Cinema and Audiovisual

Andreia Saraiva Santos. Graduated in Cinema - Direction (Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema, 2008). Cinema Bachelor - Cinematography (ESTC and FAMU, FILM AND TV SCHOOL OF AMU Prague, Czech Republic, 2005). In 2007 she began her profession as a Cinematographer, signing several short films, such as "João e o Cão" by André Marques premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival 2008 and "Shoot Me" by André Badalo which in 2010 was awarded at the MIFF AWARDS (Milano International Film Festival). In 2010 the doc. TV Series “Brasil, Portugal, Lá e Cá” by Laine Milan is exhibited on RTP (Portugal) and TV Cultura (Brazil) TV Channels. In 2017 is invited to be a member of AIP Cinema (Portuguese Image Association). In recent years has signed the Cinematography of several feature films, working with the directors, Manuel Mozos and Vicente Alves do Ó. "Portugal Is Not for Sale" by André Badalo, 2019, is exhibited and distributed by NOS. In 2019 she was nominated for the best Cinematography by

the ADF (Authors of Argentine Film Photography) with "Choose to Love More", a film campaign the Directorate-General of Health (DGS). In 2018 she is invited to be a teacher. In 2020 she began teaching at ESAP.

Studied in ESAP Porto from 1995-1998 and 2001-2002 completing the Degrees in "Cine-Video" and "Arte e Comunicação". He also studied Sound Studies in ESCAC, Barcelona (1998-2001).

He is a Lecturer at ESAP since 2001, Porto, and Guimarães (2008-2012).

Lecturer at Instituto Multimédia since 2001, Porto.

Founder of Ourafilmes (Audio, Film and Video Production) in 1997 and Speaker Blower Records in 2007.

Sound Design, Recorder, Editor, Mixer and/or Post-Production of dozens of short/medium/long films in Portugal and Spain since 1999.

Creator of VST instruments and effects since 2005.

Recorder and Producer of Music/Sound as Dr. Speaker Blower since 1998.

Master in Audiovisual Production and Directing, holder of the Title of Specialist in Media and Audiovisual Production, and the Television Operator course at RTP, in Lisbon. For the last 12 years he has taught cinema in higher education, in areas such as screenplay, directing and editing, among others (ESMAE, ESMAD, ESAP). He currently teaches at ESAP's Master's and Degree in Cinema and Audiovisual (Cinema Script, Film Analysis and Post-production). He had his films selected at more than 80 film festivals, national and international, having won about a dozen awards, either as a screenwriter or with the fictions he directed. He has taught several film and audiovisual workshops, and has been a jury at several film festivals (example: ÉCU 2019, Paris, and Finisterre, 2023). The last film he wrote, directed, and edited, “Carnaval Sujo” (already shown on RTP), premiered in the international competition of the 2019 Avanca Festival. 2023.

He has a Bachelor's degree in Cine-Vídeo and a Master's degree in Film and Television Direction, both by ESAP-Escola Superior Artística do Porto. He works in film and video since 1990. He had collaborated with Madragoa Filmes, RTP- Radiotelevisão Portuguesa, Filmógrafo, LAP Filmes, Hélastre and Papaveronoir. He belonged to the staff of Alfândega-Filmes and Filmes Liberdade, He directed aDeus (fiction/ 35 mm/ 10’/ b&w / 2000), Quando eu Morrer (fiction/ DVCAM/ 11’/ color / 2006), Dia de Visita (fiction/ HD/ 14’/ b&w/ 2011), Bicicleta (fiction/ DCP 2K/ 45’/ b&w/ 2014), O Sapato (fiction/ DCP 2K/ 5’/ color/ 2017) and Geni (doc/ DCP 2K/ 51’/ color / 2018).

M. F. Costa e Silva. Bachelor in Cine-Vídeo (ESAP, 1984) and Graduated in Multimedia Educational Communication (Polytechnic of Santarém, 1992). He has taught at ESAP since 1988. He was Academic Director and coordinator of the Cinema and Audiovisual Course at ESAP; is a film director, having written and performed the following films: "The Return of the Man Who Did not Like to Leave Home" (1996), "The First Time" (2002), "A Time Reencontrado" (2004), "Panoias "(2007)," 1111 "(2012) and" Dying of Love "(2016). He represented Portugal at several film festivals in Europe and Asia. He was a jury of Film Festivals in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Ukraine, Russia, Romania. He has conducted workshops and Masterclass in Spain (Ourense), Slovenia (Maribor), Estonia (Tallinn), Lithuania (Vilnius), Bulgaria (Sofia), Russia (Ekaterinburg) Cuba (San Antonio de los Baños) and Japan (Tokyo). Since 2010 he has been a judge of the Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual (ICA). He currently holds the position of President of the Board of Directors of CESAP - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Artistico do Porto.

Graduated in cinema at Escola Superior Artística do Porto (2004). He obtained a Diploma in Advanced Studies (2008) at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Vigo. Master in Artistic Studies (2010) by the Faculty of Fine Arts of Porto and PhD by the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Vigo (2015). He has published several articles in magazines dedicated to film studies, having coordinated the book: Manoel de Oliveira - Aesthetic Analysis of a Cinematographic Matrix (Editions 70, 2014). Published the book: Portuguese Cinema: Aesthetic Interceptions in the Decades of 60 to 80 of the 20th Century (Editions 70, 2016). He is a director of the Cinema and Audiovisual degree at the Superior School of Art of Porto, integrated researcher at the Arnaldo Araújo Research Center,  and is a member of the organizing committee of the International Meeting of Cinema and Other Arts, having participated in the coordination of 4 volums Cinema e outras Artes - Diálogos e Inquietudes Artísticas published by LabCom.IFP.