Gerda Cammaer has degrees in Communication Studies, Film Studies and Film Production. Both as a maker, curator and scholar she specializes in experimental and documentary film. Her films have been shown at festivals and film screenings internationally. Following her Ph.D. thesis (co...
Gerda Cammaer has degrees in Communication Studies, Film Studies and Film Production. Both as a maker, curator and scholar she specializes in experimental and documentary film. Her films have been shown at festivals and film screenings internationally. Following her Ph.D. thesis (completed in 2010), a research-creation project about the importance of experimental film practices in times of accelerated technological changes, she directed her attention to various forms of ephemeral cinema and forgotten film histories. With Zoe Druick (SFU) she co-edited Cinephemera: Archives, Ephemeral Cinema, and New Screen Histories in Canada (McGill University Press, Fall 2014). Her current research focuses on the revival of microcinema—various low-budget independent short films inspired by the creative possibilities of new moving image technology—and their lineage with historical forms of alternative short films and videos, particularly travel films. Gerda is the co-director of the Documentary Media Research Centre (DMRC) located in the School of Image Arts. She is the recipient of a Faculty Scholarly, Research and Creative Activity award in 2013 and the Outstanding Contribution to Graduate Education award in 2016.