Fernanda Pessoa
- Known for
- Directing
- Birthplace
- São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Fernanda Pessoa is a Brazilian filmmaker and visual artist, working primarily on documentary, experimental cinema and videoinstallations. She holds a PhD at University of São Paulo (ECA/USP) researching women’s experimental cinema made in Latin America, and 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.
Filmography
V.O por F.P 2026
as Self, Director
Swing and Sway 2023
Writer, Editor, Director
Solidarity 2022
Director
Order Prevails 2022
Editor, Director, Director of Photography
Same/Different/Both/Neither 2020
Screenplay, Director
Arid Zone 2019
Director, Producer, Screenplay
Stories Our Cinema Did (Not) Tell 2017
Director, Producer
Credits from TMDB.