Safi Faye photo

Safi Faye

Directing

  • Born
  • November 22, 1943
  • Died
  • February 22, 2023
  • Place of birth
  • Dakar, Senegal

Biography

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.

As actor 8

Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema poster
Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema
2000
Letter from My Village poster
Letter from My Village
1976
Little by Little poster
Little by Little
1970
Sisters of the Screen - African Women in the Cinema poster
Sisters of the Screen - African Women in the Cinema
2002
As Kineastas poster
As Kineastas
1986
La passante
1972
Ouaga
1988
Leçon de cinéma avec Safi Faye
2009

On the crew 10

Mossane poster
Mossane
1996
Letter from My Village poster
Letter from My Village
1976
Ambassades Nourricières
1984
Come and Work poster
Come and Work
1979
Souls in the Sun poster
Souls in the Sun
1981
La passante
1972
I, Your Mother poster
I, Your Mother
2023
Selbe: One Among Many poster
Selbe: One Among Many
1983
Tesito poster
Tesito
1989
Elsie Haas, Femme Peintre, Cinéaste d'Haïti