Director
Faouzi Bensaïdi
59 years · Meknès, Morocco · 24 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 24
Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone?
2024 · Director
My Dad is not Dead
2023 · Actor
Deserts
2023 · L'épicier, Director
Interactions - When Cinema Looks to Nature
2022 · Director
Summer Days
2022 · Kamal, Director
It Must Be Heaven
2019 · Man Running From Police
A Sunny Day
2019 · Director, Editor
Interdependence
2019 · Writer, Editor
Sofia
2018 · Faouzi
The Blessed
2017 · Amine
Lola Pater
2017 · Le sheikh
Volubilis
2017 · Si Mohamed, Director
Dheepan
2015 · Monsieur Habib
On AMC+
Saint Laurent
2014 · Butler
Short Plays
2014 · Director
Death for Sale
2013 · Inspector debbaz, Director
Goodbye Morocco
2013 · Ali
WWW: What a Wonderful World
2006 · Kamel, Director
A Thousand Months
2003 · Samir, Director
Far Away
2001 · Actor, Writer
Braids
2000 · Actor
The wall
2000 · Writer, Director
The Cliff
1999 · Director
Mektoub
1997 · Kamal Raoui, Writer