
Person
Karim Traïdia
Directing · Born 1949-01-01 · Algeria
Biography
Karim Traïdia (in Arabic: كريم ترايديا) born in 1949 in Besbes in Algeria is an Algerian-Dutch director and screenwriter. He has worked in the Netherlands since 1980. He studied sociology in Paris and cinema at the NFTVA, the Dutch Film Academy of Amsterdam, from which he graduated. His graduation film Impotence won several awards in Europe. He directed several short films before signing his first feature film, The Polish Bride, in 1998, presented at the "Critics' Week" at the Cannes Film Festival the same year and he won the Golden Calf for Best Director in other prestigious awards. Truth Tellers, his second feature film, also won numerous awards. Chroniques de mon village (Chronicles of My Village), in 2016, is his third feature film.
Known for

Baantjer
Alheib Mahfouz

Keyzer & De Boer Advocaten
Karim Boutella

The Gandhi Murder
Director
Marrakech
Rachid Ouaridia

Speakers of the Truth
Director

The Polish Bride
Director

De Avondboot
Director

Island Guests
Director

Chronicles of my Village
Writer

Irkalla – Gilgamesh's Dream
Writer
Filmography
- 2025Irkalla – Gilgamesh's DreamWriter
- 2019The Gandhi MurderDirector
- 2016Chronicles of my VillageWriter
- 2007De AvondbootDirector
- 2005Keyzer & De Boer AdvocatenKarim Boutella
- 2005Island GuestsDirector
- 2000Speakers of the TruthDirector
- 1998The Polish BrideDirector
- 1996MarrakechRachid Ouaridia
- 1995BaantjerAlheib Mahfouz
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