Safi Faye

Director

Born: November 22, 1943
Died: February 22, 2023 (age 79)
From: Dakar, Senegal

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.

Filmography (16)

I, Your Mother (2023)
Director
Leçon de cinéma avec Safi Faye
Leçon de cinéma avec Safi Faye (2009)
Sisters of the Screen - African Women in the Cinema (2002)
Self
Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema (2000)
Self
Mossane (1996)
Director
Tesito (1989)
Director
Ouaga
Ouaga (1988)
As Kineastas (1986)
Ambassades Nourricières
Ambassades Nourricières (1984)
Director
Selbe: One Among Many (1983)
Director
Souls in the Sun (1981)
Director
Come and Work (1979)
Director
Letter from My Village (1976)
Director
La passante
La passante (1972)
Director
Little by Little (1970)
Elsie Haas, Femme Peintre, Cinéaste d'Haïti
Elsie Haas, Femme Peintre, Cinéaste d'Haïti
Director