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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Death for Sale
as Inspector debbaz
2011
WWW: What a Wonderful World
as Kamel
2006
Goodbye Morocco
as Ali
2013
My Dad is not Dead
2023
Wind Horse
as Driss
2002
Mektoub
as Kamal Raoui
1997
Dheepan
as Monsieur Habib
2015
The Blessed
as Amine
2017
Sofia
as Faouzi
2018
Far Away
2001
Volubilis
as Si Mohamed
2017
Braids
2000
Saint Laurent
as Butler
2014
Lola Pater
as Le sheikh
2017
It Must Be Heaven
as Man Running From Police
2019
A Thousand Months
as Samir
2003
Deserts
as L'épicier
2023
Un jeudi moins le quart à Alger
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