Name: Fernanda Polacow
Area of work: Directing, Screenwriting
Edition: 2023
City: São Paulo
State: São Paulo
E-mail: [email protected]
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernanda-polacow-0733a258/
Fernanda is a screenwriter and director, living between Brazil and Portugal. Her first feature film as a screenwriter, Mosquito, was the opening film at the International Film Festival Rotterdam and winner of the Critics' Prize at the São Paulo International Film Festival. Fernanda is developing her second feature film, O Último Verão, selected for the Script Station at the Berlinale 2023. She has developed, written and directed several projects for cinema, TV and streaming and her works have received awards and nominations from the Brazilian Film Academy, Portuguese Film Academy, New York Festivals TV & Film Awards, Hollywood Woman's Film Festival, Festival & Prêmio Curta!, Prêmio Estímulo, among others. She was a script consultant for Cabíria Festival 2021 and is a mentor at IndieLab for projects in development, part of the IndieLisboa Festival. She is co-founder of MUTIM, the first women in film association in Portugal. She is a mother and an amateur percussionist.
Fernanda was awarded a fellowship to attend the TFL ScriptLab Story Editing, in Italy.
