Alexia Fernandes is a French-Portuguese screenwriter and director. Graduating in 2011 with a specialization in Film Direction from the School of Technologies, Innovation, and Creation in Lisbon, she/they/he has lived in three countries, spending nearly a decade living in each of France, Portugal, and Germany.

With short film nominations at festivals such as Fantasporto, the Lisbon & Sintra Film Festival, the Faro International Film Festival, the AVIFF Art Film Festival in France, the Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin, and the InShadow Lisbon Screendance Festival—where Alexia was distinguished at its 16th edition for the short film Olhares, receiving both the Jorge Salavisa Award for Best Videodance and the Território Estúdios Victor Córdon Award for Best National Director—Alexia’s screenplays have also gained recognition from Maison des Scénaristes, leading to participation in the annual meeting between authors and producers at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in 2019, where Méli-Mélo was presented.

Alexia is currently developing a feature film, A Humming Melody, which has been selected for the TFL NEXT Screens of Tomorrow Lab, an Erasmus+ program created in collaboration between Sparknews and the Torino Film Lab of the Museo Nazionale del Cinema, funded by the European Union (EU), as well as the new Transeuropean Mentoring Program for womxn filmmakers created with the support of Erasmus+ by Le Collectif 50/50 (France) in cooperation with MUTIM Mulheres (Portugal)—both networks of professionals promoting equality and inclusion in the film industry.

Screenings, selections & awards
2010 : SONORIDADES, 4’22, experimental documentary
Film director, film editor
Canon Prize Lisbon and Sintra Film Festival LEFFEST (PT/11.09)

2011 : SUBMERSA, 15’, fiction
Screenwriter, film director, film editor
Nominated LEFFEST Estoril Film Festival (PT/11.11)
Nominee Visual Essays, Caminhos do Cinema Português (PT/11.11)
Nominated FANTASPORTO Porto International Film Festival (PT/02.12)
Nominated PUFF Portugal Underground Film Festival (PT/06.12)
Nominated FARCUME Faro’s International Short-Film Festival (PT/09.12)

2012 : CORPO A CORPO, 6’, experimental documentary
Film director, film editor
Nominated First Gaze Selection Viana Cinema’s Encounters (PT/05.12)

2018 : IS IT YOU OR IS IT ME, 30’, fiction
Screenwriter
Selected Maison des scénaristes for the online meeting platform between authors and producers - Wefilmgood (FR)

2019 : MÉLI-MÉLO, 19’, fiction
Screenwriter
Selected Maison des scénaristes for the annual encounter between writers and producers taking place during the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (FR)

2023 : OLHARES, 5', experimental
Film director
Nominated Official Selection at AVIFF Art Film Festival (FR/06.24)
Nominated Official Selection at Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin (DE/10.24)
Honorable Mention Video Art and Experimental Film Festival of New York (US/10.24)
Jorge Salavisa Award for Best Videodance at Inshadow Lisbon Screendance Festival (PT/11.24)
Território Estúdios Victor Córdon Award for Best National Director Inshadow Lisbon Screendance Festival (PT/11.24)
Coruchéus - Um Teatro em Cada Bairro (PT/01.25)
Rollout Dance Film Festival Macau (MO/02.25)