Karen Akerman

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.

Top 10 collaborators

Roles

Crew

Barba Ensopada de Sangue (2024)
Editor
Greice (2024)
Editor
Aunt Virginia (2023)
Editor
Lilith (2022)
Editor
Hilda's Short Summer (2021)
Editor
The Fever (2021)
Editor
Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine (2020)
Editor
Mulher Oceano (2020)
Editor
Nona. If They Soak Me, I'll Burn Them (2019)
Editor
The Father's Shadow (2018)
Editor
The Dead Queen (2018)
Editorial Consultant
In a Foreign Country (2018)
Director
Confident (2016)
Director
Hopefuls (2015)
Editor
October Is Over (2015)
Director | Screenplay | Producer
O Senhor do Labirinto (2014)
Editor
A Wolf at the Door (2013)
Editor
Parque Soviético (2013)
Editor
The Gravedigger (2012)
Editor
Feijoada Completa (2012)
Editor
Fire (2011)
Director | Editor | Co-Producer
Alaska (2009)
Editor
Arca D'Água (2009)
Editor
A party that fell from the sky (2008)
Director | Editor
Breathless (2006)
Director | Producer | Editor | Writer
Gaijin: Ama-me Como Sou (2005)
Editor