Tiago Vieira da Silva has a PhD in Communication Sciences and a master’s degree in Communication, Art and Culture from the University of Minho. He has a degree in Cinema and Audiovisual from the Escola Superior Artística do Porto. He is currently professor at the Escola Superior Artística do Porto, at the bachelor degrees of Cinema and Audiovisual and Visual Arts - Photography and also at the Filmmaking – Cinema and Television Master’s Course. His research interests are focused on the relationship between cinema, identities and memory, a work that has resulted in the participation in national and international scientific events and in the publication of scientific articles, such as: “The Shape of History in Portuguese Contemporary Cinema : War, Mythology, and the Memory of Struggles” (2023), published in the Quarterly Review of Film and Video. He is also interested in blurring the boundaries between academia and civil society in the promotion of film literacy, participating in training actions and discussion groups in elementary and secondary schools. He is a researcher on the project “MigraMediaActs: Migrations, media and activisms in Portuguese language: decolonising mediascapes and imagining alternative futures” (PTDC/COM-CSS/3121/2021) and in the Virtual Museum of Lusophony, currently a Cultural Unit of the University of Minho. He is integrated researcher at the Arnaldo Araújo Studies Center (CEAA/ESAP) and collaborative researcher at the Communication and Society Studies Center (CECS/UMINHO) and at iA - Arts Research (iArtes/UBI).