Filmmakers’ Theory: an approach to the study of cinema

  • Manuela Penafria Universidade da Beira Interior, Labcom-Comunicação e Artes, 6201-001, Covilhã
  • André Rui Graça Universidade de Coimbra, Centro de Estudos Interdisciplinares do Século XX, 3000-186, Coimbra
  • Eduardo Baggio Universidade Estadual do Paraná (Unespar), FAP – Faculdade de Artes do Paraná, 1357, Curitiba
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14591/aniki.v7n2.700
Keywords: Filmmakers' Theory

Abstract

Introduction to the Thematic Dossier, guest-edited  by Manuela Penafria, Eduardo Baggio and André Rui Graça.

Author Biographies

Manuela Penafria, Universidade da Beira Interior, Labcom-Comunicação e Artes, 6201-001, Covilhã

Manuela Penafria holds a PhD from UBI (University of Beira Interior), being the book O paradigma do documentário – António Campos, cineasta [The Documentary Paradigm – António Campos, filmmaker] (2009) the result from part of her PhD thesis. She teaches in the Degree and Master in Cinema at UBI. She is a member of the editorial board of Portuguese and Brazilian journals, as well as a member of the scientific committee of various national and international events. She is a coordinating member of the AIM “Filmmakers’ Theory” Working Group, co-editor of DOC Online Journal and researcher at Labcom – Comunication and Arts.

André Rui Graça, Universidade de Coimbra, Centro de Estudos Interdisciplinares do Século XX, 3000-186, Coimbra

André Rui Graça holds a doctorate from University College London, with a thesis on the Portuguese film trade. He holds a degree in Artistic Studies from the University of Coimbra and a Master of Arts in Film Studies from University College London. He was a PhD fellow at the Foundation for Science and Technology. He is currently a project consultant in the business sector and an integrated researcher at the Centre of 20th Century Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Coimbra. He is a coordinating member of the AIM “Filmmakers’ Theory” Working Group.

Eduardo Baggio, Universidade Estadual do Paraná (Unespar), FAP – Faculdade de Artes do Paraná, 1357, Curitiba

Eduardo Tulio Baggio holds a doctorate from PUC-SP (Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo) with the thesis: Da teoria à experiência de realização do documentário fílmico [From theory to the experience of directing the filmic documentary]. He teaches in the Masters in Cinema and Video Arts and he is a Bachelor in Cinema and Audiovisual, both from the State University of Paraná (Unespar). He is a member of the following research groups: Cinema: Criação e Reflexão [Cinema: Creation and Reflection] (Unespar/CNPq) and Kinedária: arte, poética, cinema, vídeo [Kinedária: art, poetics, cinema, vídeo] (Unespar / CNPq). He was a coordinating member of the AIM Filmmakers’ Theory Working Group and he is a coordinating member of the SOCINE Filmmakers’ Theory Thematic Seminar. He is also a filmmaker with an emphasis on documentaryism.

Published
2020-07-14
Issue
Vol 7 No 2 (2020): Filmmakers’ theory: an approach to the study of cinema
Section
Special Section