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 , 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, 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, (FICA), Brazil

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