Faouzi Bensaïdi

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.

Directed

1. Deserts (2023) — Director
2. A Thousand Months (2003) — Director
3. Death for Sale (2011) — Director
4. WWW: What a Wonderful World (2006) — Director
5. Short Plays (2014) — Director
6. Volubilis (2017) — Director
7. The Cliff (1999) — Director
8. The wall (2000) — Director
9. A Sunny Day (2019) — Director
10. Interdependence (2019) — Director
11. The Rain Line (2000) — Director
12. Summer Days (2022) — Director
13. Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone? (2024) — Director
14. Interactions - When Cinema Looks to Nature (2022) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Dheepan (2015) — Monsieur Habib
2. Saint Laurent (2014) — Butler
3. It Must Be Heaven (2019) — Man Running From Police
4. Sofia (2018) — Faouzi
5. Lola Pater (2017) — Le sheikh
6. The Blessed (2017) — Amine
7. Far Away (2001)
8. Goodbye Morocco (2013) — Ali
9. Deserts (2023) — L'épicier
10. A Thousand Months (2003) — Samir
11. Death for Sale (2011) — Inspector debbaz
12. WWW: What a Wonderful World (2006) — Kamel
13. Mektoub (1997) — Kamal Raoui
14. Volubilis (2017) — Si Mohamed
15. Wind Horse (2002) — Driss
16. Braids (2000)
17. My Dad is not Dead (2023)
18. Jeudi moins le quart