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Faouzi Bensaïdi

Directing Born Mar 14, 1967 Meknès, Morocco 18 credits

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.

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Film

Dheepan

as Monsieur Habib

Full filmography

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