About
Karen Akerman
Overview
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
Acting |
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2019 | Na Ilha | Actor | herself | N/A N/A |
2015 | October Is Over | Actor | 59 Average |
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2006 | Breathless | Actor | N/A N/A |
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Directing |
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2024 | Sulfur | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2023 | Guarda Vieja 3458 timbre 3/6 | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2018 | In a Foreign Country | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2016 | Confident | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2015 | Maybe Desert Perhaps Universe | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2015 | October Is Over | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2011 | Fire | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2008 | A party that fell from the sky | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2006 | Breathless | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
Writing |
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2015 | October Is Over | Writing | Screenplay | 59 Average |
2006 | Breathless | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
Production |
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2023 | The Soul of Things | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
2015 | October Is Over | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
2011 | Fire | Production | Co-Producer | 59 Average |
2006 | Breathless | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
Editing |
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2024 | Barba Ensopada de Sangue | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2024 | Greice | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2023 | Aunt Virginia | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2022 | Lilith | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2022 | Secret Friend | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2022 | Espero que Esta te Encontre e que Estejas Bem | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2022 | The Wind Blows the Border | Editing | Editorial Consultant | N/A N/A |
2021 | Hilda's Short Summer | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2021 | The Fever | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2021 | Depois da Primavera | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2020 | Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine | Editing | Editor | 58 Average |
2020 | Mulher Oceano | Editing | Editor | 58 Average |
2019 | Nona. If They Soak Me, I'll Burn Them | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2018 | The Father's Shadow | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2018 | The Dead Queen | Editing | Editorial Consultant | 58 Average |
2018 | The Trial | Editing | Editor | 60 Fair |
2015 | Future June | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2015 | Maybe Desert Perhaps Universe | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2015 | Hopefuls | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2014 | O Senhor do Labirinto | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2013 | A Wolf at the Door | Editing | Editor | 63 Fair |
2013 | Parque Soviético | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2013 | Contos da Maré | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2013 | As Canalhas | Editing | Editor | 70 Good |
2012 | The Gravedigger | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2012 | Feijoada Completa | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2011 | Fire | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2010 | Who lives in my mind | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2009 | Lands | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2009 | Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2009 | Alaska | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2009 | Arca D'Água | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2008 | A party that fell from the sky | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2007 | Margin | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2006 | Breathless | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2005 | Gaijin: Ama-me Como Sou | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |