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30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

Karim Aïnouz

Karim AÏNOUZ (1966, Fortaleza, Brazil) studied architecture at the University of Brasilia and cinema studies at New York University. He has worked as an editor and assistant director on several films and co-wrote Walter Salles’ Behind the Sun (2001). Following which he directed a number of short films, making his feature debut in 2002 with Madame Satã which was selected for Un Certain Regard. His film The Silver Cliff (2011) was presented at the Directors’ Fortnight. Aïnouz’ installations have been exhibited at international art venues among including the Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial, the São Paulo Art Biennial and the Sharjah Biennial. Firebrand (2023), starring Jude Law, Alicia Vikander and Sam Riley, is part of the official IFFR 2024 selection.

Filmography

O Preso (1992, short), Seams (1993, short doc), Paixão Nacional/Irreversible Metabolic Shock (1994, short), Hic Habitat Felicitas (1996, short), Les Ballons des Bairros (1998, short doc), Rifa-me (2000, short), Madame Satã (2002), Sertão de Acrílico Azul Piscina (2004, short doc), Se Fosse Tudo Sempre Assim (2004), O ceu de suely/Suely in the Sky (2006), Alice (2008, TV series), I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You (2009), Neverquiet (2010), Sunny Lane (2011, short), Destricted.br (2011, short), The silver Cliff (2011), Sunday (2014, short doc), Futuro Beach (2014), Cathedrals of Culture (2014, TV series), Velázquez (2015, doc), Zentralflughafen THF (2018, doc), The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão (2019), Mariner of the Mountains (2021, doc), Firebrand (2023)

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Karim Aïnouz at IFFR

  • Firebrand

    Jude Law and Alicia Vikander star in a rousing tale of Henry VIII’s surviving wife.

    • Limelight

  • Seams

    Experimental documentary about 5 aged sisters in Brazil. Stories of oppression and resistance.

    • Master Homemovies

  • Suely in the Sky

    Suely’s real name is Hermila and she is a strong, wayward and passionate daughter of the dry poor Northeast of Brazil. She is forced to think ho

    • Cinema of the Future: Sturm und Drang

  • Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures

    Atmospheric and bleached road movie about a paradoxical friendship during the Second World War. Johann is a German travelling salesman in aspirin who

    • Sturm und Drang

  • Madame Satâ

    Penetrating portrait about the life of Joao Francisco dos Santos, who causes a storm in the 1930s as the Brazilian drag-queen Madame Satâ. Includes st

    • Hubert Bals Fund

  • Paixo Nacional

    Experimental film about the last memories of a young Brazilin who flees his country.

    • main programme short

  • Neverquiet (Film of Wonders)

    A collective film, coordinated by Felipe Bragança and Marina Meliande (see also The Joy). They sent a letter of ‘unease’ to filmmakers in which they a

    • Bright Future