Karim Aïnouz

Brazilian-born filmmaker Karim Aïnouz did his undergraduate work in architecture and urban studies at the University of Brasilia and earned an MA in film studies at New York University. He then enrolled in the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Program of Independent Studies where he specialized in the theory of culture. Aïnouz has directed several shorts and documentaries including Seams (1993) and Paixão Nacional (1994). His first feature film, Madame Satã, was selected in 2002 for the Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard list. His second feature, O ceu de Suely (Suely in the Sky) has won many Festival prizes, and was shown at the Venice Film Festival' Official Selection. Recently, he was in residence in Berlin as a guest artist of the Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) and is currently working on a TV series for HBO Latin America.

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O ceu de Suely