Faouzi Bensaïdi

Faouzi Bensaïdi

Nacimiento : , Meknès, Morocco

Historia

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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Faouzi Bensaïdi
Faouzi Bensaïdi

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Summer Days
Editor
The members of a debt-ridden family reunite in an evanescent Tangier, running away from painful memories but at the same time clinging to a past they do not want to forget. Their childhood home and its magnificent estate are due to be sold in early autumn; increasingly, summer days fade into distant memory.
Summer Days
Screenplay
The members of a debt-ridden family reunite in an evanescent Tangier, running away from painful memories but at the same time clinging to a past they do not want to forget. Their childhood home and its magnificent estate are due to be sold in early autumn; increasingly, summer days fade into distant memory.
Summer Days
Director
The members of a debt-ridden family reunite in an evanescent Tangier, running away from painful memories but at the same time clinging to a past they do not want to forget. Their childhood home and its magnificent estate are due to be sold in early autumn; increasingly, summer days fade into distant memory.
Un día soleado
Editor
Bajo los impactos de un clima cambiante, el mundo cambia, ya ha cambiado. En un futuro lejano y cercano, tanto fantástico como absurdo, los hombres y mujeres sobreviven como pueden. Siguiendo a un hombre, una figura esbelta entre Tati y Buster Keaton, descubrimos a través de escenas de su vida cotidiana lo devastadores que son los efectos del cambio climático sobre los seres humanos y la naturaleza. ¿Cómo nos barricamos contra el calor o el frío excesivos? ¿Cómo será ir a un supermercado, o a un zoológico lleno de diferentes animales y especies? Un viaje inquietante y divertido en el futuro, que ya es nuestro presente.
Un día soleado
Writer
Bajo los impactos de un clima cambiante, el mundo cambia, ya ha cambiado. En un futuro lejano y cercano, tanto fantástico como absurdo, los hombres y mujeres sobreviven como pueden. Siguiendo a un hombre, una figura esbelta entre Tati y Buster Keaton, descubrimos a través de escenas de su vida cotidiana lo devastadores que son los efectos del cambio climático sobre los seres humanos y la naturaleza. ¿Cómo nos barricamos contra el calor o el frío excesivos? ¿Cómo será ir a un supermercado, o a un zoológico lleno de diferentes animales y especies? Un viaje inquietante y divertido en el futuro, que ya es nuestro presente.
Un día soleado
Director
Bajo los impactos de un clima cambiante, el mundo cambia, ya ha cambiado. En un futuro lejano y cercano, tanto fantástico como absurdo, los hombres y mujeres sobreviven como pueden. Siguiendo a un hombre, una figura esbelta entre Tati y Buster Keaton, descubrimos a través de escenas de su vida cotidiana lo devastadores que son los efectos del cambio climático sobre los seres humanos y la naturaleza. ¿Cómo nos barricamos contra el calor o el frío excesivos? ¿Cómo será ir a un supermercado, o a un zoológico lleno de diferentes animales y especies? Un viaje inquietante y divertido en el futuro, que ya es nuestro presente.
Interdependence Film 2019
Writer
Started in 2018, the project – comprised of 11 segments by filmmakers from all around the world – reflects on the intertwined relationship between human society and nature that is aggravated by climate change on multiple scales, hinting at possible solutions.
Interdependence Film 2019
Editor
Started in 2018, the project – comprised of 11 segments by filmmakers from all around the world – reflects on the intertwined relationship between human society and nature that is aggravated by climate change on multiple scales, hinting at possible solutions.
Interdependence Film 2019
Director
Started in 2018, the project – comprised of 11 segments by filmmakers from all around the world – reflects on the intertwined relationship between human society and nature that is aggravated by climate change on multiple scales, hinting at possible solutions.
Sofia
Faouzi
Sofía (Maha Alemi) es una mujer de 20 años que vive con sus padres en Casablanca. La joven se da cuenta de que está embarazada y, ahora, se debe enfrentar a la dura realidad: en esa región está prohibido dar a luz a un hijo si los padres no están casados. Sofía deberá recurrir a la ayuda de su amiga, Lena, para ocultar su hija recién nacida y, también, la verdad sobre cómo fue concebida.
The Blessed
Amine
Algiers, a few years after the civil war. Amal and Samir have decided to celebrate their twentieth wedding anniversary in a restaurant. While on their way, their share their views on Algeria: Amal talks about lost illusions and Samir about the necessity to cope with them. At the same time, their son Fahim and his friends Feriel and Reda are wandering about in a hostile Algiers about to steal their youth.
Volubilis
Si Mohamed
Volubilis is a tale of love in a world of despair, of beauty among the ruins. In the Moroccan city of Meknès, recently married Abdelkader and Malika struggle to make ends meet. They dream of leaving the family house and finally starting a life of their own together. But one day at work, Abdelkader gets mixed up in a violent incident that will turn their lives upside down.
Volubilis
Director
Volubilis is a tale of love in a world of despair, of beauty among the ruins. In the Moroccan city of Meknès, recently married Abdelkader and Malika struggle to make ends meet. They dream of leaving the family house and finally starting a life of their own together. But one day at work, Abdelkader gets mixed up in a violent incident that will turn their lives upside down.
Dheepan
Monsieur Habib
Un hombre huye de la guerra civil en Sri Lanka y, para conseguir que Francia le conceda el derecho de asilo, hace pasar por su familia a una mujer y a una niña. Una vez allí, encuentra trabajo como guardián de un edificio en un barrio problemático de las afueras. A pesar de que no hablan francés, se adaptan progresivamente a su nuevo país. Al mismo tiempo, el hombre y la mujer acaban enamorándose. Finalmente, el tráfico de drogas impulsará al hombre a salir de su aislamiento y a tomar partido.
Saint Laurent
Le majordome
Un biopic sobre el famoso diseñador, centrado en el periodo 1965-1976 protagonizado por Gaspard Ulliel ('Largo domingo de noviazgo', 'Fugitivos') como Yves Saint-Laurent y Léa Seydoux ('El gran hotel Budapest', 'La vida de Adèle') como Loulou de la Falaise.
Short Plays
Director
Football seen through the eyes of some of the best directors of the world.
Goodbye Morocco
Ali
Tangier. Dounia decides to sell on the black market the antiques uncovered on the building site she manages. She hopes to raise enough money to be able to leave Morocco with her son, who she hardly ever sees since her divorce. The death of a worker disrupts her plan...
Death for Sale
Writer
In Tetouan, at the northern edge of Morocco, three young men decide to rob a jewelry store. The heist goes awry, and their destinies part drastically.
Death for Sale
In Tetouan, at the northern edge of Morocco, three young men decide to rob a jewelry store. The heist goes awry, and their destinies part drastically.
Death for Sale
Director
In Tetouan, at the northern edge of Morocco, three young men decide to rob a jewelry store. The heist goes awry, and their destinies part drastically.
WWW: What a Wonderful World
Writer
Casablanca, ciudad de contrastes, tradicional y moderna. Kamel es un asesino a sueldo que recibe sus misiones en clave por Internet. Acostumbra a llamar a Souad, una prostituta ocasional, después de sus ejecuciones. Pero siempre responde el teléfono su amiga Kenza, agente de tráfico y responsable de la glorieta más importante de la ciudad. Kamel no tarda en enamorarse de esa voz y de empezar a buscarla. Mientras, Hicham, un hacker informático, que sueña con emigrar a Europa, se infiltra por casualidad en los planes de Kamel... (FILMAFFINITY)
WWW: What a Wonderful World
Kamel
Casablanca, ciudad de contrastes, tradicional y moderna. Kamel es un asesino a sueldo que recibe sus misiones en clave por Internet. Acostumbra a llamar a Souad, una prostituta ocasional, después de sus ejecuciones. Pero siempre responde el teléfono su amiga Kenza, agente de tráfico y responsable de la glorieta más importante de la ciudad. Kamel no tarda en enamorarse de esa voz y de empezar a buscarla. Mientras, Hicham, un hacker informático, que sueña con emigrar a Europa, se infiltra por casualidad en los planes de Kamel... (FILMAFFINITY)
WWW: What a Wonderful World
Director
Casablanca, ciudad de contrastes, tradicional y moderna. Kamel es un asesino a sueldo que recibe sus misiones en clave por Internet. Acostumbra a llamar a Souad, una prostituta ocasional, después de sus ejecuciones. Pero siempre responde el teléfono su amiga Kenza, agente de tráfico y responsable de la glorieta más importante de la ciudad. Kamel no tarda en enamorarse de esa voz y de empezar a buscarla. Mientras, Hicham, un hacker informático, que sueña con emigrar a Europa, se infiltra por casualidad en los planes de Kamel... (FILMAFFINITY)
A Thousand Months
Screenplay
1981, Morocco. A village in the Atlas mountains. A city in the distance. A child. A family facing its destiny.
A Thousand Months
Director
1981, Morocco. A village in the Atlas mountains. A city in the distance. A child. A family facing its destiny.
Wind Horse
Driss
Tahar is a retired blacksmith living with his son from his first marriage. After seeing his late second wife in a dream, he decides to visit her grave, in Azemmour. In the trip, he meets Driss who is going to Essaouira, looking for his mother whom he has never known after receiving a letter about her. The two men go to Marrakech together where Driss gets a combination motorbike that Tahar calls "wind horse". And they begin their journey together, first to Azemmour, then to Essaouira, looking for their past.
Lejos
Un camionero francés que viaja periódicamente a África, transportando sobre todo productos textiles, decide incrementar sus ingresos traficando con hachís. Sarah, su amante marroquí, desea ir a Canadá con su hermano. Su amigo Saïd lo que pretende es llegar a Europa cruzando el estrecho de Gibraltar. (FILMAFFINITY)
Lejos
Writer
Un camionero francés que viaja periódicamente a África, transportando sobre todo productos textiles, decide incrementar sus ingresos traficando con hachís. Sarah, su amante marroquí, desea ir a Canadá con su hermano. Su amigo Saïd lo que pretende es llegar a Europa cruzando el estrecho de Gibraltar. (FILMAFFINITY)
Braids
Amin is a teenage boy who lives with his two sisters, Kenza and Saida, in Tangier. Tragedy strikes when Saida is raped by the son of the man Kenza works for as a maid. The father threatens the girl not to press any charges against his son since he is running for elections.
The wall
Writer
The brief and unending story of a wall and its encounters with man.
The wall
Director
The brief and unending story of a wall and its encounters with man.
The Cliff
Director
In a small village near a beach, Hakim and his little brother Saïd do odd jobs (whitewash a tomb, resell empty bottles).
Mektoub
Writer
A young woman attending a conference in Tangier with her husband is kidnapped and raped, but rebuilds her relationship with her husband on a trip to the south of Morocco.
Mektoub
Kamal Raoui
A young woman attending a conference in Tangier with her husband is kidnapped and raped, but rebuilds her relationship with her husband on a trip to the south of Morocco.
Déserts
Longtime friends, Mehdi and Hamid, work for a collection agency. They crisscross the villages of southern Morocco in their old car and share double rooms in shabby hotels. They are exactly the same size, and wear the same suits and ties, as well as the same shoes. Paid nearly nothing, they try to play hard to make good figures. One day, in a gas station planted in the middle of the desert, a motorcycle parks in front of them. A man is handcuffed to the luggage rack, threatening. It’s the Evader. Their meeting marks the beginning of an unforeseen and mystical journey.
Déserts
Screenplay
Longtime friends, Mehdi and Hamid, work for a collection agency. They crisscross the villages of southern Morocco in their old car and share double rooms in shabby hotels. They are exactly the same size, and wear the same suits and ties, as well as the same shoes. Paid nearly nothing, they try to play hard to make good figures. One day, in a gas station planted in the middle of the desert, a motorcycle parks in front of them. A man is handcuffed to the luggage rack, threatening. It’s the Evader. Their meeting marks the beginning of an unforeseen and mystical journey.
Déserts
Director
Longtime friends, Mehdi and Hamid, work for a collection agency. They crisscross the villages of southern Morocco in their old car and share double rooms in shabby hotels. They are exactly the same size, and wear the same suits and ties, as well as the same shoes. Paid nearly nothing, they try to play hard to make good figures. One day, in a gas station planted in the middle of the desert, a motorcycle parks in front of them. A man is handcuffed to the luggage rack, threatening. It’s the Evader. Their meeting marks the beginning of an unforeseen and mystical journey.
Trajets
Director