Karen Akerman Movies

When a child is forced to become the house's adult because her father is sick and her mother is dead, there's an inversion in the natural order of...

In exile, a Brazilian child develops strategies to rise.

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...

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.

On the triple frontier between Brazil, Colombia and Peru, the twin towns of Letícia and Tabatinga form an urban island surrounded by the...

The Forensic Psychiatric Hospital is a medium-security level, closed structure, with a rehabilitation component. The service provided includes...

Rosa is not allowed into the party that is happening in the living room of her house. When her cat slips out of the bedroom, Rosa goes after it,...

Inspired by popular cult, O COVEIRO is part light part darkness, a bedtime story and almost a nightmare. A child is born and his parents die of...

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

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.

Cinematographic transcreation of a text censored in 1968.

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

On the violent border between Brazil and Paraguay, a war is being waged around the expansion of agribusiness. On one side sits lawyer Luana Ruiz, the...

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

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

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...

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

In the wake of a dream, João Vieira Torres sets off to find the children that his grandmother Aurora, a midwife, helped deliver. Through...