Faouzi Bensaïdi

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1967-03-14 (58 years old)

Place of Birth

Meknès, Morocco

Faouzi Bensaïdi

Biography

Faouzi Bensaïdi, born 14 March 1967, is a Moroccan film director, actor, screenwriter and artist. His film A THOUSAND MONTHS (2003) was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. In 2007 and 2009 he has taken part in the Arts in Marrakech Festival showing and discussing his films and installations. In 2011, his film DEATH FOR SALE premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film was selected as the Moroccan entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.

Acting

2011

Death for Sale

as Inspector debbaz

2013

2002

Wind Horse

as Driss

1997

Mektoub

as Kamal Raoui

2015

Dheepan

as Monsieur Habib

2017

The Blessed

as Amine

2018

Sofia

as Faouzi

2017

Volubilis

as Si Mohamed

2000

2014

Saint Laurent

as Butler

2017

Lola Pater

as Le sheikh

2019

It Must Be Heaven

as Man Running From Police

Production

2023

Deserts

as Director

2011

Death for Sale

as Director

2011

2003

2003

A Thousand Months

as Screenplay

2023

Deserts

as Screenplay

2022

Summer Days

as Director

2022

Summer Days

as Screenplay

2022

Summer Days

as Editor

2019

2019

2017

Volubilis

as Director

1999

The Cliff

as Director

2014

Short Plays

as Director

2023

Deserts

as Editor

1997

Mektoub

as Writer

2000

The wall

as Writer

2000

The wall

as Director

2001

Far Away

as Writer

2019

A Sunny Day

as Director

2019

A Sunny Day

as Editor

2019

A Sunny Day

as Writer

2017

Volubilis

as Writer

2017

Volubilis

as Producer

2019

Interdependence

as Director

2000

The Rain Line

as Director

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