Alba Fernandez
Selected credits
- Weight Dir. Dale Leadon-Bolger/ Baumhaus Films
- CallusDir. Ciarán Hickey/ Screen Ireland: Focus Shorts
- AnimalDir. Cody Farren/ Locked Animal Pictures
- Reds na hEireannDoc/ Dir. Kevin Brannigan/ TG4
- Licence for NilDir: Shane Robinson
- Stable Dir. Aisling O'Regan Sargent
- GhostedDir. Jeda De Brí
- Faitíos (The First Fear)Dir. Martha Fitzgerald
About
Alba Fernandez is based in Dublin. Graduating from the National Film School in 2017, she has quickly become one of Ireland’s most exciting female cinematographers.
Recent work includes Weight (Baumhaus Films), Callus (Screen Ireland Focus Shorts) and Animal, both winners of Best Cinematography at the European Cinematography Awards 2023, Stable (Winner of Best Cinematography at Women in Film & TV Ireland Showcase 2023) and Licence for Nil, were all selected for Galway Film Fleadh 2023. She also shot Irish language feature Documentary Reds na hEireann for TG4 and Virgin Media TV’s Inside The Hospice alongside Eleanor Bowman.
In 2021, she won the Donal Gilligan Award for Best Cinematography in a Short Film for her work in Faitíos and has shot music videos for All Tvvins, Somebody’s Child and Curtis Walsh.
Oisín was her debut as Director/Writer in 2022. She has since directed shorts selected for Galway, Iris Prize and BFI Flare, and been nominated for Best Director, Best Short Film and Best Screenwriting awards, and for the Taking Flight Award at the Kerry Film Festival.
Featured work
SHOWREEL
Weight
Prod Company: Baumhaus Films
Director/ Writer Producer: Dale Leadon-Bolger
A flat-jockey’s life begins to unravel after falling from his horse in a race. Fired by his trainer mother and grappling with his injury, he desperately tries to maintain his riding weight, whilst struggling to support his family.
Animal
Prod Company: Locked Animal Pictures
Director: Cody Farren
Writer: Cody Farren
WINNER OF BEST EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHY
European Cinematography Awards 2023
Callus
Prod Company: Screen Ireland/ Focus Shorts
Director: Ciarán Hickey
Writer: Ciarán Hickey
WINNER OF BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
European Cinematography Awards 2023
Stable
Director: Aisling O'Regan Sargent
Writer: Laura Whelan
WINNER OF BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Women in Film & TV Ireland Showcase 2023
Julie, a young woman tormented by her reaction to a life-changing event, must reflect on her return home to the family farm in order to conquer her own feelings of guilt.
Licence for Nil
Prod Company: Tory Island Productions
Director: Shane Robinson
Writer: Shannon Welby
A black immigrant to Ireland, Curtis has been subject to years of micro-aggressions. He has had limited opportunity to climb the prestigious career ladder as he would like. Yet finally, Curtis is hugely proud of his new authoritative role as TV Licence Inspector.
Reds na hEireann
Documentary
Prod Company: TG4/ Push Pull Media
Director: Kevin Brannigan
Produced by TG4 and PushPull Media, Reds na hÉireann shines a light on the “colourful world of leftist politics and activism” which emerged in Ireland before the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Oisín
Prod Company: Shortgrass Films
Director: Alba Fernandez
Writer: Alba Fernandez
NOMINEE
Iris Prize 2022
NOMINEE- BEST SHORT FILM
Emerging Director’s Awards 2022
NOMINEE- TAKING FLIGHT RISING TALENT AWARD
Kerry Film Festival 2022
Faitíos (The First Fear)
Prod Company: Fizz & Chips Productions
Director: Martha Fitzgerald
Writers: Orlaith Ní Chearra, Martha Fitzgerald
WINNER OF DONAL GILLIGAN AWARD- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A SHORT FILM
FEMOGRAPHY
Commercial
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