Fernanda Pessoa

Personal Info

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Directing

Gender

Female

Birthday

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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 201...

Production

2022

2022

Order Prevails

as Director

2022

Order Prevails

as Director of Photography

2022

Solidarity

as Director

2023

2023

2023

Swing and Sway

as Director

2019

Arid Zone

as Director

2019

Arid Zone

as Producer

2019

Arid Zone

as Screenplay

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