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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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2024
Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone?
Movie Director
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2023
My Dad is not Dead
Movie
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2023
Deserts
Movie L'épicier
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2022
Interactions - When Cinema Looks to Nature
Movie Director
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2022
Summer Days
Movie Screenplay
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2019
It Must Be Heaven
Movie Man Running From Police
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2019
A Sunny Day
Movie Director
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2019
Interdependence
Movie Writer
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2018
Sofia
Movie Faouzi
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2017
The Blessed
Movie Amine
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2017
Lola Pater
Movie Le sheikh
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2017
Volubilis
Movie Si Mohamed
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2015
Dheepan
Movie Monsieur Habib
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2014
Saint Laurent
Movie Butler
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2014
Short Plays
Movie Director
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2013
Death for Sale
Movie Inspector debbaz
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2013
Goodbye Morocco
Movie Ali
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2006
WWW: What a Wonderful World
Movie Kamel
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2003
A Thousand Months
Movie Samir
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2002
Wind Horse
Movie Driss
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2001
Far Away
Movie
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2000
Braids
Movie
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2000
The Rain Line
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2000
The wall
Movie Writer
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1999
The Cliff
Movie Director
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1997
Mektoub
Movie Kamal Raoui
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Jeudi moins le quart
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