Karin Albou was born on in March 12 , 1968 Neuilly-sur-Seine to Algerian immigrant parents . Her mother was only 16 when she was born . Albou was raised in the Jewish faith . In 1999 she moved to Tunisia to settle down for one year . She went back to Paris and started her career as a filmmaker . She also started a career as a writer and published her first novel in 2010 . ( " La Grande Fête " , édition Jacqueline Chambon . Translated in Italian : " La grande festa " Oedipus edizioni , traduzione di Maria Teresa Fiore As a child , Karin Albou was always finding ways to be an artist ; involved with dance and singing . After high school , Karin continued to study dance , but also studied Hebrew French and Arabic literature , English , drama and eventually enrolled in film school in Paris . She studied screening writing in Paris but discovered while taking classes at École Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle she wanted to be a director . After she graduated , she started her journey as a director with her first short film “ Hush ! ” establishing the beginning of her remarkable career path . Albou made her feature film debut in 2005 with '' Little Jerusalem '' which debuted at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival in the International Critics ' Week . Despite being Albou 's first feature film Albou was disqualified from competing for the Camera d'Or , awarded to the best first film playing at the festival , because she had previously directed a made-for-TV movie
2005 Cannes Film Festival
2005 Cannes Film Festival
Karin Albou