Safi Faye
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- November 22, 1943, Dakar, Senegal
- Died
- February 22, 2023
- Movies
- 17
Safi Faye was a Senegalese film director and ethnologist. Faye directed many feature films, and today is recognized as one of Sub-Saharan Africa’s most prominent directors. Her 1996 film Mossane received the Un certain regard award at Cannes.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2009 | Leçon de cinéma avec Safi Faye | |
| 2002 | Sisters of the Screen - African Women in the Cinema | Self |
| 2000 | Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema | Self |
| 1988 | Ouaga | |
| 1986 | As Kineastas | |
| 1976 | Letter from My Village | Villager (voice) |
| 1972 | La passante | |
| 1970 | Little by Little |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2023 | I, Your Mother | Screenplay, Director |
| 1996 | Mossane | Director, Writer |
| 1989 | Tesito | Director |
| 1984 | Ambassades Nourricières | Director, Writer |
| 1983 | Selbe: One Among Many | Director |
| 1981 | Souls in the Sun | Director |
| 1979 | Come and Work | Director, Writer |
| 1976 | Letter from My Village | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1972 | La passante | Director, Writer |
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