Damien Ounouri is a franco-algerian director and writer, born in Clermont-Ferrand (France) in 1982. He studied cinema theory at Sorbonne Nouvelle University of Paris. His graduation project Xiao Jia going home (2008), about the chinese filmmaker Jia Zhang-Ke, was selected in many international fes…

Insipired in the legendary Princess Zaphira, wife of the last King of Algiers Salim Toumi, and his fight to defend her community from pirate Barbarossa.