Faouzi Bensaïdi

Born: 1967-03-14

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.


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Dheepan

as Monsieur Habib
Released: 2015-08-26

Three people who have lost everything, a soldier tired of fighting, a young woman and a little...

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Saint Laurent

as Le majordome
Released: 2014-09-23

1967-1976. As one of history's greatest fashion designers entered a decade of freedom, neither...

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Sofia

as Faouzi
Released: 2018-09-05

Sofia, 20, lives with her parents in Casablanca. Suffering from pregnancy denial, she finds...

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Goodbye Morocco

as Ali
Released: 2013-02-13

Tangier. Dounia decides to sell on the black market the antiques uncovered on the building site...

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Far Away

as uncredited
Released: 2001-08-29

Serge is a long distance lorry driver between Morocco andEurope. In Tangier, he tries to...

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Mektoub

as Kamal Raoui
Released: 1997-01-12

A young woman attending a conference in Tangier with her husband is kidnapped and raped, but...

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The Blessed

as Amine
Released: 2017-12-13

Algiers, a few years after the civil war. Amal and Samir have decided to celebrate their...

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Braids

as uncredited
Released: 2000-11-21

Amin is a teenage boy who lives with his two sisters, Kenza and Saida, in Tangier. Tragedy...

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WWW: What a Wonderful World

as Kamel
Released: 2006-09-03

Casablanca, a city of contrasts, modern and traditional. Kamel is a murderer for hire who...

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Death for Sale

as uncredited
Released: 2011-09-12

In Tetouan, at the northern edge of Morocco, three young men decide to rob a jewelry store. The...

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Volubilis

as Si Mohamed
Released: 2017-07-30

Volubilis is a tale of love in a world of despair, of beauty among the ruins. In the Moroccan...

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My Dad is not Dead

as uncredited
Released: 2023-11-05

Malik and his father Mehdi live in a funfair where they work as handymen. Mehdi gives his son...

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