Arnau Gifreu Castells is a lecturer, researcher, and producer in the audiovisual and multimedia fields. He holds a degree in Audiovisual Communication from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), a Master’s Degree in Digital Arts, and is currently a PhD candidate at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF). Arnau is a professor at Universitat Ramón Llull (URL), Universitat de Vic (UVIC), and the Master’s in Creative Documentary at UAB. He has also served as a visiting professor at TAMK (Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Finland) as part of the Erasmus Programme and as a research professor at the University of York (Toronto, Canada) through a pre-doctoral fellowship.

His research focuses on interactive nonfiction, particularly the interactive documentary genre, where he is a pioneer in research, teaching, and production. Arnau is a member of the I-Docs Community (co-editor of the I-Docs.org portal) and the I-Docs Conference. He is also a member of the Digital Interactions Research Group at UVIC and collaborates with the Digidoc Research Group at UPF. Arnau leads the Final Degree Projects in Interactive Communication and serves as the coordinator of the MBA in Interactive Digital Communication at UVIC, as well as a member of the Studies Council at the Communication and Business Faculty.

In addition, Arnau is the editorial head of the Ictineus magazine (El Periódico de Catalunya), co-organizer of the Musiclip Festival, and a regular collaborator with Activa Films, Vic’s Digital Week (E-Week), and La Casa del Cine, among other events. He has worked in production roles for 25TV and Televisió de Catalunya (TVC), as well as production companies such as Tasmania Films and MediaPro. Arnau is currently producing documentaries for both television and digital platforms.

In interactive production, Arnau Gifreu Castells has contributed to the creation and design of navigation systems for various portals, including the UNICA Audiovisual Research Group, the Audiovisual Production Observatory (OPA), and the digital magazine Formats, all linked to UPF. He is also part of the Funky Mobile Ideas team, a consultancy firm specializing in Internet and Mobile Web 2.0 (CampusMovil Project), and has participated in visual performances at various events as a VJ.