Filmmakers on Film - Global Perspectives

Explores films and filmmaking through the thoughts and poetics of filmmakers themselves, drawing on primary sources including writings, interviews and manifestos by leading international filmmakers from a wide range of national and cinematic contexts.

About the author

André Rui Graça is Assistant Professor at University of Beira Interior, Portugal. He publishes frequently, in both academic and extra-academic contexts, about topics related to Portuguese cinema, cultural policies, and filmmakers' theory.

Manuela Penafria is Associate Professor at University of Beira Interior, Portugal. She publishes on film theory, Portuguese cinema and documentary, has been a jury member for bodies including the FCT-Foundation for Science and Technology and is now collaborating in the preparation of pedagogical manuals for the Portuguese National Cinema Plan.

Eduardo Baggio is Associate Professor at Unespar - Paraná State University, Brazil. He is a member of the board of the Brazilian Society of Film and Audiovisual Studies and has published on Brazilian cinema, creative processes in cinema and documentary.

Product details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 19.03.2026
• EAN: 9781839024863
• ISBN: 978-1-83902-486-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Direction & Production, Film production: technical & background skills, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism, Filmmaking and production: technical and background skills