Karim Dridi (born 9 January 1961 in tunis) is a French Tunisian prolific
film director
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and
screenwriter
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.
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.
His 1994 film ''
Pigalle'' entered into the main competition at the
51st edition of the
Venice Film Festival
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and was nominated for the César Award for Best Debut in 1996. His next film ''
Bye-Bye'' was screened in the
Un Certain Regard
(; 'A Certain Glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob.
The section presents 20 films with unusua ...
section at the
1995 Cannes Film Festival
The 48th Cannes Film Festival took place from 17 to 28 May 1995. French actress Jeanne Moreau served as jury president for the main competition. French actress Carole Bouquet hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.
Serbian filmmaker Emir Kust ...
.
His 2000 musical road movie ''
Cuba feliz'' was selected at the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes.
[
Antoine Raimbault's feature debut ''Conviction'' is based on Dridi's original idea.
His 2024 movie ''Lazy Girls'' won third prize in the main competition at the Bergamo Film Meeting 2025.
]
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
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* Hamsa, a popular amulet in the Middle East and North Africa, also romanized as ''khamsa''
* Al Khamsa, a bloodline for Arabian horses that traces back to five mares
* Al Khamsa (organization), a nonprofit organi ...
'' (2008);
* '' The Last Flight'' (2009);
* ''Quatuor Galilee'' (2014);
* ''Chouf'' (2016);
* ''Hakawati'' (2019);
* ''Revivre'' (2023);
* ''Lazy Girls'' (2024).
References
External links
*
1961 births
Living people
French film directors
French male screenwriters
French screenwriters
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