In 2008 she won a Best Actress Award at the Silhouette Festival for her role in Rachid Hami's "Choisir d'aimer". She followed this with "Pour l'amour de Dieu", an Arte telefilm by Ahmed Bouchaala and Zakia Tahri. Bekhti starred in "Ali Baba" alongside Gérard Jugnot and appeared in "Des poupées et des anges" by Nora Hamdi. For her role as Lya in the film, she was shortlisted for the César Award for Best Actress, although she did not make the final list of nominees.