رقية

Yanis Koussim’s debut feature depicts a haunting portrait of present day Algiers, a city still reeling from the fallout of the harrowing violence of the Black Decade (1991 - 2002). 

A Raqi (a healer and exorcist in Islam) is called to cast a demon out of the body of a suffering young woman.

Decades later, a man is left disfigured from a mysterious accident causing severe memory loss. These two events, and more seemingly disjointed fatal incidents, slowly begin to reveal the repercussions of generational violence and the interconnectedness of a bloody memory, as the film delves into supernatural phenomena and the metaphysics of colonial legacy. 

Premiering at the Venice International Film Festival in 2025, this psychological thriller is a truly scary feast for lovers of horror with deep ties in history. (Jowe Harfouche)