António San-Payo is a researcher at CineLab (IFILNOVA) and a PhD candidate in Art and Mediation at NOVA FCSH (dissertation submitted; defense pending). His doctoral research, supported by a fellowship from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), is entitled “The Economy of Images – Spinoza and Bresson”. At the intersection of aesthetics and economics, his work proposes an analysis of Robert Bresson’s work in light of Baruch Spinoza’s philosophy, connecting the affective dimensions of aesthetic experience with a critical reflection on monetary, ecological, and political problems of contemporary capitalism. He holds an MSc in International Economics and European Studies from ISEG (including an exchange at Politecnico di Milano) and a BSc in Economics from ISCTE-IUL (with a full-year exchange at Université Paris Nanterre).