Amaia Nerekan
She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Audiovisual Communication and Advertising at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). She holds a PhD in Audiovisual Communication (UPV/EHU, cum laude, dissertation written in Basque), a Master’s degree in Theory and Practice of Creative Documentary (Autonomous University of Barcelona), a Master’s degree in Social Communication (UPV/EHU), and a Bachelor’s degree in Audiovisual Communication (UPV/EHU). She teaches theoretical and practical courses on film and documentary in Basque and Spanish. In parallel, she develops her own creative projects, focusing on socially themed documentaries. Her main research lines include proximity communication, minority languages, film festivals, Basque cinema, and Small Cinemas. She has been awarded two six-year research periods (sexenios) (2013–2018) and (2019–2024). Her work as a filmmaker and her close contact with the audiovisual industry are fundamental to the Atmósfera laboratory project recently created by the GAIT group. Her experience as a documentary filmmaker and her professional networks are of particular relevance for this laboratory, where knowledge transfer will be a key element in giving visibility to the group’s research.