THE ALGERIAN

By Giovanni ZELKO

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Thriller - Completed 2019

An Algerian man joins a jihadist group and is sent to America as a sleeper agent. But when he befriends the people around him he becomes torn between completing his murderous mission and protecting those he loves.

Festivals
& Awards

International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema, London 2015
Won, Festival Award Best Actor in Leading Role
International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema, London 2015
Won, Festival Award Best Feature Film
London Festival International 2015
Won, Festival Award Best Feature
Maverick Movie Awards 2015
Won, Maverick Movie Award Best Stunts
Action on Film International Film Festival, USA 2015
Won, Best Supporting Actress Best Supporting Actress
Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles 2015
Won, Festival Award Best Cinematography
Los Angeles New Wave International Film Festival, US 2015
Won, Feature Film Award Best Editing
New Orleans Film Festival 2015
Won, Audience Award Audience Choice Award
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Thriller
    • Countries
    • USA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 104 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Giovanni ZELKO
    • Writer(s)
    • Giovanni ZELKO
    • Producer(s)
    • Giovanni ZELKO, Ben YOUCEF
    • Synopsis
    • This provocative international thriller follows a young man, Ali, as he travels across the globe from Algeria to New York, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles, revealing that he leads a double life as a sleeper agent pretending to be a university student. As he awaits activation orders from three other members of his cell team to attack the United States, he begins to develop deep and meaningful relationships with some of the very people he was sent to destroy. Caught in the cross-hairs of a murderous plot, Ali is torn between completing his mission and saving the people he loves.