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Faouzi Bensaïdi
Born
14 March 1967
Place
Meknès, Morocco
Directing

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.

As director

Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone?

2024 · Director

Deserts

2023 · Director

Summer Days

2022 · Director

Interactions - When Cinema Looks to Nature

2022 · Director

A Sunny Day

2019 · Director

Interdependence

2019 · Director

Volubilis

2017 · Director

Short Plays

2014 · Director

Death for Sale

2013 · Director

WWW: What a Wonderful World

2006 · Director

A Thousand Months

2003 · Director

The wall

2000 · Director

The Rain Line

2000 · Director

The Cliff

1999 · Director

Histoire d'amour en dix chansons, trois mariages et un baiser

Director

As actor

My Dad is not Dead

2023

Deserts

2023 · L'épicier

Summer Days

2022 · Kamal

It Must Be Heaven

2019 · Man Running From Police

Sofia

2018 · Faouzi

The Blessed

2017 · Amine

Volubilis

2017 · Si Mohamed

Lola Pater

2017 · Le sheikh

Dheepan

2015 · Monsieur Habib

Saint Laurent

2014 · Butler

Death for Sale

2013 · Inspector debbaz

Goodbye Morocco

2013 · Ali

WWW: What a Wonderful World

2006 · Kamel

A Thousand Months

2003 · Samir

Wind Horse

2002 · Driss

Far Away

2001

Braids

2000

Mektoub

1997 · Kamal Raoui

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