Synopsis
To mark the opening of a private archive, we meet with political exiles and those who preserve memories of a critical period in Portugal’s history.
Rewards, festivals and diffusions
A nous de voir
Erika Thomas
University professor
Erika Thomas holds a Ph.D. and a Habilitation to Supervise Research. She is a professor in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the Université Catholique de Lille in France, where she teaches, among other subjects, the Theories and practices of documentary filmmaking.
As a trainee at the Ateliers Varan in 2017, she directed the short film Traversées de la mémoire (available in French here). She subsequently created the Documentary Filmmaking track within the Master’s in Cultural Management program, which she directs at the Université Catholique de Lille.
Following her documentary produced at Ateliers Varan, selected for the Au Cinéma pour Les Droits Humains festival (2018) and the A Nous de Voir festival (Oulins, 2018), she has directed over a dozen documentaries ranging from 15 to 90 minutes, presented in various academic and/or festival settings. Her latest film, Merci à la vie ! (90 min, 2025) incorporates excerpts from her previous films and is available for streaming here.
View her complete filmography (synopses, awards, etc.) here.
About : Documentary filmmaking workshop
The workshop is conducted in French, so a certain level of proficiency in the language is required to fully benefit from the training.
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This workshop is designed for those who wish to begin, advance their skills in filmmaking, or embark on a career change. It delves into the intellectual, moral, and aesthetic dimensions of filmmaking through every stage of documentary production, from conception to editing.
Each participant creates a short documentary film following a period of technical initiation, analysis of reference works, scouting, and scriptwriting. Each participant chooses the specific subject of their short film.
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