Ana Rocha Fernandes

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Ana Rocha Fernandes
NationalitySantiago, Cape Verde
Educationstudied architecture at the University of Siegen. Studied film at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg
AwardsDas Rauschen des Meeres.

Best Short Film, Baden-Württembergischer Filmpreis [de] 2010[3]. Jury Prize, Cape Verde Film Festival 2011[3]. Rabelados – die gewaltlosen Rebellen der Kapverdischen Inseln Honorable mention at the Locarno International Film Festival[3].

Best Film / Press Prize, Festival Internacional de Cinema e Vídeo Ambiental [pt] (FICA), Brazil

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Ana Rocha Fernandes is a Cape-Verdian film director, screenwriter and editor. [1] [2]

Fernandes was born in Santiago, Cape Verde. 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. [3] She now lives in Stuttgart. [3]

Selected filmography

Awards

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References

  1. "Ana Rocha Fernandes". Filmteam. Landliebe. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  2. "Ana Rocha Fernandes". filmportal.de. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Zu Gast am 18.12.13: Ana Rocha Fernandes: Über die Montage von Das kalte Eisen". Montageforum. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  4. "Rabelados - Die gewaltlosen Rebellen der Kapverdischen Inseln". Filmladen. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.