Karen Akerman
Known for: Directing
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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.
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Filmography
50 movies · 2 TV shows, newest first
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Funk
2026
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Eclipse
2026
5.3
Drenched in Blood
2026
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America
2025
7.1
I Only Rest in the Storm
2025
9.0
Raul Seixas: Let Me Sing
2025
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Aurora
2025
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Sulfur
2024
9.0
Greice
2024
5.0
The Fisherman's Daughter
2024
7.5
Aunt Virginia
20235.0
Guarda Vieja 3458 timbre 3/6
2023
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Helena de Guaratiba
2023
8.5
The Soul of Things
2023
6.0
Lilith
2022
7.8
Secret Friend
2022
8.0
Espero que Esta te Encontre e que Estejas Bem
2022
6.0
The Wind Blows the Border
2022
4.5
Hilda's Short Summer
2021
6.1
The Fever
2021
8.0
Depois da Primavera
2021
4.9
Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine
2020
4.0
Mulher Oceano
2020
7.0
Na Ilha
2019
6.0
Nona. If They Soak Me, I'll Burn Them
2019
6.4
The Father's Shadow
2018
6.3
The Dead Queen
2018
7.5
The Trial
2018
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In a Foreign Country
2018
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Confident
2016
5.0
Future June
2015
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Maybe Desert Perhaps Universe
2015
5.1
Hopefuls
2015
5.0
October Is Over
2015
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O Senhor do Labirinto
2014
7.2
A Wolf at the Door
2013
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Parque Soviético
2013
7.0
Tales of the Tide
2013
7.5
As Canalhas
2013
9.0
The Gravedigger
2012
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Feijoada Completa
2012
1.0
Fire
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Who lives in my mind
2010
5.8
Lands
2009
8.1
Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was
2009
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Arca D'Água
2009NR
Alaska
2009NR
A party that fell from the sky
2008
8.0
Margin
2007
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Breathless
2006
7.9
Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am
2005
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Porcos Corpos
2003