Ali Essafi (Arabic: علي الصافي; 1963 -[1]) is a Moroccan film director, screenwriter, film producer, and cinematographer.
[1] He studied psychology in France before delving into film creation.
[1][4] Before the Dying of the Light is a feature-length documentary directed by Essafi about art and culture in Morocco in the 1970s, before it was suppressed by Hassan II.
[5] It focuses on Mostafa Derkaoui's film About Some Meaningless Events.
[6] Before the Dying of the Light was shown at the Museum of Modern Art's 2021 Doc Fortnight festival.