Camilo Porras Sandoval has been an academic staff member and doctoral candidate at JGU Mainz since 2020. He studied communication sciences and audiovisual production at the Universidad de Costa Rica and at FAU Erlangen, and received his master’s degree in Media Dramaturgy at JGU. For his master’s graduation project he developed the transmedia series “Sebastian ama el drama/Sebastian liebt das Drama” and examined gay masculinities in Latin American web series. The thesis was recognized as an outstanding master’s thesis by the Faculty 05 – Philosophy and Philology. He also worked on documentary projects in Costa Rica and in the organization of the ATX Television Festival 2017 in Austin. He works in the program selection of the film festival “Días de Cine” at the Deutsches Filmmuseum (Frankfurt am Main).

Academic advisor for the master’s program in Media Dramaturgy

Editorial support of the website (with Tullio Richter-Hansen; mail contact)

BAföG Officer

Spokesperson of the Anti-Discrimination Working Group

European Network for Cinema and Media Studies (NECS)

Associate member of the Research Training Group “Configurations of Film (2020-2023)

1. MA Pr. Berufspraktikum
   Instructor: Camilo Porras Sandoval
2. PS. Zugänge zur Filmwissenschaft (Sommer): Film und Nation
   Instructor: Camilo Porras Sandoval
3. SLS. Sichtung zum PS (Sommer)
   Instructor: Josefine Hetterich; Dr. Sarah Horn; Dr. Roman Mauer; Camilo Porras Sandoval; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Marc Siegel

SoSe 2026

Media Industry Studies

Production Studies

Dramaturgy and Narratology

Television and web series

Gender and Queer Studies