Faouzi Bensaïdi
Directing • Born 1967-03-14
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.
Filmography
17 credits
Death for Sale
Movie • 2011
Inspector debbaz
WWW: What a Wonderful World
Movie • 2006
Kamel
Goodbye Morocco
Movie • 2013
Ali
My Dad is not Dead
Movie • 2023
Wind Horse
Movie • 2002
Driss
Mektoub
Movie • 1997
Kamal Raoui
Dheepan
Movie • 2015
Monsieur Habib
The Blessed
Movie • 2017
Amine
Sofia
Movie • 2018
Faouzi
Far Away
Movie • 2001
Volubilis
Movie • 2017
Si Mohamed
Braids
Movie • 2000
Saint Laurent
Movie • 2014
Butler
Lola Pater
Movie • 2017
Le sheikh
It Must Be Heaven
Movie • 2019
Man Running From Police
A Thousand Months
Movie • 2003
Samir
Deserts
Movie • 2023
L'épicier