Faouzi Bensaïdi
- Directing
- March 14, 1967 · Meknès, Morocco
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone? · Director
- My Dad is not Dead
- Deserts · L'épicier, Director
- Interactions - When Cinema Looks to Nature · Script, Director
- Summer Days · Kamal, Director
- It Must Be Heaven · Man Running From Police
- A Sunny Day · Director, Editing
- Interdependence · Writer, Editing
- Sofia · Faouzi
- The Blessed · Amine
- Lola Pater · Le sheikh
- Volubilis · Si Mohamed, Director
- Dheepan · Monsieur Habib
- Saint Laurent · Butler
- Short Plays · Director
- Death for Sale · Inspector debbaz, Director
- Goodbye Morocco · Ali
- WWW: What a Wonderful World · Kamel, Director
- A Thousand Months · Samir, Director
- Wind Horse · Driss
- Far Away · Writer
- Braids
- The Rain Line · Director
- The wall · Writer, Director
- The Cliff · Director
- Mektoub · Kamal Raoui, Writer
- Jeudi moins le quart
- A Love Story in Ten Songs, Three Weddings and a Kiss · Director, Screenplay