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Houda Benyamina
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Houda Benyamina

Houda Benyamina (born 30 November 1980) is a French-Moroccan director and screenwriter. She was born in Viry-Châtillon, France, to a Moroccan family. Her younger sister Oulaya Amamra is an actress.

Benyamina's debut feature film Divines was critically acclaimed. It was an official selection of the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival and received the Cannes Film Festival Camera d'Or. Among other accolades were three César Awards (including Best First Feature Film) and four other nominations, a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, a Munich Film Festival CineVision Award, and two Lumières trophies.

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