Karim Aïnouz’s directorial debut came with Madame Satã (2002), which was selected for Un Certain Regard at the Festival de Cannes. His other works include Nardjes A. (2020); Invisible Life (2019), which won the Un Certain Regard Prize at Cannes; Central Airport THF (2018), which won the Amnesty International Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival; Futuro Beach (2014); Silver Cliff (2011), a Cannes Directors’ Fortnight selection; and I Travel Because I Have To, I Come Back Because I Love You (2009) and Love for Sale (2006), both of which were screened in the Orizzonti section of the Venice Film Festival.