Safi Faye

Biography

Safi Faye was a Senegalese film director and ethnologist. Faye directed many feature films, and today is recognized as one of Sub-Saharan Africa’s most prominent directors. Her 1996 film Mossane received the Un certain regard award at Cannes.

Directed

1. Mossane (1996) — Director
2. Come and Work (1979) — Director
3. Letter from My Village (1976) — Director
4. La passante (1972) — Director
5. Ambassades Nourricières (1984) — Director
6. Elsie Haas, Femme Peintre, Cinéaste d'Haïti — Director
7. Selbe: One Among Many (1983) — Director
8. Tesito (1989) — Director
9. I, Your Mother (2023) — Director
10. Souls in the Sun (1981) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Little by Little (1970)
2. Letter from My Village (1976) — Villager (voice)
3. Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema (2000) — Self
4. As Kineastas (1986)
5. La passante (1972)
6. Leçon de cinéma avec Safi Faye (2009)
7. Sisters of the Screen - African Women in the Cinema (2002) — Self
8. Ouaga (1988)