Safi Faye
Known for
Directing
Born
November 22, 1943
Birthplace
Dakar, Senegal
Died
February 22, 2023 (aged 79)
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.
Best known work
Little by Little
1970
Mossane
1996
Come and Work
1979
Letter from My Village
1976
Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema
2000
As Kineastas
1986
La passante
1972Leçon de cinéma avec Safi Faye
2009
Sisters of the Screen - African Women in the Cinema
2002Ouaga
1988Filmography
TBA
2023
I, Your MotherScreenplay, Director
2009
2002
2000
1996
MossaneDirector, Writer
1989
TesitoDirector
1988
1986
1984
Ambassades NourricièresWriter, Director
1983
Selbe: One Among ManyDirector
1981
Souls in the SunDirector
1979
Come and WorkDirector, Writer
1976
Letter from My Villageas Villager (voice), Director, Writer, Producer
1972
La passanteWriter, Director
1970