Amar Laskri

Amar Laskri (عمار العسكري) was an Algerian filmmaker born January 22, 1942 in Aïn Berda. He studied theater, radio, television and cinema in Belgrade between 1962 and 19662. After three short films, he contributed, by directing an episode, to the collective fiction film L'Enfer à dix ans (1968) . He directed the Algerian Center for Art and the Cinematographic Industry (CAAIC) from 1996 to 1998, the year it was dissolved. One of his best-known films, described as unbeatable by El Watan, is "Patrouille à l'Est". A scene from this film has even become "cult", replayed multiple times on the inter…