ABOUT US

We are three researchers who, throughout their academic work and personal interests, had the opportunity to meet in spaces of discussion that crossed cinema histories. Colleagues in the Graduate Program in Cinema and Audiovisual at Universidade Federal Fluminense, we met at the Journey of Studies in the History of Brazilian Cinema held in Juiz de Fora in 2018 and, after that, we took the course “Stories of Cinemas, Memories and Experiences” of audiences”, offered by professors João Luiz Vieira and Talitha Ferraz at PPGCine, in 2018, where the idea of this mapping and dissemination project came about. The interest grew as we participated in other events of the genre, of which we highlight the Meeting da  Sociedade Brasileira de Estudos de Cinema e Audiovisual (SOCINE), which since 2016 has held the Thematic Seminar “Cinematic Exhibition, Spectatorialities and Arts of Projection in Brazil”, in addition to Pré SOCINE, organized by Professor João Luiz Vieira, an event that aims to approach the history of movie theaters located in the host city of the congress, as well as to discuss new methodologies for the field . In addition, we also point out the Research Group “Ways of Seeing: Study of Cinema, Exhibition and Cinematographic Audiences” (ESPM/CNPq), coordinated by Talitha Ferraz and Pedro Curi, who organize an annual meeting to debate these issues and the Minas é Cinema project, from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, coordinated by Alessandra Brum.