Maria Mire (Maputo, 1979). She lives and works in Lisbon. The artistic and research work she develops is mainly focused on issues of the perception of moving images. PhD in Art and Design from FBAUP in 2016. She is a professor and co-head of the Cinema/Moving Image Department at Ar.Co., in Lisbon. She also collaborates on the PhD in Media and Communication Arts at ULHT, as well as on the Master's in Sound and Image Arts at ESAD.CR. She has been part of several collaborative artistic projects, including Coletivo Embankment, Plataforma Ma or Patê Filmes. She has developed several collaborative critical and artistic speculation projects with Aida Castro. She made the film “Parto sem Dor”, an imagined conversation with Cesina Bermudes.