Safi Faye

Biography

Safi Faye was a Senegalese film director. 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.

Birthday

Nov 22, 1943

Place of birth

Dakar, Senegal

Deathday

Feb 22, 2023

Credited in

As cast

As Kineastas
As
Leçon de cinéma avec Safi Faye
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As
Sisters of the Screen - African Women in the Cinema
As Self
Little by Little
As
La passante
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As
Letter from My Village
As Villager (voice)
Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema
As Self
Ouaga
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As

As crew

Mossane
Role: Director
Letter from My Village
Role: Director
Come and Work
Role: Director
Ambassades Nourricières
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Role: Director
Elsie Haas, Femme Peintre, Cinéaste d'Haïti
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Role: Director
Ambassades Nourricières
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Role: Writer
Letter from My Village
Role: Writer
Mossane
Role: Writer
Letter from My Village
Role: Producer
I, Your Mother
Role: Screenplay
La passante
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Role: Writer
La passante
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Role: Director
Selbe: One Among Many
Role: Director
Tesito
Role: Director
I, Your Mother
Role: Director
Souls in the Sun
Role: Director
Come and Work
Role: Writer