Principal Investigator: António Preto
The Film Studies group has been developing research activities in the context of film history, theory and criticism. Its work has been mainly focused on Portuguese cinema and the way by which the singularities of this national filmography actively participated in some of the major paradigm shifts of contemporary cinema. Currently it is organized in three main (but not exclusive) areas of work:
1) Portuguese Cinema, continuing the former work.
2) ArtisticTopographies: by summoning different fields of knowledge in the approach of the broader concept of "space", starting from the absolute need to dislodge its investigative scope to the intermediality field, complexifying the very meaning of cinema through the problematization of pre-formed categories and different configurations in the dispositifs.
3) Film Literacy, aims to study the various factors that cause the gap between Portuguese cinema and its audience, highlighting the diversity of discourses and aesthetics that can transform cinephilia habits. On the other hand, it aims todevelop actions to promote cinematographic creation, based mainly on strategies for reaching young audiences.