Aïnouz latest work, the documentary "Central Airport THF", prmeiered at the 68th Berlinale, Panorama. His feature film, "Praia do Futuro", had its world premiere at the 64th Berlinale Competition in 2014. "Cathedrals of Culture", a 3D film project which features Aïnouz as one of the directors and Wim Wenders as executive producer, premiered at the Berlinale Special that same year. In March 2015, he presented "Velázquez - Wild Realism", broadcast by french-german channel ARTE. In 2011 Aïnouz directed "Sonnenallee", a visual essay comissioned by the Sharjah Biennial 10. In 2012 he was invited as a juror to the Cinéfondation and Short Film Competition at the Cannes Film Festival. As creative advisor and lecturer Aïnouz has been invited to the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, the Rawi Screenwiters Lab in Jordan, Curso de Desarrollo de Proyectos Iberoamericanos in Madrid and institutions such as Princeton University, Birkbeck College, the Wexner Center for the Arts, Massachussets Institute of Technology, EICTV - Cuba, the Department of Cinema Studies - NYU and the San Francisco Art Insitute. Aïnouz´s feature debut, "Madame Satã", premiered in 2002 at the Cannes Film Festival, Un Certain Regard. His following films, "Love for Sale", and "I Travel Because I Have to", "I Come Back Because I Love You" (co-directed with Marcelo Gomes) premiered at the Venice Film Festival - Orizzonti, in 2006 and 2009. In 2011, "The Silver Cliff" was presented in Cannes at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs and won Best Director at the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival. Aïnouz’s short films and installations have been shown at numerous venues including the Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial, the São Paulo Biennial and Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin. Aïnouz is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.