Safi Faye

Birthday: 1943-11-22
Deathday: 2023-02-22
Place of birth: Dakar, Senegal

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.

Filmography

Sisters of the Screen - African Women in the Cinema

2002

As Self

Little by Little

1970

As

La passante

1972

As

Letter from My Village

1976

As Villager (voice)

Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema

2000

As Self

Ouaga

1988

As

As Kineastas

1986

As

Leçon de cinéma avec Safi Faye

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As

Production

Mossane

1996

As Director

Come and Work

1979

As Director

Letter from My Village

1976

As Director

Letter from My Village

1976

As Producer

Mossane

1996

As Writer

La passante

1972

As Director

La passante

1972

As Writer

Tesito

1989

As Director

Selbe: One Among Many

1983

As Director

I, Your Mother

1980

As Director

Souls in the Sun

1981

As Director

Come and Work

1979

As Writer

Letter from My Village

1976

As Writer

I, Your Mother

1980

As Screenplay

Ambassades Nourricières

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As Director

Ambassades Nourricières

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As Writer

Elsie Haas, Femme Peintre, Cinéaste d'Haïti

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As Director