Karen Akerman
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.
Personal Details
Movies (48)
Funk
Editor (Editing)
2026
Eclipse
Editor (Editing)
2025
America
Editor (Editing)
2025
I Only Rest in the Storm
Editor (Editing)
2025
Aurora
Editor (Editing)
2025
Sulfur
Director (Directing)
2024
Drenched in Blood
Editor (Editing)
2024
Greice
Editor (Editing)
2024
The Fisherman's Daughter
Editor (Editing)
2024
Aunt Virginia
Editor (Editing)
2023
Guarda Vieja 3458 timbre 3/6
Director (Directing)
2023
Helena de Guaratiba
Producer (Production)
2023
The Soul of Things
Producer (Production)
2023
Lilith
Editor (Editing)
2022
Secret Friend
Editor (Editing)
2022
Espero que Esta te Encontre e que Estejas Bem
Editor (Editing)
2022
The Wind Blows the Border
Editorial Consultant (Editing)
2022
Hilda's Short Summer
Editor (Editing)
2021
The Fever
Editor (Editing)
2021
Depois da Primavera
Editor (Editing)
2021
Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine
Editor (Editing)
2020
Mulher Oceano
Editor (Editing)
2020
Na Ilha
as Self
2019
Nona. If They Soak Me, I'll Burn Them
Editor (Editing)
2019
The Father's Shadow
Editor (Editing)
2018
The Dead Queen
Editorial Consultant (Editing)
2018
The Trial
Editor (Editing)
2018
In a Foreign Country
Director (Directing)
2018
Confident
Director (Directing)
2016
Future June
Editor (Editing)
2015
Maybe Desert Perhaps Universe
Director (Directing)
2015
Hopefuls
Editor (Editing)
2015
October Is Over
2015
O Senhor do Labirinto
Editor (Editing)
2014
A Wolf at the Door
Editor (Editing)
2013
Parque Soviético
Editor (Editing)
2013
Tales of the Tide
Editor (Editing)
2013
The Gravedigger
Editor (Editing)
2012
Feijoada Completa
Editor (Editing)
2012
Fire
Director (Directing)
2011
Who lives in my mind
Editor (Editing)
2010
Lands
Editor (Editing)
2009
Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was
Editor (Editing)
2009
Arca D'Água
Editor (Editing)
2009
Alaska
Editor (Editing)
2009
A party that fell from the sky
Editor (Editing)
2008
Margin
Editor (Editing)
2007
Breathless
2006
