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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

all 55

Movies 54

Director 8

Producer 2

self 1

TV Shows 1

Director

Karen Akerman

Biography

Filmography

all 55

Movies 54

Director 8

Producer 2

self 1

TV Shows 1

Sulfur (2024)

Barba Ensopada de Sangue (2024)

Greice (2024)

The Fisherman's Daughter (2024)

Aunt Virginia (2023)

Guarda Vieja 3458 timbre 3/6 (2023)

The Delinquents (2023)

The Soul of Things (2023)

Lilith (2022)

Secret Friend (2022)

Espero que Esta te Encontre e que Estejas Bem (2022)

The Wind Blows the Border (2022)

Hilda's Short Summer (2021)

The Fever (2021)

Depois da Primavera (2021)

Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine (2020)

Mulher Oceano (2020)

Na Ilha (2019)

Nona. If They Soak Me, I'll Burn Them (2019)

Happy Hour: Verdades e Consequências (2018)

The Father's Shadow (2018)

The Dead Queen (2018)

The Trial (2018)

In a Foreign Country (2018)

Confident (2016)

Maybe Desert Perhaps Universe (2015)

Future June (2015)

Aqui Deste Lugar (2015)

Hopefuls (2015)

October Is Over (2015)

O Senhor do Labirinto (2014)

Mão na Luva (2014)

A Wolf at the Door (2013)

Parque Soviético (2013)

Contos da Maré (2013)

Hill of Pleasures (2013)

As Canalhas (2013)

The Winter of Zeljka (2013)

The Gravedigger (2012)

Winter Miracle (2012)

Feijoada Completa (2012)

Outras Cartas ou o Amor Inventado (2012)

Fire (2011)

As Cartas Psicografadas Por Chico Xavier (2010)

Who lives in my mind (2010)

Lands (2009)

Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was (2009)

Alaska (2009)

Arca D'Água (2009)

A party that fell from the sky (2008)

Margin (2007)

Breathless (2006)

Dormente (2005)

Gaijin: Ama-me Como Sou (2005)

Porcos Corpos (2003)

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