Karim Aïnouz

Brazil

Biography

Karim Aïnouz’s first feature film, Madame Satã, premiered in 2002 at Cannes Film Festival, un certain Regard. Suely in the Sky, his second feature, premiered at Venice Film Festival, Orizzonti, in 2006. His installations have been shown in the Whitney Museum of american art Biennial (1997) and the são Paulo Biennial (2004). Karim worked as a scriptwriter for Marcelo Gomes´ feature debut Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures. He has recently finished, Alice, a TV series for HBO Latin America.

Filmography:

Seams (30´, Brazil, 1993)
Paixao Nacional (9´, Brazil, 1996)
O Céu de Suely/ Love for Sale (90´, Brazil, 2006)
Viajo Porque Preciso, Volto Porque te Amo/ I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love you – together with Marcelo Gomes (75´, Brazil, 2009)
Alice: O Primeiro Dia do Resto de Minha Vida (80´, Brazil, 2010)
O Abismo Prateado (Brazil, 2011)

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I Travel Because I have to, I come Back Because I Love

Viajo Porque Preciso, Volto Porque Te Amo (Orig.) / 2009 / Brazil / 73 min

Geologist Jose sets out on a work-related trip recorded in a hybrid film in which the protagonist's thoughts are closely related to the passing landscape and to the natural and social environment of the countryside.

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