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

WWW: What a Wonderful World

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2023	My Dad is not Dead
2018	Sofia	Faouzi
2017	Lola Pater	Le sheikh
2017	The Blessed	Amine
2017	Volubilis	Si Mohamed
2015	Dheepan	Monsieur Habib
2014	Saint Laurent	Le majordome
2013	Goodbye Morocco	Ali
2011	Death for Sale	Inspector debbaz
2006	WWW: What a Wonderful World	Kamel
2002	Wind Horse	Driss
2001	Far Away
2000	Braids
1997	Mektoub	Kamal Raoui

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2024	Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone?	Director
2023	Déserts	Director
2023	Déserts	Screenplay
2023	Déserts	Editor
2022	Summer Days	Director
2022	Summer Days	Screenplay
2022	Summer Days	Editor
2022	Interactions - When Cinema Looks to Nature	Script
2022	Interactions - When Cinema Looks to Nature	Director
2019	A Sunny Day	Director
2019	A Sunny Day	Editor
2019	A Sunny Day	Writer
2019	Interdependence Film 2019	Writer
2019	Interdependence Film 2019	Editor
2019	Interdependence Film 2019	Director
2017	Volubilis	Director
2017	Volubilis	Writer
2017	Volubilis	Producer
2014	Short Plays	Director
2011	Death for Sale	Director
2011	Death for Sale	Writer
2006	WWW: What a Wonderful World	Director
2006	WWW: What a Wonderful World	Writer
2003	A Thousand Months	Director
2003	A Thousand Months	Screenplay
2001	Far Away	Writer
2000	The wall	Writer
2000	The wall	Director
2000	The Rain Line	Director
1999	The Cliff	Director
1997	Mektoub	Writer