Alexia Fernandes is a Portuguese-French 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—France, Portugal, and Germany—over the span of approximately three decades.
With short film nominations at prestigious festivals such as Fantasporto, Lisbon & Sintra Film Festival, Faro International Film Festival, AVIFF Art Film Festival in France and the Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin. Alexia's screenplays have also gained recognition from Maison des Scénaristes, leading to participation in the annual meeting between authors and producers during the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in 2019.
Currently, Alexia is developing a debut feature film, 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).
Selections, nominations & awards
2010 : SONORIDADES, 4’22, experimental documentary
Film director, film editor
Winner of the Canon Prize in Lisbon and Sintra Film Festival LEFFEST (PT)
2011 : SUBMERSA, 15’, fiction
Screenwriter, film director, film editor
Nominated at Lisbon and Sintra Film Festival LEFFEST (PT), Nominated at Porto International Film Festival FANTASPORTO, Nominated at Portugal Underground Film Festival PUFF (PT), Nominated at Festival Internacional de Curtas Metragens de Faro FARCUME (PT)
2012 : CORPO A CORPO, 6’, experimental documentary
Film director, film editor
Nominated in the section « First Gaze », Encontros de Cinema de Viana (PT)
2018 : IS IT YOU OR IS IT ME, 30’, fiction
Screenwriter
Selected by Maison des scénaristes for the online meeting platform between authors and producers - Wefilmgood (FR)
2019 : MÉLI-MÉLO, 19’, fiction
Screenwriter
Selected by 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 for the Official Selection at AVIFF Art Film Festival (FR/06.24)
Nominated for the Official Selection at Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin (DE/10.24)