Karen Akerman Movies

A batch of 110 love letters exchanged by two lovers in the 1950s, discovered in Mato Grosso do Sul, is the starting point for this film.

Inspired on the true events of the Portuguese king Don Pedro (14th Century) which unburied his mistress to make her queen after dead. This film tells...

Birth, life and death of a carnival sculpture. Linked to the mythology of the Orixás, a metaphor of creation based on the Babalotim doll, a...

Love is a cold war. A couple discuss their relationship on a Berlin Park

Syrian brothers Adel and Hadi Bakkour take to the streets of Rio de Janeiro fighting for democracy in the country where they chose to live. History...

In a time of timeless and revolutionary talents, Wilson Simonal shined as nobody before and innovated as only a few could. All of a sudden,...

The mythological story of the first woman on Earth, who came before Eve. She is created by God to be Adam’s wife. However, Lilith does not...

“There must be a different solution than the one from hell’. Full unadulterated terror (and music). 'The best class always ends with a...

In a lake surrounded by buildings, a man builds a boat.

In Alasca landscape never changes, only grows old.

A portrait of the city of São Paulo through the life of four of its inhabitants: an economist and analyst of the financial market, a...

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

In exile, a Brazilian child develops strategies to rise.

Large boats navigate the Amazon River daily, transporting people, animals and goods. This film portrays one of these trips.

A young man’s father, close to death, reveals to his son the true story of his own father’s end. The mean old gaucho was murdered by some...

If I didn’t blossom, if I remained unbloomed, it’s because my roots were poisoned. I know it's false, an induced error, but... this is me.

Thirteen elderly people with cognitive illnesses attend the Psychogeriatric Day Clinic at the CHPL Hospital. The treatment is based on...

Cinematographic transcreation of a text censored in 1968.