Faouzi Bensaïdi
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- March 14, 1967
- Birthplace
- 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
- A Love Story in Ten Songs, Three Weddings and a Kiss
A Love Story in Ten Songs, Three Weddings and a Kiss TBA
Director, Screenplay
- Jeudi moins le quart
Jeudi moins le quart TBA
Actor
Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone? 2024
Director
My Dad is not Dead 2023
Actor
Deserts 2023
as L'épicier, Director, Screenplay, Editor
Interactions - When Cinema Looks to Nature 2022
Script, Director
Summer Days 2022
as Kamal, Director, Screenplay, Editor
It Must Be Heaven 2019
as Man Running From Police
A Sunny Day 2019
Director, Editor, Writer
Interdependence 2019
Writer, Editor, Director
Sofia 2018
as Faouzi
The Blessed 2017
as Amine
Lola Pater 2017
as Le sheikh
Volubilis 2017
as Si Mohamed, Director, Writer, Producer
Dheepan 2015
as Monsieur Habib
Saint Laurent 2014
as Butler
Short Plays 2014
Director
Death for Sale 2013
as Inspector debbaz, Director, Writer
Goodbye Morocco 2013
as Ali
WWW: What a Wonderful World 2006
as Kamel, Director, Writer
A Thousand Months 2003
as Samir, Director, Screenplay
- Wind Horse
Wind Horse 2002
as Driss
Far Away 2001
Actor, Writer
Braids 2000
Actor
- The Rain Line
The Rain Line 2000
Director
The wall 2000
Writer, Director
The Cliff 1999
Director, Writer
Mektoub 1997
as Kamal Raoui, Writer
Credits from TMDB.