Carolina Machado Oliveira

Dr Carolina Machado Oliveira

  • 01202 961113
  • cmachadooliveira at bournemouth dot ac dot uk
  • Senior Lecturer in Factual
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Biography

Carolina Machado Oliveira is a Senior Lecturer in Factual at Bournemouth University and an award-winning independent documentary filmmaker with over 15 years of experience working as a producer/director across Latin America, the UK, and Europe. Her films have been showcased at international festivals, reflecting her commitment to using media as a tool for advocacy and social transformation. Carolina's work spans documentary filmmaking, multimedia projects, and film distribution, focusing on elevating underrepresented voices and stories that drive meaningful change.

Carolina has previously worked as a producer at MTV, Red Bull Media House, and non-profits like Amazon Watch and Survival International, producing content that addresses urgent environmental and human rights issues. She has also worked at top UK film distributor Dogwoof. Over the past five years, she has worked closely with Indigenous communities in Brazil, supporting the production and distribution of audiovisual content that preserves cultural heritage and identity while addressing challenges like climate justice and displacement...

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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person's work contributes towards the following SDGs:

Gender equality

"Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls"

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Reduced inequalities

"Reduce inequality within and among countries"

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Climate action

"Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts"

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Peace, justice and strong institutions

"Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels"

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Journal Articles

Conferences

  • Machado Oliveira, C., 2024. "Documentary Filmmaking and Indigenous Cinema: Stories of Resilience and Climate Justice". In: 2nd Central-West Regional Meeting on Journalism Education (Erejor Centro-Oeste) UNEMAT & ABEJ - Brazil 6-7 December 2024 Hybrid.
  • Machado Oliveira, C., 2024. Reclaiming Narratives: Indigenous Brazilian Filmmaking as a Tool for Cultural Preservation and Social Justice. In: CreArte Latino Arts & Humanities Conference 18 October 2024 University of Texas.
  • Machado Oliveira, C., 2024. Indigenous Cinema in Latin America: Exploring Indigenous Voices, Co-Creation and Cultural Revitalisation in Brazil. In: Rethinking Latin America - New Journeys Across Film & Literature 26-27 April 2024 Warwick University.

Internet Publications

Theses

  • Machado Oliveira, C., 2020. Brazil in progress : Talking about my generation. Using First Person documentary to analyse Brazilian large-scale social movements. PhD Thesis. University of Sussex.

Films

Posters

  • Machado Oliveira, C., 2023. 'Is a film degree worth it?’ Critically exploring the currency of creative degrees: a case in film studies. In: Fusion Learning Conference 2023.

Profile of Teaching PG

  • Storytelling
  • Approaches to Industry

Profile of Teaching UG

  • Digital Film - Unit Leader, 21/22 - Present
  • Film Language 1 - Unit Leader 22/23 - Present
  • Media Perspectives - Trasnational Cinema, Strand Leader, 21/22- Present
  • Ideas, Development and Research
  • Understanding Distribution - Unit Leader 21/22 - Present
  • Career Pathways
  • Production Portfolio 1 - Documentary Practice
  • Production Portfolio 2 - Realising Formats
  • Graduate Project (Media Production)

Invited Lectures

  • Snap + Share: Mastering Visual Storytelling, Milan - Italy, 18 Nov 2024 more
  • 07 Jul 2023 more
  • Visual Storytelling, UDLA, 06 Jul 2023 more

External Responsibilities

Internal Responsibilities

Journal Reviewing/Refereeing

  • Screenworks, Anonymous peer review, 11 Dec 2023
  • Dandelion Journal, Open peer review, 03 Oct 2022

Public Engagement & Outreach Activities

  • Digital Narratives of the Amazon Programme (03 Jul 2023-31 Jul 2023)
  • Developing Engaging Stories in Documentary Filmmaking at IDA ( International Documentary Association)
  • Reimagining Film Distribution Webinar @ Show & Tell
  • Whose Story is it anyway? The ethics of exploiting subjects/contributors
  • Novella Film Festival - Jury and panel member

Conference Presentations

  • 2nd Central-West Regional Meeting on Journalism Education (Erejor Centro-Oeste), "Documentary Filmmaking and Indigenous Cinema: Stories of Resilience and Climate Justice, 06 Dec 2024, Hybrid
  • CreArte Latino Arts & Humanities Conference, Reclaiming Narratives: Indigenous Brazilian Filmmaking as a Tool for Cultural Preservation and Social Justice, 18 Oct 2024, Rio Grande Valley - Brownsville Campus
  • Brazil Forum UK, 17 Jun 2023, Oxford University
  • Demoracy and Participation in Latin America, Brazil in Progress: Talking About my Generation, 11 May 2020, University of Sussex

Consultancy Activities

  • Documentary Distribution consultant, Film Distribution - The Territory (2022). Dcmist

Qualifications

  • PGCert in Post Graduate Certificate in Education Practice (Bournemouth university, 2023)
  • PhD in Creative and Critical Practive (University of Sussex, 2020)
  • MA in Digital Documentary (University of Sussex, 2012)
  • BA (Hons) in Media Studies (University of Brighton, 2011)

Honours

  • Commendation Award - PGCert (Bournemouth University, 2023)
  • Fellow (The Higher Education Academy, 2023)

Memberships

Networks

  • Co-Convener of BU's Women's Academic Network.