2025. “Cinema e Diálogo Inter-Religioso” [“Cinema and Interreligious Dialogue”], open seminar by Sérgio Dias Branco (CEIS20/UC). Linha do Horizonte: Encontros Entre Comunidades Religiosas à Volta do Cinema [Horizon Line: Meetings Between Religious Communities Around Cinema], organised by the Centre of Interdisciplinary Studies (CEIS20), with support from the Laboratory for Investigating and Practicing Art (LIPA) and the Figueira da Fo City Council. 11 Jan., University of Coimbra Campus at Figueira da Foz. [poster]
2024. Session on the film Where Do We Go Now? (Et maintenant on va où?, 2011). Linha do Horizonte: Encontros Entre Comunidades Religiosas à Volta do Cinema [Horizon Line: Meetings Between Religious Communities Around Cinema], organised by the Centre of Interdisciplinary Studies (CEIS20), with support from the Laboratory for Investigating and Practicing Art (LIPA) and the Figueira da Fo City Council. 30 Nov., University of Coimbra Campus at Figueira da Foz. [poster]
2024. Session on the film Mass (2021). Linha do Horizonte: Encontros Entre Comunidades Religiosas à Volta do Cinema [Horizon Line: Meetings Between Religious Communities Around Cinema], organised by the Centre of Interdisciplinary Studies (CEIS20), with support from the Laboratory for Investigating and Practicing Art (LIPA) and the Figueira da Fo City Council. 26 Oct., University of Coimbra Campus at Figueira da Foz. [poster]
2024. “Cinema, Religões e Diálogo Inter-Religioso” [“Cinema, Religions and Interreligious Dialogue”], open class by Sérgio Dias Branco (CEIS20/UC). History of Religions. 16 May, Anf. I, FLUC. [poster]
2024. Publication of Explorations in Film and Christianity: Movement as Immobility, ed. Rita Benis and Sérgio Dias Branco. London and New York: Routledge.
2023. “A Ilha dos Amores (1982) como Ponte Entre Oriente e Ocidente: Paulo Rocha, Wenceslau de Moraes, Religião e Cultura Visual” [“Island of Loves (1982) as a Bridge Between East and West: Paulo Rocha, Wenceslau de Moraes, Religion and Visual Culture”], seminar by Caterina Cucinotta (IHC/UNL). A Transcendência do Ecrã [The Transcendence of the Screen] #9, organised by the Centre of Interdisciplinary Studies (CEIS20) and the Research Centre for Communication and Culture (CECC), with support from the Laboratory for Investigating and Practicing Art (LIPA). 25 Jan., online. [poster] [video]
2023. “Corpo, Espiritualidade e Natureza em Benilde ou a Virgem Mãe (1975): Sobre o Cinema de Manoel de Oliveira Entre Existência e Transcendência” [“Body, Spirituality and Nature in Benilde or the Virgin Mother (1975): On Manoel de Oliveira’s Cinema Between Existence and Transcendence”], seminar by Maria Irene Aparício (IFILNOVA/UNL). A Transcendência do Ecrã [The Transcendence of the Screen] #10, organised by the Centre of Interdisciplinary Studies (CEIS20) and the Research Centre for Communication and Culture (CECC), with support from the Laboratory for Investigating and Practicing Art (LIPA). 22 Feb., online. [poster] [video]
2023. “O Visível e o Invisível em Manoel de Oliveira: Espelho Mágico (2005)” [“The Visible and the Invisible in Manoel de Oliveira: Magic Mirror (2005)”], seminar by Biagio D’Angelo and Anna Cristina Rodrigues (UnB). A Transcendência do Ecrã [The Transcendence of the Screen] #11, organised by the Centre of Interdisciplinary Studies (CEIS20) and the Research Centre for Communication and Culture (CECC), with support from the Laboratory for Investigating and Practicing Art (LIPA). 19 Apr., online. [poster] [video]
2022. “O Evangelho Segundo São Mateus (1964) e o Cristianismo” [“The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964) and Christianity”], open class by João Gouveia Monteiro (CHSC/UC) and Sérgio Dias Branco (CEIS20/UC). History of Religions. Expressão e Religião [Expression and Religion] #1, organised by the Centre of 20th Century Interdisciplinary Studies (CEIS20) and the Academy for the Encounter of Cultures and Religions (APECER), with support from the Laboratory for Investigating and Practicing Art (LIPA). 18 Mar., Anf. II, FLUC. [poster]
2022. “O Destino (1997) e o Islão” [“Destiny (1997) and Islam”] by Patrícia Silveirinha Castello Branco (IFILNOVA/UNL). History of Religions. Expressão e Religião [Expression and Religion] #2, organised by the Centre of 20th Century Interdisciplinary Studies (CEIS20) and the Academy for the Encounter of Cultures and Religions (APECER), with support from the Laboratory for Investigating and Practicing Art (LIPA). 22 Apr. 2022, Anf. II, FLUC. [poster]
2022. “Nossa Senhora de Fátima e o Culto Mariano no Cinema Português” [“Our Lady of Fátima and the Marian Cult in Portuguese Cinema”], seminar by Daniel Ribas (CITAR/UCP) and Paulo Cunha (LABCOM/UBI). A Transcendência do Ecrã [The Transcendence of the Screen] #1, organised by the Centre of Interdisciplinary Studies (CEIS20) and the Research Centre for Communication and Culture (CECC), with support from the Laboratory for Investigating and Practicing Art (LIPA). 23 Feb., online. [poster] [video]
2022. “Ler o Mundo, Proclamar o Evangelho: E Agora? Lembra-me? (2013) e O Novo Testamento de Jesu Christo Segundo João (2013) como Díptico” [“Reading the World, Proclaiming the Gospel: What Now? Remind Me (2013) and The New Testament of Jesus Christ According to John (2013) as Diptych”], seminar by Sérgio Dias Branco (CEIS20/UC). A Transcendência do Ecrã [The Transcendence of the Screen] #2, organised by the Centre of Interdisciplinary Studies (CEIS20) and the Research Centre for Communication and Culture (CECC), with support from the Laboratory for Investigating and Practicing Art (LIPA). 31 Mar., online. [poster] [video]
2022. “Representação, Revelação e Presença em Acto da Primavera (1963)” [“Representation, Revelation and Presence in Rite of Spring (1963)”], seminar by Patrícia Silveirinha Castello Branco (IFILNOVA/UNL). A Transcendência do Ecrã [The Transcendence of the Screen] #3, organised by the Centre of Interdisciplinary Studies (CEIS20) and the Research Centre for Communication and Culture (CECC), with support from the Laboratory for Investigating and Practicing Art (LIPA). 7 Apr., online. [poster] [video]
2022. “A Literatura Bíblica em O Meu Caso (1987), de Manoel de Oliveira: Texto e Contexto” [“Biblical Literature in Mon cas (1987) by Manoel de Oliveira: Text and Context”], seminar by Sofia Cardetas Beato (UL). A Transcendência do Ecrã [The Transcendence of the Screen] #4, organised by the Centre of Interdisciplinary Studies (CEIS20) and the Research Centre for Communication and Culture (CECC), with support from the Laboratory for Investigating and Practicing Art (LIPA). 17 May, online. [poster] [video]
2022. “Gesto, Trabalho e Risco: A Concreta Realidade do Sobrenatural no Cinema de Pedro Costa” [“Gesture, Work and Risk: The Concrete Reality of the Supernatural in Pedro Costa’s Cinema”], seminar by Maria do Rosário Lupi Bello (CECC-UCP/UAb). A Transcendência do Ecrã [The Transcendence of the Screen] #5, organised by the Centre of Interdisciplinary Studies (CEIS20) and the Research Centre for Communication and Culture (CECC), with support from the Laboratory for Investigating and Practicing Art (LIPA). 8 Jun., online. [poster] [video]
2022. “Caminhos de Regresso em Deste Lado da Ressurreição (2011)” [“Paths of Return in This Side of the Resurrection (2011)”], seminar by Maria da Conceição Castel-Branco (CETAPS/UNL). A Transcendência do Ecrã [The Transcendence of the Screen] #6, organised by the Centre of Interdisciplinary Studies (CEIS20) and the Research Centre for Communication and Culture (CECC), with support from the Laboratory for Investigating and Practicing Art (LIPA). 20 Jul., online. [poster] [video]
2022. “O Estranho Caso de Angélica (2010): Uma Leitura Religiosa à Luz do Pensamento de Simone Weil” [“The Strange Case of Angelica (2010): A Religious Reading in the Light of Simone Weil’s Thought”], seminar by Rita Benis (CEC/UL). A Transcendência do Ecrã [The Transcendence of the Screen] #7, organised by the Centre of Interdisciplinary Studies (CEIS20) and the Research Centre for Communication and Culture (CECC), with support from the Laboratory for Investigating and Practicing Art (LIPA). 26 Oct., online. [poster] [video]
2022. “A Imanência do Sagrado e do Profano em João de Deus” [“The Immanence of the Sacred and the Profane in John of God”], seminar by Nelson Araújo (CEAA/ESAP). A Transcendência do Ecrã [The Transcendence of the Screen] #8, organised by the Centre of Interdisciplinary Studies (CEIS20) and the Research Centre for Communication and Culture (CECC), with support from the Laboratory for Investigating and Practicing Art (LIPA). 23 Nov., online. [poster] [video]
2022-. Sérgio Dias Branco participates as researcherer in COREnet: Connecting Theory and Practical Issues of Migration and Religious Diversity, funded by COST - European Cooperation in Science and Technology. [website]
2017. Movement as Immobility: A Conference on Film and Christianity international conference, 24 and 25 Nov., University of Lisbon. Org. Centre for Comparative Studies (CEC) - University of Lisbon, Research Centre for Communication and Culture (CECC) and Research Center for Theology and Religion Studies (CITER) - Catholic University of Portugal, and Nova Institute of Philosophy (IFILNOVA) - Nova University of Lisbon. [website]
2014. “Cinema e Espiritualidade” [“Film and Spirituality”] film programme, in cooperation with Instituto Universitário Justiça e Paz. Sessões do Carvão, Feb. to Mar., Casa das Caldeiras, University of Coimbra. [poster]
