Guilherme Blanc is a curator and researcher, working across cinema and visual arts, often in dialogue with other practices, namely performance and editorial. He has worked as an independent film curator since 2012, collaborating with institutions such as the Barbican Centre, Whitechapel Gallery and the ICA. From 2017 to 2021, he was head of contemporary art and film for the city of Porto, working as artistic director of Galeria Municipal do Porto, Fórum do Futuro, and leading funding programmes for the arts. He is artistic director of Batalha Centro de Cinema, and teaches film at Universidade Católica Portuguesa.