Salim Aggar was born on June 21, 1968 in Algiers. A graduate in French literature, he spent more than 22 years of his career in the Algerian press. Journalist in the country's most important newspapers such as L'Expression, Le Quotidien d'Oran and Horizons, he had in the meantime started a career as a director in 1989 by signing his first short film in super 8 at the age of 21 years old, entitled “God made the mountain and man made the city”. He will then direct several other short films in the same format, the most prolific of which remains a documentary on children and war entitled Soldat...
