- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- March 14, 1967
- Place of Birth
- Meknès, Morocco
Faouzi Bensaïdi
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
movieWhy Did You Leave the Horse Alone?
2024 · Director
movieMy Dad is not Dead
2023
movieDeserts
2023 · L'épicier, Director, Screenplay, Editor
movieInteractions - When Cinema Looks to Nature
2022 · Director, Script
movieSummer Days
2022 · Screenplay, Director, Editor
movieIt Must Be Heaven
2019 · Man Running From Police
movieA Sunny Day
2019 · Director, Writer, Editor
movieInterdependence
2019 · Writer, Editor, Director
movieSofia
2018 · Faouzi
movieThe Blessed
2017 · Amine
movieLola Pater
2017 · Le sheikh
movieVolubilis
2017 · Si Mohamed, Director, Producer, Writer
movieDheepan
2015 · Monsieur Habib
movieSaint Laurent
2014 · Butler
movieShort Plays
2014 · Director
movieGoodbye Morocco
2013 · Ali
movieDeath for Sale
2011 · Inspector debbaz, Writer, Director
movieWWW: What a Wonderful World
2006 · Kamel, Director, Writer
movieA Thousand Months
2003 · Samir, Director, Screenplay
Wind Horse
movieWind Horse
2002 · Driss
movieFar Away
2001 · , Writer
movieBraids
2000
The Rain Line
movieThe Rain Line
2000 · Director
movieThe wall
2000 · Writer, Director
movieThe Cliff
1999 · Director
movieMektoub
1997 · Kamal Raoui, Writer
Jeudi moins le quart
movieJeudi moins le quart
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