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