Karen Akerman
Known For: Directing
Biography
Partner of the independent production company Pela Madrugada. She worked as editor in over forty films (features and shorts). She was awarded the Grand Brazilian Film Award - Best Editing for Fiction (2015) and Best Documentary Editing (2009); ABC award for Best Editing Fiction (2015); among many others. She made five short films. Her work has been shown at festivals in Rotterdam, Uppsala, Cine//B, Alcine, Brasilia, Cine PE and awarded at festivals in Tabor, DocLisboa, Rio Film Festival, Short Film, Santa Maria da Feira, Recife window, Cine Scheme New. As a producer she was responsible for more than twenty short films. She collaborated as Curator, programmer and jury in festivals and shows in Brazil and Portugal.
Filmography
2026
- Funk ... (Editor)
2025
- I Only Rest in the Storm ... (Editor)
- Raul Seixas: Let Me Sing ... (Editor)
- Eclipse ... (Editor)
- America ... (Editor)
- Aurora ... (Editor)
2024
- The Fisherman's Daughter ... (Editor)
- Greice ... (Editor)
- Drenched in Blood ... (Editor)
- Sulfur ... (Director)
2023
- Aunt Virginia ... (Editor)
- Helena de Guaratiba ... (Producer)
- The Soul of Things ... (Producer)
- Guarda Vieja 3458 timbre 3/6 ... (Director)
2022
- Espero que Esta te Encontre e que Estejas Bem ... (Editor)
- Lilith ... (Editor)
- Secret Friend ... (Editor)
- The Wind Blows the Border ... (Editorial Consultant)
2021
- Hilda's Short Summer ... (Editor)
- The Fever ... (Editor)
- Depois da Primavera ... (Editor)
2020
- Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine ... (Editor)
- Mulher Oceano ... (Editor)
2019
- Nona. If They Soak Me, I'll Burn Them ... (Editor)
- Na Ilha as Self
2018
- The Trial ... (Editor)
- The Dead Queen ... (Editorial Consultant)
- The Father's Shadow ... (Editor)
- In a Foreign Country ... (Director)
2016
- Confident ... (Director)
2015
- Hopefuls ... (Editor)
- Future June ... (Editor)
- October Is Over
- Maybe Desert Perhaps Universe ... (Director)
2014
- O Senhor do Labirinto ... (Editor)
2013
- As Canalhas ... (Editor)
- A Wolf at the Door ... (Editor)
- Parque Soviético ... (Editor)
- Contos da Maré ... (Editor)
2012
- Feijoada Completa ... (Editor)
- The Gravedigger ... (Editor)
2011
- Fire ... (Director)
2010
- Who lives in my mind ... (Editor)
2009
- Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was ... (Editor)
- Arca D'Água ... (Editor)
- Lands ... (Editor)
- Alaska ... (Editor)
2008
- A party that fell from the sky ... (Director)
2007
- Margin ... (Editor)
2006
2005
- Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am ... (Editor)
2003
- Porcos Corpos ... (Editor)