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Gerda Cammaer

Dr. Gerda Cammaer

Associate Chair, Professor
EducationPhD Communication Studies (research-creation) Department of Communication Studies, Concordia University (Montreal, Canada) (2010). Master of Fine Arts: Studio Arts (Film Production) Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University (Montreal, Canada) (2000). Bachelor of Fine Arts: Film Production Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University (Montreal, Canada) (1988). Master Communication Studies Faculty Social Sciences, Catholic University of Leuven (KUL), Belgium (1989).
https://vimeo.com/gerdacammaer (external link) 

Dr. Gerda Cammaer is a filmmaker, scholar, and film curator. Her main research interests are experimental and documentary film, eco-media, microcinema and mobile filmmaking with a focus on emerging practices, experimentation with form, and visual storytelling. Her own artistic work entails short experimental and found-footage films, creative documentaries, and mobile cinema. It has been shown nationally and internationally at festivals, academic conferences and in art galleries. Gerda is an active member and collaborator of MINA (Mobile Innovation Network and Association) in Melbourne (Australia) and of CILECT, the International Organization of Cinema, Audiovisual and Media Schools. 

  • Experimental film
  • Documentary film
  • Smartphone filmmaking
  • Microcinema
  • Ecocinema
  • Overlooked film histories
  • Orphan films
  • The History of film technology and new media

  • Co-editor of Cinephemera: Archives, Ephemeral Cinema, and New Screen Histories in Canada (McGill University Press, 2014)
  • Co-editor of Critical Distance in Documentary Media (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
  • Co-editor of Teaching Documentary for the 21st Century, part of a special book series published by CILECT (2024)
  • The Shoe Project (2021 - 2023) 
  • Sea-Changes (2022)

  • R.B.C. Immigrant, Diversity, and Inclusion Grant (2019-2022)
  • YSGS Outstanding Contribution to Graduate Education Award (2016)
  •  Faculty Scholarly, Research and Creative Activity Award (2013)
  •  Joseph-Armand Bombardier Doctoral Fellowship (2004-2007)
  • Power Corporation of Canada Award (2003)
  • Avi Morrow Award (1999)
  • Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema Chair's Award (1998)
  • Super Suite Award (1997).