Fernanda Pessoa

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Place of Birth São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Fernanda Pessoa

Biography

Fernanda Pessoa is a Brazilian filmmaker and visual artist, working primarily on documentary, experimental cinema and videoinstallations. PhD candidate at University of São Paulo (ECA/USP) researching women’s experimental cinema made in Latin America, she holds a MFA in Film Studies at the Sorbonne Nouvelle, under Philippe Dubois’ direction. In 2017, Pessoa released her first feature documentary "Stories our cinema did (not) tell”, which participated in several international festivals and is currently on Brazilian Netflix. Her second long documentary “Arid Zone” received an Honorable Mention at Dok Leipzig. She was a Berlinale Talents in 2019. Her work has been screened in festivals like IDFA, RIDM, DOC NYC, DocLisboa, Brasilia Film Festival, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Cinélatino Toulouse, and in institutions as BIENALSUR, REDCAT/CalArts, IMS (Institut Moreira Salles) São Paulo’s Museum of Sound and Image, Paço das artes, among others.

Known For

Director

2023
Swing and Sway

as Director

2022
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as Director

2022
Solidarity

as Director

2019
Arid Zone

as Director

Writer

2023
Swing and Sway

as Writer

2020
2019
Arid Zone

as Screenplay

Editor

2023
Swing and Sway

as Editor

2022
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as Editor

Producer

2019
Arid Zone

as Producer

Camera

2022
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as Director of Photography