Thibault Théodore

EDUCATION

2024-
Université de Montréal, Ph.D. in cinema studies
École normale supérieure · PSL University, Ph.D. in epistemology and history of science
Thesis: Filmology, Filmologists: From the Sorbonne Institute of Filmology (1948-1962) to Contemporary Film Studies (theses.fr/s407531).

2023-2024 Université de Montréal, specialized graduate diploma in arts, creation & technologies

2022-2023 Stockholm University, international master in cinema studies (I/MA/C/S)
2021-2022 Université de Montréal, international master in cinema studies (I/MA/C/S)
2020-2023 Université de Liège, international master in cinema studies (I/MA/C/S)
I/MA/C/S thesis: Documentary Cinema as Legal Procedure. An Analysis of Errol Morris’ Films Through the Phenomenology of Jacques Derrida Up Until the Courtrooms (July 2023, doi.org/2268/306593).

2017-2020 UCLouvain / Saint-Louis University, Brussels, trilingual bachelor in political science
2020 Åbo Akademi University, film & visual arts studies (Erasmus+ exchange)
2020 University of Turku, political science & European studies (Erasmus+ exchange)

2017 Athénée Robert Catteau, diploma of higher secondary education, latin-science

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2016— MADEYE, « chief executive officer »

2023— Université de Montréal, teaching & research assistant

2023— Observatoire du cinéma au Québec (OCQ), communications assistant

2022 Stockholm International Film Festival, international press officer

2013-2024 International Society of the New Patrons, film production, international communication

2011-2019 de Nieuwe opdrachtgevers / les Nouveaux commanditaires de Belgique, film production, photography, graphic design & web support

2018 La Foire agricole (directed by Stéphane Aubier & Vincent Patar, 2019), location manager
2018 Adoration (directed by Fabrice Du Welz, 2019), location manager

SYMPOSIA & CONFERENCES

January 30, 2025, Université de Montréal — « Film studies or filmology ?« , invited lecture and discussion as part of the Cinema theories course

April 24, 2024, Université de Montréal — « The Institute of Filmology: A Journey to Paris« , presentation and screening of a short film at the GRAFIM Interuniversity Symposium ‘Recherches actuelles en cinéma : les films qui creusent là où il faut‘ — hal.science/hal-04766356

January 31, 2019, Sciences Po, Paris — Nuit des idées 2019, « Art in the Present: The New Patrons« , member of the organizing committee

March 21, 2018, University of Liège — « The New Patrons Since 1990: 450 Artistic Projects Across Europe« , talk during the Study Day on The New Patrons

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION

St. John Ambulance, Advanced Medical First Responder, May 2024

screen.brussels, Wallimage, Public health referent on film sets (Covid-19), August 2020

edX CERTIFICATES

University of Pennsylvania, Hollywood: History, Industry, Art, 2018
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Cinema through a Global Lens, 2018
Københavns Universitet (Coursera), Scandinavian Film and Television, 2018
Stanford University, Identifying Early Signs of Psychosis in Adolescents and Young Adults, 2020

VOLUNTEERING

2024— St. John Ambulance, Quebec, provincial communications officer; medical first responder

2020-2023 Cinéclub Nickelodéon (ULiège), organizing committee; graphic design & communication

2023— Belgian Red Cross, medical first aid

2019-2020 Erasmus Student Network Belgium, national communication manager
2018-2019 ESN Brussels United, communication manager, ad interim coordinator
2017-2018 ESN Saint-Louis Brussels, communication manager

2015-2017 Marcheurs de la Paix, president
2012-2015, communications & media manager

2016 Brussels Short Film Festival, youth jury member