Sério Fernandes

Directing

January 1, 1946

Porto, Portugal

3 movies

Biography

Sério Fernandes (Porto, 1946). He was an advertising director for Portuguese agencies and for Agence Havas. In 1974, he founded the production company Beifilme in Porto, where he produced and directed dozens of short, medium-length and feature films, including: “Coéforas”, “4'27‘’ do Mar de Francelos”, “A Entrada de Cristo no Porto”, “Nascimento do Sol Negro”, “Cisnes Negros”, “Viagem no Douro”, “Chico Fininho”, “Odisseu”, “Porto State of Art”. In 2003/04, he directed the feature films “Porto Po...

🎬 Sério Fernandes's Filmography

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An act of passion, filmed in a church turned into a bar, on Easter 2003, and starring as many actors as the days of the year… Taking the sacred painting as a reference, the film questions the human condition: letting oneself die like Christ or betray scientifically like Peter?

A Imitação

2003

8.0

Porto (Portugal), beginning of the 80s. A film crew seeks to understand if there's really the figure of Chico Fininho, immortalized in the popular song of the same name. A bunch of people are interviewed taking us to Boavista - where we find him in a club. After a brief hesitation, the interview happens and we're taken to everyday situations, that can happen to any "freak" of the city...

O Chico Fininho

1982

Sério Fernandes - The Master of Oporto’s School

6.0

Forty years ago, Sério Fernandes was a television advertising director and owner of one of the most successful advertising companies in Portugal. That's when he decides to leave everything to focus on his own movies. Nowadays, Sério Fernandes is known as the master of Oporto’s school.

Sério Fernandes - The Master of Oporto’s School

2019