Faouzi Bensaïdi
Faouzi Bensaïdi (born 14 March 1967) is a Moroccan film director, actor, screenwriter and artist.
Faouzi Bensaïdi
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- Name
- Faouzi Bensaïdi فوزي بن السعيدي
- Born
- 14 March 1967
- Birthplace
- Meknes, Morocco
- Occupation
- Film director, actor, screenwriter
- Known for
- A Thousand Months
- Nationality
- Morocco
- Education
- Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique
- Languages
- Arabic · Berber
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Faouzi Bensaïdi (born 14 March 1967) is a Moroccan film director, actor, screenwriter and artist.
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• Name — Faouzi Bensaïdi فوزي بن السعيدي • Born — 14 March 1967 • Birthplace — Meknes, Morocco • Occupation — Film director, actor, screenwriter • Years Active — 1997–present • Known for — A Thousand Months
Career
Career
His film A Thousand Months 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 in September. 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. In 2023–2024, he was a resident at the Casa de Velázquez in Madrid.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• A Thousand Months (Mille mois) - 2003 • WWW: What a Wonderful World - 2006 • Death for Sale - 2011 • Volubilis - 2017 • Deserts (Déserts) - 2023
Faouzi Bensaïd au festival de Namur, octobre 2006
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Bensaïdi participated in the 2022 edition of the Sight & Sound film polls, which are held every 10 years to commemorate the greatest films of all time and rank them in order. Directors and critics both give their 10 favorite films of all time for the poll; Bensaïdi picked Citizen Kane (1941), 8½ (1963), North by Northwest (1959), Modern Times (1936), Ran (1985), Playtime (1967), Raging Bull (1980), The Godfather (1972), Le Samouraï (1967), and À bout de souffle (1960).
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