Faouzi Bensaïdi

Acting · Directing · Writing · Crew

Born March 14, 1967, Meknès, Morocco

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

• 2024Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone? — Director
• 2023Deserts — L'épicier, Director, Screenplay, Editor
• 2023My Dad is not Dead
• 2022Interactions - When Cinema Looks to Nature — Script, Director
• 2022Summer Days — Kamal, Director, Screenplay, Editor
• 2019A Sunny Day — Director, Editor, Writer
• 2019Interdependence — Writer, Editor, Director
• 2019It Must Be Heaven — Man Running From Police
• 2018Sofia — Faouzi
• 2017Lola Pater — Le sheikh
• 2017The Blessed — Amine
• 2017Volubilis — Si Mohamed, Director, Writer, Producer
• 2015Dheepan — Monsieur Habib
• 2014Saint Laurent — Butler
• 2014Short Plays — Director
• 2013Death for Sale — Inspector debbaz, Director, Writer
• 2013Goodbye Morocco — Ali
• 2006WWW: What a Wonderful World — Kamel, Director, Writer
• 2003A Thousand Months — Samir, Director, Screenplay
• 2002Wind Horse — Driss
• 2001Far Away — Writer
• 2000Braids
• 2000The Rain Line — Director
• 2000The wall — Writer, Director
• 1999The Cliff — Director
• 1997Mektoub — Kamal Raoui, Writer
• A Love Story in Ten Songs, Three Weddings and a Kiss — Director, Screenplay
• Jeudi moins le quart