Jonas Almeida Braga Amarante

Jonas Amarante is the director and one of the curators of DOC.Coimbra – International Documentary Festival (Coimbra, Portugal). He has directed several documentaries, including 30 Days (30 Dias, 2021, 70 min); Dom Joaquim Mamede Road (Estrada Dom Joaquim Mamede, 2013, 13 min), which was screened at the 26th Cinelatino Rencontres de Toulouse and the 23rd Curta Cinema; On Side (2011, 15 min), which won the Audience Award at the 2nd Cinefoot; and Ilha do Cardoso (2008), broadcast by Canal Brasil.

He holds a Master’s degree in Communication, Culture, and Information Technologies (ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon, 2019) and a Postgraduate Degree in Documentary Cinema (Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro, 2013).