Dec 6, 2025 6:56am PT Rachid Bouchareb Unveils ‘Reggane,’ Algeria-Set Drama on France’s Nuclear Tests: ‘What Interests Me Is to Bring That to Light’ (EXCLUSIVE) Red Sea Film Festival honoree returns to buried colonial history with ambitious Algeria-set drama By Essie Assibu Plus Icon Essie Assibu Latest Bollywood Star Kriti Sanon Recalls Being on Set With Shah Rukh Khan Early in Her Career 24 hours ago Queen Latifah Remembers ‘Chicago’ Success, Talks Studio Notes: ‘The Difficulty Is When It’s From Someone Who Has No Creativity and Way Too Much Power’ 2 days ago Red Sea Competition Film ‘Sink’ Debuts Trailer as Director Discusses Mental Health, Motherhood and Defying Western Tropes (EXCLUSIVE) 3 days ago See All Courtesy of Tim P. Whitby/ for the Red Sea Film Festival Oscar-nominated Franco-Algerian director Rachid Bouchareb (“Days of Glory”) is preparing his next feature, “Reggane,” a fiction film set against the backdrop of France’s first nuclear tests in the Algerian Sahara, a long-suppressed chapter of colonial history the filmmaker has been exploring for years. Revealed exclusively to Variety at the Red Sea Film Festival, where Bouchareb is being honored for his body of work, “Reggane” expands on the research behind his short documentary “Boomerang Atomic,” which traced France’s nuclear program through archival material.
