Safi Faye
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.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1943-11-22 · Dakar, Senegal
- Died
- 2023-02-22
Known for
- Little by Little (1970)
- Mossane (1996) — Director
- Come and Work (1979) — Director
- Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema (2000) — Self
- Letter from My Village (1976) — Villager (voice)
- As Kineastas (1986)
- La passante (1972)
- Leçon de cinéma avec Safi Faye (2009)
- Sisters of the Screen - African Women in the Cinema (2002) — Self
- Ouaga (1988)
- Ambassades Nourricières (1984) — Director
- Elsie Haas, Femme Peintre, Cinéaste d'Haïti — Director
- I, Your Mother (2023) — Screenplay
- Selbe: One Among Many (1983) — Director
- Tesito (1989) — Director
- Souls in the Sun (1981) — Director