Karim Dridi

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]

• 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]