Karim Aïnouz is an acclaimed film director and visual artist from Brazil. He studied architecture in Brasília and cinema at New York University. His debut feature Madame Satã (2002) premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival. He then co-directed Love for Sale (2006) and I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You (2009) with Marcelo Gomes. The two films were screened in the Orizzonti section of the Venice Film Festival in 2006 and 2009 respectively. The Silver Cliff (2011) was presented in the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes, and won the Best Director award at the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival. The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão (2019) won the Un Certain Regard Prize at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival. All of Aïnouz’s films have powerful women characters. His installations have been exhibited at prestigious art biennials and he is frequently invited to lecture at screenwriting labs and institutions.