Person

Safi Faye

Directing · 1943–2023 · 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.

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  Mossane

  Director

• Ambassades Nourricières

  Director

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  Letter from My Village

  Villager (voice)

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  Come and Work

  Director

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  Little by Little

  1970

• Leçon de cinéma avec Safi Faye

  2009

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  Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema

  Self

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  Sisters of the Screen - African Women in the Cinema

  Self

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  Souls in the Sun

  Director

• La passante

  1972

• 2023I, Your MotherScreenplay
• 2009Leçon de cinéma avec Safi Faye
• 2002Sisters of the Screen - African Women in the CinemaSelf
• 2000Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s CinemaSelf
• 1996MossaneDirector
• 1989TesitoDirector
• 1988Ouaga
• 1986As Kineastas
• 1984Ambassades NourricièresDirector
• 1983Selbe: One Among ManyDirector
• 1981Souls in the SunDirector
• 1979Come and WorkDirector
• 1976Letter from My VillageVillager (voice)
• 1972La passante
• 1970Little by Little
• —Elsie Haas, Femme Peintre, Cinéaste d'HaïtiDirector