João Apolinário Mendes is director of the "OLHO Animation Film Festival" and the "Fórum de Animação". He is Vice-President of "Casa da Animação". In his work he explores the transitions between animated cinema and puppets, having collaborated with the companies "Teatro de Marionetas do Porto" and "Redcloud Marionetas", with which he participated in six theater plays, in 2010 he founded the audiovisual production company " HUSMA", where he worked as a producer and director. He is currently pursuing his PhD in "Science and Technology of the Arts" at the "Universidade Católica Portuguesa", and has a master's degree in "Computer Animation" from the same institution.

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