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Karim Aïnouz
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Occupation
Film director
Education
University of Brasilia
Role
Film director
Name
Karim Ainouz
Years active
1992 - present
Casting directed
Poison
Born
17 January 1966
Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
Nominations
Grande Premio do Cinema Brasileiro for Best Film
Movies
Futuro Beach, Love for Sale, I Travel Because I Have to - I, Madame Sata, The Silver Cliff
Similar People
Marcelo Gomes, Jesuita Barbosa, Clemens Schick, Wagner Moura, Hermila Guedes
THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF EURÍDICE GUSMÃO by Karim Aïnouz (Official International Trailer HD)
Karim Aïnouz (born 17 January 1966, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil) is a film director and visual artist.
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Career
In February 2014, his feature film Praia do Futuro (Futuro Beach) premiered at the 64th Berlinale Competition. Cathedrals of Culture, a 3D film project about the soul of buildings which features Aïnouz as one of the directors and Wim Wenders as executive producer premiered at the Berlinale Special section this same year.
His latest experimental documentary piece, Domingo, shot from his encounter with Danish artist Olafur Eliasson during the 17th Videobrasil Festival, had its world premiere at Rio International Film Festival in 2014.
In 2012, he was invited jury at the Cannes Film Festival for the Cinéfondation and Short Film Competition. He also participated in the Destricted.br project, inspired by Larry Clark project Destricted, with Adriana Varejão, Janaina Tschäpe, Julião Sarmento, Lula Buarque de Hollanda, Marcos Chaves e Miguel Rio Branco.
In 2011 Aïnouz directed the film Sonnenallee for the Sharjah Biennial 10. He is co-author of the films Behind the Sun by Walter Salles, Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures by Marcelo Gomes and Lower City, by Sergio Machado.
Aïnouz's first feature debut, Madame Satã, premiered in 2002 at the Cannes Film Festival, Un Certain Regard. His following films, Love for Sale and I Travel Because I Have To I Come Back Because I Love You (co-directed with Marcelo Gomes) premiered at the Venice Film Festival, Orizzonti, in 2006 and 2009. In 2011 The Silver Cliff was presented in Cannes at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs and won Best Director at the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival.
In 2008, Aïnouz directed Alice, a 13 episode fiction series for HBO Latin America. His short films and installations have been shown at numerous venues including the Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial, the São Paulo Biennial, the Sharjah Biennial and Videobrasil. He was invited President of the Jury for Competition at the 2014 Rio Film Festival. In 2012 he was invited as Jury for the Cinéfondation and Short Films sections of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and for the Heiner Carow Award during the 63rd Berlinale.
As director
2014 - Sunday – documentary, HD video, color, 26min.
2014 - Praia do Futuro – drama, 35mm, color, 106min.
2014 - Cathedrals of Culture - episode Centre Pompidou - documentary, 3D, color, 165 min.
2011 - The Silver Cliff, drama, 35mm, color, 84 min.
2011 - Sunny Lane, visual essay, super 8/digital, color, 12 min.
2010 - I Travel Because I Have To, I Come Back Because I Love You co-directed with Marcelo Gomes drama, 35mm, color, 75 min.
2006 - Love for Sale, drama, 35mm, color, 88 min.
2005 - Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures, drama, 35mm, color, 104 min.
2005 - Lower City, drama, 35mm, color, 93 min.
2004 - Sertão de Acrílico Azul Piscina, documentary, super 8/digital, color, 26min.
2002 - Madame Satã, drama, 35mm, color, 105 min.
2001 - Behind the Sun, drama, 35mm, color, 105 min.
1996 - Hic Habitat Felicitas, 35mm, color, 26 min.
1994 - Paixão Nacional, 16mm, color, 9 min.
1993 - Seams, documentary, 16mm, color, 29 min.
1992 - O Preso, drama, video, color, 19 min.
Awards
2011: Second Grand Coral Award, Havana Film Festival, for The Silver Cliff
2011: Award for Best Director, Rio International Film Festival, for The Silver Cliff
2010: Grand Prix Coup de Coeur, 22º Rencontres Cinémas d'Amérique Latin (Toulouse/France), for I Travel Because I Have To, I Come Back Because I Love You co-directed with Marcelo Gomes.
2009: Award for Best Director, Rio International Film Festival, for I Travel Because I Have To, I Come Back Because I Love You
2009: FIPRESCI Award, Havana Film Festival, for I Travel Because I Have To, I Come Back Because I Love You
2009: Third Grand Coral Award, Havana Film Festival, for I Travel Because I Have To, I Come Back Because I Love You
2006: FIPRESCI Award, 47th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, for Love for Sale
2006: Grand Coral Award, Havana Film Festival, for Love for Sale
2006: Award for Best Film, Rio International Film Festival, for Love for Sale
2006: Award for Best Director, Rio International Film Festival, for Love for Sale
2002: Gold Hugo, Chicago International Film Festival, for Madame Satã
2002: Award for Best Director, Biarritz Film Festival, for Madame Satã
2002: Award for Best Director, São Paulo Association of Art Critics Awards, for Madame Satã
1997: Award for Best Short, Ann Arbor Film Festival, for Seams
1994: Award for Best Short, Atlanta Film Festival, for Seams
