Confident

Karen Akerman

Experimental / Film Archives, 16mm / 12' / 2016

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.

Script, Directing and Editing Karen Akerman, Miguel Seabra Lopes With André Dahmer Sound Karen Akerman, Miguel Seabra Lopes, Bernardo Uzeda Production Manager Alessandra Castañeda

Partners

PRODUCTION Pela Madrugada CO-PRODUCTION Jurubeba, Terratreme INTERNATIONAL SALES Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre

Awards

Best sound - Festival de Brasília do Cinema Brasileiro '16
Jury special mention - FECILBBA - Bahía Blanca Latinoamerican Independent Film Festival '17
Laceno d’oro Award/Occhi sulla Città - Lacenodoro Festival Internazionale del Cinema '17
Best Video Art - Zoom Zbliżenia International Film Festival'18

Festivals

Curtas Vila do Conde – Festival Internacional de Cinema - Competição Experimental, Portugal '16
Brasilia International Film Festival, Brazil '16
DocLisboa, Portugal '16
Cine Esquema Novo, Brazil '16
Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema, Brazil '16
Semana dos Realizadores, Brazil '16
Asia EX-IS Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul, South Korea '16
Festival Caminhos do Cinema Português, Portugal '16
Semana Cinerama, Brazil '16
Cine UFPel - Cinema da Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brazil '17
Mostra de Cinema de Tiradentes, Brazil '17
Festival de Finos Filmes, Brazil '17
Fracto, Germany '17
Ficae'17 - Unstable Zone. Videoart, Essay and Experimentation, Spain '17
Bienal Internacional do Cinema Sonoro, Brazil '17
Cinemateca Portuguesa: Cinema Português - Novos Olhares, Portugal '17
MFL - Mostra do Filme Livre, Brazil '17
CineAutopsia - Bogotá Experimental Film Festival, Colombia '17
Mostra Pajeú de Cinema , Brazil '17
Backup Kurzfilmfestival Weimar / Backup.Art.Screen Installation Und Monitoring, Germany '17
Festival Guarnicê de Cinema, Brasil '17
Fedax V - Festival Diseño Audiovisual Experimental Valdivia, Chile '17
Jornadas de Reapropiación, Mexico '16
Timishort Film Festival, Romania '16
Tehran International Short Film Festival, Iran '17
FICSAM - Festival Internacional de Cinema e Saúde Mental, Portugal '17
KinoFest, Romania '17
L'Étrange Festival, France '17
Festival de Cinema Curta Cabo Frio, Brazil '17
FECILBBA - Bahía Blanca Latinoamerican Independent Film Festival, Argentina '17
Ibagué FilmFestival, Colombia '17
FCV - Festival de Cinema de Vitória, Brazil '16
Festival Internacional de Cine de Cali, Colômbia '17
FerFilm International Film Festival, Republic of Kosovo '17
Goiânia Mostra Curtas, Brazil '16
Experimental Superstars, Serbia '17
Dobra - Rio de Janeiro Experimental Film Festival, Brazil '17
Strangloscope – Experimental Film, Audio, and Performance International Festival, Brazil '17
ULTRAcinema: Cine Experimental y Found Footage, Mexico '16
Festival de Brasília do Cinema Brasileiro, Brazil '16
Overcome Film Festival, USA '17
Cine Toro - Festival Internacional de Experimentación, Colombia '17
Frontera-Sur, Festival Internacional de Cine de No Ficción, Chile '17
Lacenodoro Festival Internazionale del Cinema, Italy '17
EDOC Encuentros del Otro Cine - Festival Internacional de Cine Documental, Ecuador '18
Cámara Lúcida - Encuentros Cinematográficos, Equador’18
Zoom Zblizenia International Film Festival, Polónia'18

Ana Teresa Ascensão