Karen Akerman

Karen Akerman

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.

Known For & Full Filmography3 Titles

#1Na Ilha

Movie - 2019, 2h 15m as Self

7.0 / 10
Documentary

Immersive documentary in the film editing process. Twenty Brazilian cinema editors expose the nuances of this art, its secrets and processes.

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#2October Is Over

Movie - 2015, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

5.0 / 10
Drama

Beside the savage desire to realize the enormities which he brooded on, nothing was sacred.

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#3Breathless

Movie - 2006, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10

French girl lost in Rio de Janeiro has a peculiar meeting with the nacional cinema maphia. Who can save her?

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