Faouzi Bensaïdi

Biography

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

Death for Sale
Death for Sale
WWW: What a Wonderful World
WWW: What a Wonderful World
Goodbye Morocco
Goodbye Morocco
My Dad is not Dead
My Dad is not Dead
Mektoub
Mektoub
Dheepan
Dheepan
The Blessed
The Blessed
Sofia
Sofia
Far Away
Far Away

Filmography

2023 My Dad is not Dead
as
2019 It Must Be Heaven
as Man Running From Police
2018 Sofia
as Faouzi
2017 The Blessed
as Amine
2017 Lola Pater
as Le sheikh
2017 Volubilis
as Si Mohamed
2015 Dheepan
as Monsieur Habib
2014 Saint Laurent
as Butler
2013 Goodbye Morocco
as Ali
2011 Death for Sale
as Inspector debbaz
2006 WWW: What a Wonderful World
as Kamel
2002 Wind Horse
as Driss
2001 Far Away
as
2000 Braids
as
1997 Mektoub
as Kamal Raoui