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.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1967-03-14 · Meknès, Morocco
Known for
- Dheepan (2015) — Monsieur Habib
- Saint Laurent (2014) — Butler
- It Must Be Heaven (2019) — Man Running From Police
- Sofia (2018) — Faouzi
- Lola Pater (2017) — Le sheikh
- Far Away (2001)
- Goodbye Morocco (2013) — Ali
- The Blessed (2017) — Amine
- Deserts (2023) — L'épicier
- A Thousand Months (2003) — Samir
- WWW: What a Wonderful World (2006) — Kamel
- Death for Sale (2013) — Inspector debbaz
- Short Plays (2014) — Director
- Mektoub (1997) — Kamal Raoui
- Volubilis (2017) — Si Mohamed
- The Cliff (1999) — Director