Safi Faye

Directing

Born: November 22, 1943 · Dakar, Senegal

Died: February 22, 2023 (aged 79)

Highest Rated

Best Movie

Letter from My Village

1976 · Villager (voice)

7.5

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.

Photos (1)

Movies (3)

XO7.5

Letter from My Village

Villager (voice)

TMDB 7.5

XO7.1

Little by Little

1970

TMDB 7.1

As Kineastas

1986

Self / Appearances (2)

XO10.0

Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema

Self

TMDB 8.0

Sisters of the Screen - African Women in the Cinema

Self

Directing (7)

XO6.8

Mossane

Director

TMDB 6.8

XO7.5

Letter from My Village

Director

TMDB 7.5

XO5.9

Come and Work

Director

TMDB 5.9

Selbe: One Among Many

Director

Tesito

Director

Souls in the Sun

Director

I, Your Mother

Director

Writing (4)

XO6.8

Mossane

Writer

TMDB 6.8

XO7.5

Letter from My Village

Writer

TMDB 7.5

XO5.9

Come and Work

Writer

TMDB 5.9

I, Your Mother

Screenplay

Producing (1)

XO7.5

Letter from My Village

Producer

TMDB 7.5