Contacts

Phone

  • +351 933 38 02 24

Email

  • maiapedro [a] gmail.com

About Me

Born in Vila do Conde (Portugal) in 1983 and currently living in Oporto and Lisbon.

Degree in Tecnologias da Comunicação Audiovisual at the Instituto Politécnico do Porto and Video Art Course at Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.

Works as a freelancer in areas such as cinema, video and multimedia and has also producing audiovisuals for theatre companies as well as working as director assistant on feature and shorts films. Works have been presented in several festivals, both Portuguese and international.

Collaborator for nine years with the International Film Festival Curtas de Vila do Conde, where since 2004 in charge of the Take One! section.

Since 2004, has been developing the “live cinema” concept, manipulating images in real time and interacting with sound. He is also the author of the projects Stolen Images Inc. and p.ma.

CV

Education

2008 Video Art course promoted by Gulbenkian Creativity and Artistic Creation Programme of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

2004-2006 Degree in Audiovisual Communication at Instituto Politécnico do Porto, specialization in video.

2001-2004 in Audiovisual Communication at Instituto Politécnico do Porto.

Contests/Awards

2008 Jovens Criadores – Video, Portugal.

Exhibitions

27.03-27.04.2008 PORTRAIT, Solar - Galeria de Arte Cinemática, Vila do Conde, Portugal.

Fellowships/Sponsorships

2008 Experimental Cinema Sponsorship, Fine Arts department, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

Conferences/Masterclass

2008 School of Arts, Universidade Católica (about my work).

2008 Lisbon Fine Arts , “A recriação de conteúdos através da apropriação de imagens" moderated by Nuno Figueiredo.

2005 Munique Internacional School Film Fesival, "Visions of the Visual" (in representation of Curtas Vila do Conde Festival).

Publications (participation)

2008 Video Art and Art & Essay Film in Portugal, published by NÚMERO INTERFACE(S).

2007 The Animate! Book, published by LUX and distributed by Wallflower Press.

Festivals/Shows

2008 Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany

2008 Split Film Festival, Croatia

2008 Mediterranean Film Festival of Montpellier, France

2008 Fantasporto, Portugal

2008 Film Festival Open Cinema, Russia

2008 U.Frame Festival, Portugal

2007 Berlinale Talent Campus #4, Germany

2007 Cinema d’ Arte, , Italy

2007 OLLIN KAN, Mexico

2007 Curtas Vila do Conde, Portugal

2007 Festival de Cinema Independent L’ Alternativa, Spain

2007 Imago, Portugal

2007 OvarVideo, Portugal

2007 Festival Festa Redonda, Portugal

2007 Fest, Portugal

2007 Curto Circuito Espanha

2007 Outras Histórias:Educação Pela Imagem, Portugal

2007 Portugal ConVida, Spain

2006 Encounters, UK

2004 Imago, Portugal

2004 Fest, Portugal

2004 OvarVideo, Portugal

2004 Imago, 2004, Portugal