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...

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.

Junior, as he’s known, since he’s essentially still a child, seems to be having a tough time getting on in life. He shares cheap lodgings...

In 2019, the leakage of messages exchanged by authorities in Brazil undermines the credibility of Operation Lava Jato. A group of journalists follows...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

In Alasca landscape never changes, only grows old.

When humans become animals and animals become humans.

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

Hilda must be responsible of a decision that she took long time ago. Her life is altered by the news that her son is coming to visit her after...