Karim Aïnouz Biography

Awards

• 2002Golden Camera-: nominated
• 2002Un Certain Regard Award-: nominated
• 2002Gold Hugo-Best Film: winner
• 2002Special Jury Prize-Best First Work: winner
• 2002Golden Colon-: winner
• 2002International Jury Award-Best Feature Film: nominated
• 2003Best Film-: nominated
• 2003Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): nominated
• 2003Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Screenplay, Original (Melhor Roteiro Original): nominated
• 2003Audience Award-Best Feature Film or Video: winner
• 2003Golden Tulip-: nominated
• 2003Kodak Award-: winner
• 2003Premio Guarani-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2003Premio Guarani-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2003Premio Guarani-Best Director: nominated
• 2003APCA Trophy-Best Director (Melhor Direção): winner
• 2004Golden India Catalina-Best Film (Mejor Película): nominated
• 2005Silver Colon-Best Script: winner
• 2005Jury Award-Best Screenplay: winner
• 2006ACIE Award-Best Screenplay (Melhor Roteiro): nominated
• 2006Grand Prix-: nominated
• 2006Critics Award-Best Film (Melhor Filme): winner
• 2006Jury Award-Best Film (Melhor Filme): winner
• 2006Grand Coral - First Prize-: winner
• 2006Jury Award-Best Screenplay (Melhor Roteiro): winner
• 2006Jury Award-Best Screenplay (Melhor Roteiro): nominated
• 2006Premio Guarani-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2006Premio Guarani-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2006Première Brazil-Best Film: winner
• 2006Première Brazil-Best Director: winner
• 2006Best Screenplay-: winner
• 2006Golden Alexander-: nominated
• 2006Special Artistic Achievement-: winner
• 2006FIPRESCI Prize-International Competition: winner
• 2006Venice Horizons Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2007ACIE Award-Best Screenplay (Melhor Roteiro): nominated
• 2007ACIE Award-Best Film (Melhor Filme): nominated
• 2007ACIE Award-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): nominated
• 2007Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Screenplay, Original (Melhor Roteiro Original): winner
• 2007Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Screenplay, Original (Melhor Roteiro Original): nominated
• 2007Andorinha Trophy-Best Film (Melhor Filme): winner
• 2007Andorinha Trophy-Best Director - Fiction (Melhor Diretor - Ficção): winner
• 2007Golden Crow Pheasant-: nominated
• 2007Best Latin-American Film-Latin-American Competition: nominated
• 2007Premio Guarani-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2007Critics Award-Best Film (Melhor Filme): winner
• 2007Critics Award-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): winner
• 2007APCA Trophy-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): winner
• 2008Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): nominated
• 2009Grand Coral - Third Prize-: winner
• 2009FIPRESCI Prize-: winner
• 2009Première Brazil-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): winner
• 2009Venice Horizons Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2010Elcine First Prize-Special Mention: winner
• 2010Grand Jury Prize-World Competition: nominated
• 2010Jury Award-Best Film: winner
• 2010Jury Award-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): nominated
• 2010Jury Award-Best Screenplay (Melhor Roteiro): winner
• 2011ACIE Award-Best Screenplay (Melhor Roteiro): nominated
• 2011Queer Palm-: nominated
• 2011C.I.C.A.E. Award-: nominated
• 2011Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Screenplay, Original (Melhor Roteiro Original): nominated
• 2011Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): nominated
• 2011Grand Coral - Second Prize-Best Film: winner
• 2011Premio Guarani-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2011Première Brazil-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): winner
• 2011Critics Award-Best Film (Melhor Filme): winner
• 2014Golden Berlin Bear-: nominated
• 2014Audience Choice Award-Audience Choice Award: nominated
• 2014Audience Choice Award-Audience Choice Award: nominated
• 2014Silver Mirror Award-Best Feature: nominated
• 2014Premio Guarani-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2014Premio Guarani-Best Director: nominated
• 2014Sebastiane Award-Best Latin American Film: winner
• 2014Sebastiane Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2015Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): nominated
• 2015Best Film-Special Mention: winner
• 2015Cine Latino Award-: nominated
• 2015Premio Guarani-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2015Premio Guarani-Best Director: nominated
• 2015APCA Trophy-Best Film (Melhor Filme): winner
• 2016TLA Gaybie-Best Gay Romance: nominated
• 2019Abraccine Award-Best Brazilian Feature Film (Melhor Longa Brasileiro): nominated
• 2019Un Certain Regard Award-: winner
• 2019CineLibri Award for Masterful Literary Adaptation-Grand Prize for the Best Literary Adaptation: nominated
• 2019Krzysztof Kieslowski Award-Best Feature Film: nominated
• 2019Krzysztof Kieslowski Award-Honorable Mention: winner
• 2019Film and Literature Award-Best Film Adaptation: nominated
• 2019Grand Coral - First Prize-Best Film: nominated
• 2019Gabriel Sherover Foundation Award-Best International Film: nominated
• 2019Best Film-Official Competition (Fiction): nominated
• 2019APRECI Prize - Honorable Mention-: winner
• 2019Audience Award-Best International Film: winner
• 2019Best Film-International Competition: nominated
• 2019Audience Award-International Competition: winner
• 2019CineCoPro Award-: winner
• 2019ACCRJ Award-Best Films of the Year (Melhores Filmes do Ano): nominated
• 2019Transatlantyk Distribution Award-Section "New Cinema": nominated
• 2019VHS Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
• 2019Sociograph Award-: winner
• 2019FIPRESCI Prize-Best Film: winner
• 2019Golden Spike-Best Film: nominated
• 2019Silver Spike-Best Film: winner
• 2020Silver Ariel-Best Latin-American Film (Mejor Película Iberoamericana): nominated
• 2020Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Screenplay, Adapted (Melhor Roteiro Adaptado): winner
• 2020Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): nominated
• 2020Belgrade Victor-Best Film- Main Program: winner
• 2020Independent Spirit Award-Best International Film: nominated
• 2020Audience Award-: winner
• 2020LEJA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2020FIPRESCI Prize-Best Foreign Language Film: nominated
• 2020Premio Guarani-Best Director: nominated
• 2020Premio Guarani-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
• 2020Platino Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2021Golden Athena-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2021CinEuphoria-Top Ten of the Year - International Competition: winner
• 2021CinEuphoria-Top Ten of the Year - Audience Award: winner
• 2021CinEuphoria-Best Film - International Competition: nominated
• 2021CinEuphoria-Best Director - International Competition: nominated
• 2021CinEuphoria-Best Screenplay - International Competition: nominated
• 2021Robert-Best Non-English Language Film (Årets ikke-engelsksprogede film): nominated
• 2021Albar-Best Film: nominated
• 2022Golden Tulip-International Competition: nominated
• 2022Special Prize of the Jury-International Competition: winner
• 2022International Jury Grand Prize-: nominated
• 2023Palme d'Or-: nominated
• 2024Abraccine Award-Best Brazilian Feature Film (Melhor Longa Brasileiro): nominated
• 2024Palme d'Or-: nominated
• 2024Queer Palm-: nominated
• 2024CineCoPro Award-: nominated
• 2024Prêmio Arcanjo-Cinema: nominated
• 2024ACCRJ Award-Best Films of the Year (Melhores Filmes do Ano): nominated
• 2025Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Picture (Melhor Filme): nominated
• 2025Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): nominated