The Postgraduate course is be integrated into the infrastructure of the Center for Digital Creativity, benefiting from its connection to the creative industry, cultural entities and audiovisual producers, and in the context of research, at CITAR - Center for Research in Science and Technology of the Arts.

The Center has, in its research activities, a team of researchers working in the field of cinema and cinematic art, producing articles, projects and artistic creations within this context. This group of researchers has, in recent years, a relevant scientific production in areas such as contemporary cinema, Portuguese cinema, experimental cinema, visual arts, photography, curation, aesthetics, etc.

Graduates benefit from a broad cultural program already in place that includes Artist Residencies, film sessions, regular exhibitions, interdisciplinary seminars and a Summer School. It will also benefit from collaboration protocols with different cultural entities, such as: Serralves Museum, Porto City Council, Porto/Post/Doc, Solar - Cinematic Art Gallery, Curtas Vila do Conde, Future Places, etc.