‘Until the Birds Return,’ by Karim Moussaoui, opens this Thursday in the country’s art circuit. The movie, which tells the story of three Algerians and their personal and social dramas, competed in a section of the Cannes Film Festival.

The industry saw foreign sales slide in January, February and March, before rebounding in April to 9.87 million pairs of shoes shipped, grossing a combined USD 93.18 million.