Karim AÏNOUZ

Director, Writer

Brazil

Karim AÏNOUZ © Maria Lobo

Born in 1966 in Fortaleza, Karim Aïnouz studied architecture in Brasília and cinema at New York University. His first feature Madame Satã (2002) was selected for Un Certain Regard and received numerous distinctions worldwide. O Céu de Suely (2006) and Viajo Porque Preciso, Volto Porque te Amo, co-directed with Marcelo Gomes (2009), were both invited at the Orizzonti section of the Venice Festival and won a number of international awards. The Silver Cliff (2011) was presented at the Directors’ Fortnight. In 2008 Aïnouz directed Alice, a fiction series for HBO Latin America. His installations have been shown in different venues including the Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial (1997), the São Paulo Art Biennial (2004) and the Sharjah Biennial (2011).

Jury attendance

  • Member Cinéfondation & Short Films, 2012

Feature films

MOTEL DESTINO

In Competition - Feature Films, 2024Director, Screenplay

FIREBRAND

In Competition - Feature Films, 2023Director

MARINHEIRO DAS MONTANHAS

Special Screenings, 2021Director

A VIDA INVISÍVEL DE EURÍDICE GUSMÃO

Un Certain Regard, 2019Director, Screenplay

CINEMA, ASPIRINAS E URUBUS

Un Certain Regard, 2005Screenplay

CIDADE BAIXA

Un Certain Regard, 2005Screenplay

MADAME SATA

Un Certain Regard, 2002Director, Screenplay

Awards

A VIDA INVISÍVEL DE EURÍDICE GUSMÃO

(THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF EURÍDICE GUSMÃO) Un Certain Regard, 2019
2019 Un Certain Regard Prize
Director, Screenplay