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Karim Aïnouz
Brazilian film director and visual artist
Karim Aïnouz (/kəˈriːm aɪˈnuːz/;[1] Portuguese: [kɐˈɾĩ ajˈnus];[2] born 17 January 1966) is a Brazilian film director and visual artist. He is best known for his film The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão.
Karim Aïnouz | |
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Ainouz in December 2005 | |
| Born | (1966-01-17) 17 January 1966 (age 58) |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Known for | The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão |
Karim Aïnouz was born to a Brazilian mother and an Algerian father.[3] He is a film director, screenwriter and visual artist. Aïnouz's feature debut, Madame Satã, premiered in 2002 at the Cannes Film Festival, Un Certain Regard. His following films, O Céu de Suely (Love for Sale), and Viajo porque preciso, volto porque te amo (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, O Abismo Prateado (Silver Cliff) was presented in the Directors' Fortnight Cannes and won Best Director at the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival.
In television, 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, the São Paulo Biennial, the Sharjah Biennial and Videobrasil.
As creative advisor and lecturer, Aïnouz has been invited to numerous Screenwriters Labs and institutions such as Princeton University, Wexner Center for the Arts, MIT, EICTV among others. Karim Aïnouz has been developing, alongside fellow filmmakers Marcelo Gomes and Sérgio Machado, The Center for Audiovisual Narratives in partnership with State authorities of Ceará, Brazil. Among other activities, they coordinate and work as creative advisors to the Screenwriters Lab, a one-year program committed to the development of a new generation of filmmakers, providing support throughout their projects. Since 2017, Aïnouz is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Karim Aïnouz latest feature film, the documentary Zentralflughafen THF, premiered at the 68th Berlinale – Panorama, won the Amnesty International Film Award, and has been screened in over 10 festivals. His previous feature Praia do Futuro (Futuro Beach), had its world premiere at the 64th Berlinale Competition.
In 2019 he released Invisible Life, an adaptation of the novel A Vida Invisivel de Eurídice Gusmão written by Martha Batalha, depicting the life of two sisters. The film takes place in the Rio de Janeiro of the 1950s.
In 2022, Aïnouz participated in the Sight & Sound film polls of that year. It is held every ten years to select the greatest films of all time, by asking contemporary directors to select ten films of their choice.[4]
Aïnouz selections were:
- Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
- Imitation of Life (1959)
- A hora da estrela (1985)
- Un Chant d'Amour (1950)
- Red Desert (1964)
- News from Home (1977)
- Happy Together (1997)
- A Woman under the Influence (1974)
- The Battle of Algiers (1967)
- Titane (2020)
Short film
| Year | Title | Director | Writer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | O Preso | Yes | Yes |
| 1994 | Paixão Nacional | Yes | Yes |
| 1996 | Hic Habitat Felicitas | Yes | Yes |
| 2000 | Rifa-me | Yes | No |
| 2011 | Sunny Lane | Yes | Yes |
| Destricted.br | Yes | Yes |
Documentary short
| Year | Title | Director | Writer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Seams | Yes | Yes |
| 1998 | Les Ballons des Bairros | Yes | No |
| 2004 | Sertão de Acrílico Azul Piscina | Yes | Yes |
| 2014 | Sunday | Yes | Yes |
Documentary film
- Velázquez (2015)
- Zentralflughafen THF (2018)
- Mariner of the Mountains (2021)
Feature film
| Year | Title | Director | Writer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Behind the Sun | No | Yes |
| 2002 | Madame Satã | Yes | Yes |
| 2004 | Se fosse tudo sempre assim | Yes | No |
| 2005 | Lower City | No | Yes |
| Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures | No | Yes | |
| 2006 | Suely in the Sky | Yes | No |
| Love for Sale | No | Yes | |
| 2009 | I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You | Yes[lower-alpha 1] | Yes |
| 2010 | Neverquiet | Yes | No |
| 2011 | The Silver Cliff | Yes | Yes |
| 2014 | Futuro Beach | Yes | Yes |
| 2019 | The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão | Yes | No |
| 2021 | The Mariner of the Mountains | Yes | Yes |
| 2023 | Firebrand | Yes | No |
| 2024 | Motel Destino | Yes | Yes |
TV series
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Alice | Yes | No | Episode "O Primeiro Dia Do Resto Da Minha Vida" |
| 2014 | Cathedrals of Culture | Yes | Yes | Episode "Centre Pompidou" |
- 2018: Amnesty International Film Prize, Berlinale, for Zentralflughafen THF
- 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
- "Interview Karim Aïnouz – THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF EURÍDICE GUSMÃO". Zurich Film Festival. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- "Karim Aïnouz comenta cena de Praia do Futuro | Cena Comentada". Canal Brasil. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- Garcia Fonseca, Bruna (10 June 2019). "After Cannes, Karim Aïnouz works on documentary on Algeria". anba.com.br. Brazil-Arab News Agency. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- Karim Aïnouz at IMDb