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Francisca Dores (Porto, 1998) is a multidisciplinary creator with projects in cinema, video, sound, and visual arts. While completing a Master’s Degree in Cinema at the School of Arts of the Portuguese Catholic University, she explored the sensoriality of the moving image through an experimental documentary practice. She is the director, editor, and director of photography of the short films How to Be a Candid Woman (2022), Cura (2023), and Nunca estive tão perto (2023), which have screened at festivals including IndieLisboa, Curtas Vila do Conde, and Porto/Post/Doc.
She works as a freelance colourist on both digital and 16mm film projects and develops sound explorations and video art, notably the project Fhosfhorus, co-created with Henrik Ferrara and presented at Montra – Mostra de Arte Contemporânea in Vila do Conde. She is a founding member of the ORCA collective (Orchestra of Robots, Computers and Loudspeakers) and an active member of the Obsoleto Collective, where she leads audiovisual artistic creation. She is currently a lecturer in Cinema and Audiovisual, specialising in History of Cinema, Editing, and Colour Grading, a researcher at the Centre for Research in Arts Science and Technology – UCP, and the programmer of the Experimental Competition at Curtas Vila do Conde.
Education
MA in Cinema | Escola das Artes, UCP
Certificate of Pedagogical Competences [CCP]
Undergraduate in Audiovisual Communication Technology | ESMAD, P.PORTO
Talks
XIV Congresso Internacional AIM - UAlg
Palestra Inaugural da 14ª Conferência Internacional de Cinema - IPVC
Jornada “O Movimento das Coisas” 2024 - FLUL
XIII AIM International Congress 2024 - ESAP
Spring Seminar 2023 - Escola das Artes, UCP
XII AIM International Congress 2023 - UTAD
“A influência do Som na percepção da Imagem" Lecture - ESMAD
Published Work
Interact: Revista Online de Arte, Cultura e Tecnologia
Aniki: Portuguese Journal of the Moving Image
Teaching
Universidade da Beira Interior (Undergraduate and Masters):
History of Cinema; Editing and Color Grading; Cinematography
Escola de Tecnologia e Gestão de Barcelos (Seconday School):
Light and Color in Photography; Experimental Project
Escola Artística e Profissional Árvore (Seconday School):
Cinema, Photography and Audiovisual; 3D Animation