Ana Rocha Fernandes is a Cape-Verdian film director, screenwriter and editor.
Fernandes was born in
Santiago, Cape Verde
Santiago (Portuguese language, Portuguese for “James, son of Zebedee, Saint James”) is the largest island of Cape Verde, its most important agricultural centre and home to half the nation's population. Part of the Sotavento Islands, it lies b ...
. She was a teacher in Cape Verde, and then moved to Germany to study architecture at the
University of Siegen, before studying film at the
Film Academy Baden-Württemberg in
Ludwigsburg
Ludwigsburg (; Swabian German, Swabian: ''Ludisburg'') is a Cities of Germany, city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about north of Stuttgart city centre, near the river Neckar. It is the largest and primary city of the Ludwigsburg (district), Lu ...
.
She now lives in
Stuttgart
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.
Selected filmography
*''
Das Rauschen des Meeres
''Das Rauschen des Meeres'' () is a 2010 short drama film directed by Ana Rocha Fernandes and Torsten Truscheit. It was filmed in 2009. The movie features Tyron Ricketts and Mayra Andrade, known to Capeverdeans as the greatest singer.
Synopsis
A ...
'' (''The Sound of the Sea''), 2010 short drama
*', 2013
*''
Rabelados - Die gewaltlosen Rebellen der kapverdischen Inseln'' (''Rabelados - The Non-Violent Rebels of the Cape Verde Islands''), 2000 documentary about the
Rabelados
Awards
*''Das Rauschen des Meeres ''
:*Best Short Film, 2010
:*Jury Prize,
Cape Verde Film Festival 2011
*''Rabelados – die gewaltlosen Rebellen der Kapverdischen Inseln''
:*Honorable mention at the
Locarno International Film Festival
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:*Best Film / Press Prize, (FICA), Brazil
References
External links
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Women film directors
People from Santiago, Cape Verde
Cape Verdean film directors
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