Karim Ainouz

Karim Aïnouz
Ainouz in December 2005
Born	17 January 1966 Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1992 - present

Karim Aïnouz (born 17 January 1966, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil) is a film director and visual artist.

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.