The film was partly funded by the Algerian government. However, they did not like the end result and the Algerian government has subsequently boycotted Allouache’s films and refused further support.[1] His 2011 film, Normal!, about a filmmaker in the aftermath of the December riots, won the award for Best Film at the 2011 Doha Tribeca Film Festival.[10] This film was a commentary on the Algerian government’s amnesty policy for terrorists.[5] In 2012 he directed Le repenti (The Repentant), a film about an Islamist released from prison who struggles to understand forgiveness, which was screened at the Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.[11][12] It won a FIPRESCI Award at the 17th International Film Festival of Kerala.[13] In 2013 Les terrasses (The Rooftops) about life in Bab el-Oued, was screened at the Venice Film Festival[14] and in 2015 Madame courage, about a drug-user who tries to kick his habit, was screened at the Venice Film Festival. In 2016 a documentary fiction Enquête au paradis, which combines in-person interviews with a dramatized road trip was screened at the FIPA in Biarritz (Fipa d'or) at the Berlin Film Festival,[15] and in 2017 Vent divin was screened at the Toronto Film Festival.