Born in 1979 in Lyon, Salim Kechiouche is a French actor and filmmaker. He made his debut at fifteen in Full Speed (1996) by Gaël Morel, with whom he later worked on Three Dancing Slaves (2004) and After Him (2007). From the late 1990s, he worked with directors such as François Ozon (Criminal Lovers, 1999), Mehdi Ben Attia (The String, 2010) and Abdellatif Kechiche in Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013), winner of Palme d’or at Cannes, followed by Mektoub My Love (2017, 2019, 2025). He also appeared in the series Ganglands, Ourika and A Prophet. In 2023, he made his directorial debut with L’Enfant du Paradis, inspired by the tragic fate of his friend, actor Yasmine Belmadi. He stars in L’Enfant bélier by Marta Bergman and will soon appear in Bin u Bin, ailleurs la frontière by Mohamed Lakhdar Tati.
Jury attendance
- Member La Cinef & Short Films, 2026
