Karim Dridi
Karim Dridi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 January 1961 |
| Occupation(s) | Film director Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1987-present |
Karim Dridi (born 9 January 1961 in tunis) is a French Tunisian prolific film director and screenwriter.
Career
Dridi emerged as a director when he was still a child. His debut short Zoé la boxeuse was selected for several film festivals and won at the Grenoble short film festival.[1]
His 1994 film Pigalle entered into the main competition at the 51st edition of the Venice Film Festival[2] and was nominated for the César Award for Best Debut in 1996.[3] His next film Bye-Bye was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.[4]
His 2000 musical road movie Cuba feliz was selected at the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes.[1]
Antoine Raimbault's feature debut Conviction is based on Dridi's original idea.[5]
His 2024 movie Lazy Girls won third prize in the main competition at the Bergamo Film Meeting 2025.[6]
Filmography
- Dans le sac (1987);
- Zoé la boxeuse (1992);
- Pigalle (1994);
- Bye-Bye (1995);
- Hors jeu (1998);
- Cuba feliz (2000);
- Fureur (2003);
- Gris blanc (2005);
- Khamsa (2008);
- The Last Flight (2009);
- Quatuor Galilee (2014);
- Chouf (2016);[7]
- Hakawati (2019);
- Revivre (2023);
- Lazy Girls (2024).[8]
References
- ^ a b "Karim Dridi". LuxBox Films. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ^ Roderick Conway Morris (7 September 1994). "At Venice Festival, a Meeting of the Simpletons and Psychopaths". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ Lemercier, Fabien (15 October 2014). "An advance on receipts from the CNC for Chouf by Karim Dridi". Cineuropa. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Bye-Bye". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
- ^ Lemercier, Fabien (18 October 2017). "Principal photography about to kick off for Conviction". Cineuropa. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ^ De Marco, Camillo (18 March 2025). "Gina is the winner of the Bergamo Film Meeting". Cineuropa. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
- ^ "CHOUF by Karim Dridi". Cineuropa. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
- ^ "Fainéant.e.s". Cineuropa. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
External links
- Karim Dridi at IMDb