Karim Dridi

Karim Dridi
Born	(1961-01-09) 9 January 1961 (age 64) Tunisia
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

1. "Karim Dridi". LuxBox Films. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
2. Roderick Conway Morris (7 September 1994). "At Venice Festival, a Meeting of the Simpletons and Psychopaths". The New York Times . Retrieved 21 October 2015.
3. Lemercier, Fabien (15 October 2014). "An advance on receipts from the CNC for Chouf by Karim Dridi". Cineuropa. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
4. "Festival de Cannes: Bye-Bye". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
5. Lemercier, Fabien (18 October 2017). "Principal photography about to kick off for Conviction". Cineuropa. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
6. De Marco, Camillo (18 March 2025). "Gina is the winner of the Bergamo Film Meeting". Cineuropa. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
7. "CHOUF by Karim Dridi". Cineuropa. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
8. "Fainéant.e.s". Cineuropa. Retrieved 28 April 2025.

External links

• Karim Dridi at IMDb