Karim Dridi
Karim Dridi | |
|---|---|
| Born | Tunis, Tunisia |
| Occupations | Film director Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1987-present |
Karim Dridi is a French Tunisian prolific film director and screenwriter. He became known for his 1994 film Pigalle, followed in the following year by Bye-Bye.
Early life
[edit]Karim Dridi was born in Tunis, in Tunisia.[citation needed]
Career
[edit]Dridi emerged as a director when he was still a child. His debut short film was Dans le sac (1987).[1][2] His next short, Zoé la boxeuse (1992) was selected for several film festivals and won at the Grenoble Outdoor Short Film Festival in Grenoble, France.[3]
His 1994 debut feature film, the neo-noir Pigalle, was entered into the main competition at the 51st edition of the Venice Film Festival[4] and was nominated for the César Award for Best Debut in 1996.[5] His next film, Bye-Bye, was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.[6]
His 2000 musical road movie Cuba feliz was selected at the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes.[3]
Antoine Raimbault's feature debut Conviction (2018) is based on Dridi's original idea.[7]
His 2024 movie Lazy Girls won third prize in the main competition at the Bergamo Film Meeting 2025.[8]
Filmography
[edit]- 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)[9]
- Hakawati (2019)
- Revivre (2023)
- Lazy Girls (2024)[10]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Dans le sac". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 23 July 2026.
- ↑ "Dans le sac (1987)". ČSFD.cz. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
- 1 2 "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
[edit]- Karim Dridi at IMDb
