stereo | 7min
> Finaliste prix Les nuits photos Paris 2022> Videodrome 2
> Marseille - Association Braquage
> Paris - Mire, Nantes
peugeot pulmonaire | 2021 | HD | Color | Stereo | 13min
> Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal (RIDM) 2020> Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma 2021
> Festival international du film d'histoire de Montréal (FIFHM) 2021
> La Fabrique culturelle (2021)