Stephanie Dennison is a Professor of Brazilian Studies and a founding member of the Centre for World Cinemas and Digital Cultures at the University of Leeds. She is co-author with Lisa Shaw of two books on Brazilian cinema and edited books on Latin American film and popular culture, she co-edited with Song Hwee Lim Remapping World Cinema and she leads an AHRC-funded international research network examining cinema as soft-power asset in BRICS nations.