Alexia Fernandes (she/they/he) is a portuguese and french screenwriter-director. Graduating in 2011, they specialized in Film Direction at the School of Technologies, Innovation, and Creation in Lisbon.
Their short films have garnered nominations at prestigious events such as Fantasporto, the Lisbon & Sintra Film Festival, and at the Faro International Film Festival. Additionally, their screenplays earned recognition from Maison des Scénaristes, leading them to participate in the annual meeting between authors and producers during the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in 2019.
Over the span of approximately three decades, Alexia has resided in three distinct countries and cultures. They have experienced life in France, their birthplace and where the father emigrated in 1970; Portugal, where the parents returned in 2000; and Germany, where they have made their home since 2014. Since the end of 2023, they have chosen to divide their time between Berlin and Leiria.
Selections & Awards
2010 : SONORIDADES, 4’22, experimental documentary
Film director, film editor
Winner of the Canon Prize in Lisbon and Sintra Film Festival (LEFFEST)
2011 : SUBMERSA, 15’00, fiction
Screenwriter, film director, film editor
Selected at Lisbon and Sintra Film Festival (LEFFEST), FANTASPORTO, Portugal Underground Film Festival (PUFF), Festival Internacional de Curtas Metragens de Faro (FARCUME)
2012 : CORPO A CORPO, 6’00, experimental documentary
Film director, film editor
Selected in the section « First Gaze », Encontros de Cinema de Viana, Portugal
2018 : IS IT YOU OR IS IT ME, 30’00, fiction
Screenwriter
Selected by Maison des scénaristes for the online meeting platform between authors and producers - Wefilmgood
2019 : MÉLI-MÉLO, 19’00, 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