Background
Zamoun was born in Bordj Menaïel in the north of Algeria.
Zamoun was born in Bordj Menaïel in the north of Algeria.
After attending the Fine Arts School in Algiers (1985–1988), she went to Paris where she graduated in Cinematography and Audiovisual Studies from the Sorbonne in 1995.
She divides her time between Algiers and Paris, pursuing her principal interests, painting, fiction and the cinema. Z"har (2009) is Zamoun"s first feature film, depicting scenes from the violence Algiers experienced in the 1990s. In 2005, she produced the short documentary Louisiana Pelote de Laine and has also authored several books including Comment j"ai fumé tous mes livres (2006).