Ana Rocha Fernandes

Ana Rocha Fernandes is a Cape-Verdian film director, screenwriter and editor.

Fernandes was born in Santiago, Cape Verde. She was a teacher in Cape Verde, and then moved to Germany to study architecture at the University of Siegen, before studying film at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg. She now lives in Stuttgart.

Selected filmography

 * Das Rauschen des Meeres (The Sound of the Sea), 2010 short drama
 * Vielen Dank für Nichts, 2013
 * Rabelados - Die gewaltlosen Rebellen der kapverdischen Inseln (Rabelados - The Non-Violent Rebels of the Cape Verde Islands), 2000 documentary about the Rabelados

Awards

 * Das Rauschen des Meeres 
 * Best Short Film, Baden-Württembergischer Filmpreis 2010
 * Jury Prize, Cape Verde Film Festival 2011


 * Rabelados – die gewaltlosen Rebellen der Kapverdischen Inseln
 * Honorable mention at the Locarno International Film Festival
 * Best Film / Press Prize, Festival Internacional de Cinema e Vídeo Ambiental (FICA), Brazil