Editorial Team

PhD in Communication Studies by Lusofona University 2022.
Master’s degree in film studies since 2014.
Tony Costa is both a professional cinematographer and a teacher at Lusofona University where he is the head of the cinematography department. He is an award winner cinematographer. He got the Golden Prize in Tblisi Georgia in 2014 with his work on «Lapis Azul». He has also directed documentaries and a short film «My Grand Father» he was awarded with best script writing in Troia Film Festival (2012). He also got the NOS prize in 2014 for his short «Mutter». He was also honoured for his contribution for cinema at Braga Cine, Avanca Cine Clube, and Fernando Costa award for community services 2023. Since 2004 he has been teaching in The Lusofona University in Lisbon by maintaining his professional assignments as cinematographer. He is part of the editorial team of the academic journal - Cinematography in Progress.

He is one of the founders of the Portuguese Film Academy www.academiadecinema.pt and of the Portuguese Society of Cinematographers www.aipcinema.com Presently he keeps a seat in both board of directors.

Emilia Lloret (b. 1989, Ecuador) is currently based in Lisbon, where she works as a film teacher for undergraduate and MA students at Lusófona University. She is also pursuing a PhD in Media Art and Communication, focusing on the intersection between feminist film philosophy and cinematography.

Lloret's creative practice spans both Cinematography and Documentary Photography. After many years as a self-taught photographer, she received a scholarship in 2013 to pursue a Master's in Documentary Photography at the London College of Communication, University of the Arts London. In 2019, she was awarded an Erasmus Mundus scholarship to study at Viewfinder, a Master's program in Cinematography in Ireland, Hungary, and Estonia, where she graduated Cum Laude in 2021. In October 2023, she was granted a scholarship by Film EU to pursue a Doctorate in Media Art and Communication at Lusófona University.

Her still photography has been featured in major outlets such as the BBC's "Next Generation of Photographers," The New York Times "Highlighting Women in Photojournalism", The Telegraph: “15 Photographers to Watch”, Mashable: ”Hey Nikon, here are 32 female photographers who kick ass”, World Press Photo, Culture Org, The Guardian, The British Journal of Photography, Newsweek, The Washington Post, and Geo Magazine, among others. In 2016, she was invited to speak at the Bronx Documentary Center.

Among her most significant accolades, Lloret won the Deutsche Bank Award in Photography from the University of the Arts London in 2014. She was selected for the inaugural World Press Photo Masterclass in Latin America in 2015, and in 2016, participated in the NY Portfolio Review by The New York Times, the ECAR Art Residency at Emmanuel College in Boston, and was shortlisted for the Magnum Photos Human Rights Fellowship. Additionally, she was shortlisted for the Elliott Erwitt Havana Club 7 Fellowship in Cuba in 2018 and received scholarships for the Foundry Photojournalism Workshop in India (2018) and the Cinema Human Rights and Advocacy School organized by the Venice Film Festival (2022).

Currently, Lloret is working as the cinematographer for her first feature film project, The Ones with the Tempered Flowers, directed by Neema Jodie. The film is supported by the Deutsche Welle Akademie and produced by LBx Africa, marking a new chapter in her career in cinema.

Dr. Manca Perko is a film scholar, educator, and industry professional based in the UK. She holds a PhD in Film Studies and is a Lecturer in Film and Television Practice at the University of Bristol. Her research explores collaboration within film crews, challenging traditional notions of creative autonomy and auteur theory. Focusing particularly on the work of Stanley Kubrick, she highlights the often-overlooked contributions of crew members and advocates for a more inclusive understanding of film authorship. Perko has published widely on this topic, with works including “Kubrick and Collaboration” (2020), “Marketing the A Clockwork Orange Myth” (2022), “Kubrick’s Final Film and the Question of Control” (2023), and a forthcoming chapter, “Openness to Suggestion Was One of Stanley’s Great Attributes!”. Her academic contributions are complemented by her film industry experience; since 2009, she has worked as a freelance script supervisor and assistant director on TV series, short films, and features. Through both scholarship and practice, Dr. Perko bridges the gap between theory and the collaborative realities of filmmaking.

Yu-Lun (Luc) Sung is a Senior Lecturer in Cinematography at London South Bank University. His research delves into decolonisation in cinematographic aesthetics, exploring visual storytelling that cab complement traditional perspectives. He is passionate about understanding how certain neurodivergent traits facilitate thinking in pictures, particularly for virtual reality application and production. Additionally, Luc focuses on advancing virtual production education and investigates the role of creativity in generative AI, contributing to the evolving landscape of digital filmmaking.

Maarten Coëgnarts is Assistant Professor of Film Studies at the University of Antwerp, Researcher in the Arts at LUCA School of Arts, and Research Fellow at the University of the Free State. His research on embodied cognition, metaphor and cinema has been widely published in various international peer-reviewed journals including Art & Perception, Cinéma & Cie, Image [&] Narrative, [In]Transition, Metaphor and Symbol, Metaphor and the Social World, New Review of Film and Television Studies, Palgrave Communications, Projections: The Journal for Movies and Mind and The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. He is co-editor of the book Embodied Cognition and Cinema (Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2015) and author of the book Film as Embodied Art: Bodily Meaning in the Cinema of Stanley Kubrick (Boston, MA: Academic Studies Press, 2019). He is a core member of FilMind, a FilmEU-affiliated Centre of Excellence dedicated to fostering transdisciplinary collaboration between film practitioners and cognitive scholars in media and film studies. He also serves as co-editor of Projections.

Katja Schmid is an award-winning filmmaker and full professor for Visual Effects and Post Production at Stuttgart Media University. With extensive international teaching experience, teaches in both the Bachelor’s program in Audiovisual Media and the Master’s program in Audiovisual Media Creation and Technology. Katja holds an MFA in Cinematography from Babelsberg Film University and has contributed to over 50 film and television productions. At Studio Babelsberg, she served as a Post Production Coordinator on numerous projects, including Beyond the Sea and The Bourne Supremacy. She is a co-founder of the Visual Media Lab and has curated conference tracks for VeGA Camp, FMX, and the VMLaB Conference. She is a member of the Advisory Board of the Journal Colour Turn and of the editorial board of CITO (Cinematography in Progress). Her current research focuses on the use of colour in storytelling.

Philip Cowan teaches at the University of South Wales in the UK. He has published a number of articles on film authorship, cinematography, and aesthetics. His book Authorship and Aesthetics in the Cinematography of Gregg Toland was published in 2022. He received a BAFTSS Best Practice/Research Portfolio honour for his article The Democracy of Colour. As a cinematographer he has shot drama, documentary, performance, and animation projects, which have collected twenty international 'Best Short Film' awards at festivals world-wide. As a guest lecturer has also taught at various institutions across Europe, India and Africa. He gained his PhD in 2016.

Francisco Julián Martínez Cano es Doctor en Bellas Artes y profesor de la Universidad Miguel Hernández (UMH), donde imparte docencia en el Grado en Comunicación Audiovisual, doble Grado en Comunicación Audiovisual y Periodismo y Grado en Bellas Artes. Como investigador, estudia y analiza las producciones audiovisuales inmersivas, así como las tecnologías de realidad virtual y realidad aumentada y su hibridación con cine y videojuegos para la creación de nuevos productos culturales como herramientas de cambio social, prestando atención a los fenómenos de transmediatización contemporáneos y al desarrollo de IA y su aplicación en el ámbito de la comunicación audiovisual. Es miembro del grupo de investigación ArtiCom, de la Universitàt Politécnica de València y del grupo OCAP de la Universidad Miguel Hernández. Es editor de monográficos de la revista científica Miguel Hernandez Communication Journal (http://www.mhjournal.org/). Ha publicado los resultados de su investigación en revistas de prestigio como Frontiers in Communication, Catalan Journal of Communication Studies, Fonseca Journal of Communication, Revista Latina de Comunicación Social entre otras. En 2022 fue uno de los recipientes de la beca de investigación José Castillejo, del Ministerio de Universidades del Gobierno de España, con la que desarrolló el proyecto The Stigma Machine, cuyos resultados se incluyen en el artículo The Stigma Machine: A Study of the Prosocial Impact of Immersive VR Narratives on Youth in Spain and Canada, publicado en 2024 en la revista Media and Communication. Es coeditor del libro Revolutionizing Communication. The Role of Artificial Intelligence. Ha sido profesor invitado en universidades de Portugal, México, Canadá, USA y Reino Unido.