Directing

Safi Faye

Dakar, SenegalBorn 1943

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.

Films

TV Shows

Crew Credits

Known For

5 Credits

Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema

as Self

2000

Letter from My Village

as Villager (voice)

1976

Little by Little

1970

Sisters of the Screen - African Women in the Cinema

as Self

2002

As Kineastas

1986

Behind the Camera

7 Credits

Mossane

Director, Writer

1996

Souls in the Sun

Director

1981

Letter from My Village

Director, Writer, Producer

1976

Tesito

Director

1989

Come and Work

Director, Writer

1979

I, Your Mother

Director

2023

Selbe: One Among Many

Director

1983