Cineuropa met up with Merzak Allouache, whose feature Harragas [+see also:
trailer
film profile] reflects the drama of illegal immigration. Allouache tells about the different reactions his film is expected to provoke in European and North African audiences.

Watch the other interviews from Venice 2009:

Sherry Hormann, director of Desert Flower.
Fatih Akin, director of Soul Kitchen.
Alex van Warmerdam, director of The Last Days of Emma Blank.
Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher, directors of La Horde.
Daniel Sánchez-Arévalo, director of Gordos.
Daniel Monzón, director of Celda 211.
Erik Gandini, director of Videocracy.
Claude and Nathan Miller, directors of Je Suis Heureux Que Ma Mère Soit Vivante.
Jorge Navas, director of La Sangre y la Lluvia.
Léa Fehner, director of Qu’un seul tienne et les autres suivront.
Sterlin Harjo, director of Barking Water.
Mario Canale y Annarosa Morri, directors of Vittorio D..
Signe Baumane, director of Teat Beat of Sex.
Stefano Consiglio, director of L'amore e basta.
Marina Spada, director of Poesia che mi guardi.
Goran Paskaljevic, director of Honey Moons.
Paola Sangiovanni, director of Ragazze - La vita trema.
Israel Adrián Caetano, director of Francia.
Jesper Ganslandt, director of Apan.
Valerio Jalongo, director of Di Me Cosa Ne Sai.