Denise Fernandes
Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Editor
Born in 1990 in Lisbon, Portugal. Swiss citizenship. 2008-11 Attends CISA (Conservatorio Internazionale di Scienze Audiovisive), Lugano. 2011-13 Attends Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV, Cuba. Her short films BREAD WITHOUT JAM (2012) selected for Upcoming Talent at the Solothurn Festival and IDYLLIUM (2013), awarded at the Winterthur International Festival. Her first feature film HANAMI was selected from seventy projects for the Solothurn Talent Lab 2016 and awarded the Best First Project by the Swiss Society of Authors (SSA). HANAMI (2024) premiered in Locarno's Concorso Cineasti del presente.
Filmography
(a selection)
Director
- 2024
- Hanami by Denise Fernandes
- 2020
- Nha Mila by Denise Fernandes
- 2013
- Idyllium by Denise Fernandes
- 2012
- Pan sin mermelada by Denise Fernandes
- 2011
- Una notte by Denise Fernandes
Screenwriter
- 2024
- Hanami by Denise Fernandes
- 2020
- Nha Mila by Denise Fernandes
- 2013
- Idyllium by Denise Fernandes
- 2011
- Una notte by Denise Fernandes
Editor
- 2011
- Una notte by Denise Fernandes
Producer
- 2013
- Idyllium by Denise Fernandes
- 2012
- Pan sin mermelada by Denise Fernandes
- 2011
- Una notte by Denise Fernandes
Awards
(a selection)
- 2024
- Locarno, Locarno Film Festival, Best Emerging Director Award (Concorso Cineasti del Presente) (Winner) in Hanami