Maria João Cortesão
Coimbra (PT), 1970
Adjunct Professor at the Escola Superior de Media Artes e Design (ESMAD) of the Politécnico do Porto (P.Porto). D. in Information Sciences, specializing in Advertising Communication, she directs her scientific research within the scope of the relationship between advertising and cinema and also in the analysis of filmic discourse and photographic discourse.
She is a member of the UniMAD research unit at ESMAD.
She teaches in the master's degree in Audiovisual Communication in the Specialization in Audiovisual Production and Realization, in the degree in Technology of Audiovisual Communication and in the degree in Photography.
Member of the Pedagogical Council.
Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Conference "O Cinema e as outras Artes".
Member of the Reading Committee, CINEMA E OUTRAS ARTES III, DIÁLOGOS E INQUIETUDES ARTÍSTICAS.
Member of the Jury of the contests Support for Training Activities for Children and Youth and Support for the Production of Animated Feature Films, of the Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual (ICA).
Participation in juries and workshops in film festivals and exhibitions (Avanca, MIFEC, O Cinema e as Outras Artes, FEST), and in the national juries of the Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual - 2021).
Producer of Imagens do Real Imaginado (IRI) - Photography, Cinema and Multimedia Cycle (2015 to date).
Maria João Cortesão is Vice President of the Federação de Escolas de Cinema e Audiovisual (2019 to date).
She is a member of the UniMAD research unit at ESMAD.
She teaches in the master's degree in Audiovisual Communication in the Specialization in Audiovisual Production and Realization, in the degree in Technology of Audiovisual Communication and in the degree in Photography.
Member of the Pedagogical Council.
Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Conference "O Cinema e as outras Artes".
Member of the Reading Committee, CINEMA E OUTRAS ARTES III, DIÁLOGOS E INQUIETUDES ARTÍSTICAS.
Member of the Jury of the contests Support for Training Activities for Children and Youth and Support for the Production of Animated Feature Films, of the Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual (ICA).
Participation in juries and workshops in film festivals and exhibitions (Avanca, MIFEC, O Cinema e as Outras Artes, FEST), and in the national juries of the Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual - 2021).
Producer of Imagens do Real Imaginado (IRI) - Photography, Cinema and Multimedia Cycle (2015 to date).
Maria João Cortesão is Vice President of the Federação de Escolas de Cinema e Audiovisual (2019 to date).