The film 'Night Shadows', winner of the Best Director Award in the last edition of International Euro -Arab Film Festival AMAL 07, continues harvesting prizes in international film festivals. 'Night Shadows' is a coproduction between Algeria and Switzerland, directed by Nasser Bakhti; With double nationality, Algerian and French, live in Switzerland from 1990. Graduated in London in the School of Dramatic Art Mountview, he has collaborated with diverse productions for the BBC, Channel 4, TSR and ART like scriptwriter, producer and producer. He is an author and independent director and 'Night Shadows' is his first featured film. Synopsis: Geneva, 24 hours in the life of five people, none of whom fit into Geneva’s postcard image as a city of privilege. Hans, an old cop exhausted by life and a divorce he did not expect at all. Adé, a young Malian who dreams of becoming a famous football star, but has to hide and to work illegally. Momo, who has abandoned his studies to become a garbage collector in order to support his family in Algeria, but cannot bring himself to tell them the truth about his new life. And then there is Claire, a young Swiss woman, lost and erring in the night. Annihilated by the use of drugs. A chronicle where the destinies of locals and foreigners will cross, collide, between doubt, dignity, indifference, violence, and humanity… A night revealing to each one of them what he wanted to hide or did not want to see. Winner of Best Featured film award in Muscat Film Festival (Oman) and International Pan African Film Festival of Cannes (France); Winner of Best Director award in Harlem International Film Festival (U.S.A.); Winner of special Public award in the Mostra of Valencia (Spain) and winner of the second award to the best featured film in the International Arab Film Festival of Rotterdam. In addition, the film has participated in numerous festivals like the Mostra of Sao Paulo (Brazil), Festival of Cinema and Integration of Agadir (Morocco), Festival of Cinema for Tolerance of Lausanne (France), Bratislava Artfilm International Festival (Slovakia), Osian Cinefan Arab and Asian Cinema Festival (New Delhi), Malta International Film Festival, etc.