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Karen Akerman

Editor, Producer, Director, Writer, Actor, Additional Credits
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

  • A Wolf at the Door
  • Incêndio
  • Maybe Desert, Perhaps Universe
  • In a Foreign Country
  • Outubro Acabou

Karen Akerman Filmography

2023
2018
2015
2015
2013
A Wolf at the Door · as Co-Producer
2011
Incêndio · as Co-Producer
2002

2018
2016
2015
Outubro Acabou · as Screenplay

2020
Na Ilha · as Self

2022
Vento na Fronteira · as Editorial Consultant
2018
The Dead Queen · as Editorial Consultant

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