Direction: Frederic Guerrero-Solé, chair in Communication Theory at UPF. Researcher specialized in the study and creative application of generative AI.

Executive direction and institutional relations: Teresa Roig Sitjar, transversal knowledge-transfer projects promoter at the UPF.

 

General coordination: Gemma Belmonte Marquès, cultural worker specialized in contemporary arts, public events and archive. 

 

Production: Jeny Montagut, production and development of cultural and audiovisual projects. Specialized in multidisciplinar festivals and events. 

 

 

SECTIONS

 

RESEARCH directors: Frederic Font, Engineering professor at UPF; researcher in creative technologies, digital sound and computational musical creation tools; Àlex Valverde, predoctoral researcher in the Department of Communication at the UPF with research in media alphabetization, AI and digital education.

RESEARCH collaborators: Jordi Taixés, engineering and interactive technologies researcher at UPF.

 

FEST directors: Margot Mecca, cinema programmer and producer, she works in section organization and in audiovisual international content; Alan Salvadó, associate professor in the Department of Communication at the UPF, specialist in cinema theory and analysis, audiovisual aesthetics and contemporary image forms.

FEST coordination: Mariona Triadú Galí, cultural and tech producer at BITLab Cooperativa, specialized in production and management of audiovisual, digital and museographic projects.

FEST selection commission: the commission is formed by the following researchers and predoctoral researchers at UPF Miriam Sánchez, researcher in audiovisual aesthetics, visual thought and gender studies; Adrián Sánchez, teacher and cinema critic specialized in narratology, performativity and urban representations; Daniel Grandes, filmmaker and cultural journalist specialized in the relationship between digital image and new audiovisual narratives; Júlia Lull, researcher specialized in the intersection of history of art, visual culture and feminism; Pol Capdevila, specialized in art and image theory; as well as the researchers and teachers at the ERAM-UdG Carolina Martínez, researcher in performing arts and cinematography, specialized in documentary theater, experimental cinema, videodance and artistic education; Daniel Perez, researcher and teacher specialized in the history of cinema, digital aesthetic and contemporary cinema trends.

 

WORKFLOWS directors: Frederic Guerrero-Solé, chair in Communication Theory at UPF. Researcher specialized in the study and creative application of generative AI; Àlex Valverde, predoctoral researcher at the Department of Communication at the UPF, specialized in media alphabetization, AI and digital education.

 

LIVE directors: Frederic Font, Engineering professor at UPF; researcher in creative technologies, digital sound and computational musical creation tools; Sònia Espi, technician and manager in research project at the Engineering Department of the UPF, specialized in production, coordination and transfer in technology and innovation.

LIVE artistic director: Blazej Kotowski, artist and researcher at the UPF, specialized in digital arts and sound.

LIVE technical coordinator: Anxe Faraldo, musician and electroacoustic composition professor at the UPF, specialized in experimental and transdisciplinary music.

 

SINAPSI directors: Bertran Salvador, professor, researcher and coordinator of the chair “Futurs de la Comunicació” at the UPF; Teresa Roig Sitjar, transversal knowledge-transfer projects promoter at the UPF.

 

 

SIDE EVENTS

 

HUM+RAIN directors: professors at the Department of Humanities of the UPF, Júlia Lull, researcher specialized in the intersections between history of art, visual culture and feminism; Tomas Macsotay Bunt, art historian and researchers in critical studies of Enlightenment and cultural Modernity; Nausikaä El-Mecky, specialized in the study of the historical and contemporary attacks on art; Pol Capdevila, specialized in art and image theory; Simone Ventura, expert in contemporary literature and culture; Núria Fernández Rius, researcher in visual culture and cultural history.

 

AD+RAIN directors: professors at the Department of Communication of the UPF Carles Sanabre, expert in communication, digital strategy and content visibility in the context of AI (SEO/GEO); Frederic Guerrero-Solé, +RAIN Film Festival director and researcher specialized in the study and application of generative AI; Lluís Mas, specialized in advertising, digital marketing and brand management.

 

TRANSLATE+RAIN directors: professors at the Department of Translation and Language Sciences at the UPF Blanca Arias, specialist in audiovisual accessibility, subtitling and linguistic inclusivity; Gokhan Dogru, expert in translation technologies and AI applied to translation; Paula Igareda, specialized in audiovisual translation, accessibility and language learning.

 

MEDIA+RAIN directors: professors at the Department of Communication of the UPF Roger Cassany, expert in journalistic innovation and new technologies; Marcel Mauri, specialized in journalistic ethics and disinformation.

 

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Communication team: Àlex Gil and Júlia Gaitano, independent professionals in press and cultural communication. 

Image: Júlia Lull, researcher specialized in the intersection of history of art, visual culture and feminism; Àlex Valverde, predoctoral researcher at the Department of Communication at the UPF, specialized in media alphabetization, IA and digital education; Judit Freixas, graduate in Fine Arts and postgraduate student in the Master’s degree in Digital Culture and Emergent Media at the UPF, she does research from an artistic practice.

Illustration and design: Guillem Bosch, artist specialized in drawing, painting and design.

 

Collaborators manager: Marco Díaz zur Linden, predoctoral researcher at the Department of Communication of the UPF. Research in communication theory and contemporary audiovisual culture.

 

Subtitling team: undergraduate students in Translation and Language Sciences at the UPF Emma Villarejo Patiño, Karina Alguacil Toro, Ariadna del Río Guzmán, Pol Edgard Núñez González, Catalina Ginard Roig, Chantal Alonso Salvador.

 

Acknowledgements: teams from the UPF Foundation and the Management and Administration Unit (UGA de Comunicació).