Karen Akerman
Directing
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.
Known for
Directing9
movieSulfur
2024
Director
movieIn a Foreign Country
2018
Director
movieConfident
2016
Director
movieOctober Is Over
2015
Director
movieFire
2011
Director
movieBreathless
2006
Director
Editing44
movieFunk
2026
Editor
movieEclipse
2026
Editor
movieAmerica
2025
Editor
movieAurora
2025
Editor
movieGreice
2024
Editor
movieAunt Virginia
2023
Editor
movieLilith
2022
Editor
movieSecret Friend
2022
Editor
movieThe Wind Blows the Border
2022
Editorial Consultant
movieThe Fever
2021
Editor
movieMulher Oceano
2020
Editor
movieThe Dead Queen
2018
Editorial Consultant
movieThe Trial
2018
Editor
movieFuture June
2015
Editor
movieHopefuls
2015
Editor
tvAs Canalhas
2013
Editor
movieThe Gravedigger
2012
Editor
movieFire
2011
Editor
movieLands
2009
Editor
movieArca D'Água
2009
Editor
Alaska
2009
Editor
movieMargin
2007
Editor
movieBreathless
2006
Editor
moviePorcos Corpos
2003
Editor
Production5
movieHelena de Guaratiba
2023
Producer
movieThe Soul of Things
2023
Producer
movieOctober Is Over
2015
Producer
movieFire
2011
Co-Producer
movieBreathless
2006
Producer
Acting3
Writing2
movieOctober Is Over
2015
Screenplay
movieBreathless
2006
Writer