Born in Portugal, Cíntia Gil was the director of Doclisboa, in Portugal, and Sheffield DocFest (UK). Gil created the cinema club “Artistic Differences”, with Jenny Miller and Christopher Allen, at UnionDocs (NY), and is part of the programming teams of Cannes Directors’ Fortnight and Doclisboa. Gil has curated a variety of contemporary and historical film series, retrospectives and exhibitions, besides publishing articles in a wide array of publications. In addition, she has taught seminars, lectures and workshop  in different institutions (Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica in Mexico, EICTV in Cuba, HGK Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design in Germany, Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona among others), and participated in numerous panels, forums and public discussions on film, documentary, festivals and film programming. Cíntia has served on juries in festivals such as Berlinale, Cairo, Mar del Plata, Jerusalem, Taiwan, FidMarseille, DokuFest, and Ficunam, among others.