 Claire Atherton (IMDB) |
Claire Atherton is a film editor, born in 1963 in San Francisco and trained at the École Louis Lumière in Paris. She was interested in sound from an early age and also worked as a director of photography, but it was in editing that she found her way. In 1984 she edited "Letters Home", a film by Chantal Akerman with Delphine and Coralie Seyrig. This work gave rise to a shared complicity and sensitivity with Akerman that was emphasised in the following years in various documentaries, fiction films and installations. Atherton and Akerman worked together for more than 30 years, until the director's last film, "No Home Movie", and her last installation, "Now". Atherton is currently responsible for the conception and spatialisation of Akerman's installations, presented in exhibitions around the world. In 2023, Atherton curated "Facing the Image", an exhibition of Chantal Akerman's work at La Virreina Centre de la Image in Barcelona. In addition, Atherton works as an editor with a wide range of filmmakers and artists, including Eric Baudelaire in his films and installations and, more recently, Wang Bing. |
 Paulo Américo(IMDb) |
Paulo Américo is one of Portugal's most renowned film colourists, with over 15 years' experience. Before that, he worked for over a decade as a video artist for theatre, opera and dance shows. With a background in engineering and media studies, his work in colour grading and colour correction always seeks the perfect balance between technology and creativity, combining them in a unique way in the art and craft of grading the colour of a film. |
 Mark Mangini (IMDB)
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Mark Mangini is one of the most renowned sound designers in cinema. He has won two Academy Awards (Dune, Mad Max Fury Road) and has been nominated on six other occasions for films such as Blade Runner 2049, Star Treks I, IV and V, The Fifth Element and Gremlins. In his 45-year career in Hollywood, where he has worked on more than 150 films, Mangini has developed an immersive, orchestral approach to the sonic universe of each work. Mangini is frequently invited to lectures and conferences, and is also a fervent advocate of sound as art and guitarist/composer on films such as "Sex, Lies and Videotape", "Star Trek IV", "Picard" and others. He is a member of AMPAS, MPSE, SAG, SMPTE and ASCAP. Mark founded and ran Weddington Productions, a successful sound post-production company in Hollywood, for 25 years. Today he works at Formosa Group in Hollywood, California, continuing his work as Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer and Re-recording mixer. |
 Mariana Gaivão (IMDB) |
Mariana Gaivão is a Lisbon-born director and editor, with a degree in Photography from AR.CO - Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual and Directing from Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema. She has had a long career as a film editor, collaborating with filmmakers such as Marco Martins, João Pedro Rodrigues, João Salaviza, among others, on films screened and awarded at festivals such as Cannes, Berlinale, Venice and Locarno. Her short films (SOLO, FIRST LIGHT and RUBY) have been screened and awarded prizes at some of the world's most important film festivals, and subsequently premiered commercially in theatres in several countries, including Portugal, France, Germany, Brazil, Iceland and Uruguay, as well as on European broadcasters (ARTE and DAFilms), and Contemporary Art Institutes such as ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts (London). She is also a Film Programmer (DOCLISBOA - IFF and previously at the QUEER LISBOA and QUEER PORTO Festivals). |
 Alexander Gerner |
Alexander Gerner is a playwright, researcher and assistant professor at Universidade Lusófona / FilmEU. His work addresses the philosophy of media and technology, developing a critical aesthetic of Generative A.I. applied to art and media. He also explores the transformative cultural potential of A.I. avatars, generative synthetic media and algorithmic cinema in co-creative contexts. Gerner thus explores the convergence of dramaturgy, improvisation and co-creativity in the various social, ethical and aesthetic dimensions of collaboration between humans and machines. In this session, he will explore the challenges of A.I. and its implications for the future of post-production. |
