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In less than a decade, a considerable volume of knowledge had emerged in several universities and research centres resulting from research projects, with FCT funding, proposing new interdisciplinary approaches to cinema in Portugal: Teoria e Estética do Cinema Documentário [Theory and Aesthetics of Documentary Cinema] (LabCom/UBI); Principais Tendências do Cinema Português Contemporâneo [Main Trends in Portuguese Contemporary Cinema] (CIAC, 2008); Cinema e Filosofia – Mapa de um Encontro [Cinema and Philosophy - Map of an Encounter] (IFILNOVA, 2008); Ruptura Silenciosa. Intersecções entre a arquitectura e o cinema. Portugal, 1960-1974 [Silent Rift. Intersections between architecture and cinema. Portugal, 1960-1974] (FAUP, 2008); Censura e Mecanismos de Controlo da Informação no Teatro e no Cinema [Censorship and Information Control Mechanisms in Theatre and Cinema] (CIMJ, 2010); Falso Movimento – Estudos sobre Escrita e Cinema [False Movement - Studies on Writing and Cinema] (Centro de Estudos Comparatistas/FLUL [Centre for Comparative Studies/FLUL], 2010); Works – O trabalho no Ecran [Works - The Work on Screen] (ISCTE-IUL, 2012); explorando as práticas turística e cinematográficas através do filme de não-ficção português (1910-1980) [Exploring tourist and cinematic practices through Portuguese non-fiction film (1910-1980)]; among others.
Moreover, in several academic institutions abroad, especially in Brazil, publications have also emerged signed by academics who have shed new light on Portuguese cinema through literature, theatre and history. Several works by scholars such as Carolin Overhoff Ferreira (UNESP, Brazil), Renata Soares Junqueira (FAPESP, Brazil), Jorge Cruz (UERJ, Brazil), Leandro Mendonça (UFF, Brazil), Randall Johnson (UCLA, United States), Iván Villarmea Álvarez (U. Santiago Compostela, Spain), Glòria Salvadó-Corretger (U. Pompeu Fabra, Spain) among many others, have appeared in the Portuguese publishing market as a result of a growing interest.
With the contribution of many of these scholars, two particularly significant collective works of a new methodological approach to Portuguese cinema were published: O Cinema Português através dos seus filmes [Portuguese Cinema through its films] (Campo das Letras 2007, republished in 2014 by Edições 70), coordinated by Carolin Overhoff Ferreira; and Cinema Português: Um Guia Essencial [Portuguese Cinema: An Essential Guide] (SESI-SP. 2013), organised by Paulo Cunha and Michelle Sales.
