Karen Akerman Movies

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...

After his father's death, Gabriel leaves for Armação Beach in search of his origins. What he ends up finding is a complex plot around...

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

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,...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

Cinematographic transcreation of a text censored in 1968.

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

When humans become animals and animals become humans.

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...

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

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

In exile, a Brazilian child develops strategies to rise.