2025
OPEN SEMINAR. Sérgio Dias Branco (CEIS20/UC), “Cinema e Diálogo Inter-Religioso” [“Cinema and Interreligious Dialogue”]. 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]
PUBLICATION [BOOK]. Rita Benis and Sérgio Dias Branco, ed. Explorations in Film and Christianity: Movement as Immobility. London and New York: Routledge.
2024
SESSION ON A 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]
SESSION ON A 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]
OPEN CLASS. Sérgio Dias Branco (CEIS20/UC), “Cinema, Religões e Diálogo Inter-Religioso” [“Cinema, Religions and Interreligious Dialogue”]. History of Religions. 16 May, Anf. I, FLUC. [poster]
2023
OPEN ONLINE SEMINAR. Caterina Cucinotta (IHC/UNL), “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”]. 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]
OPEN ONLINE SEMINAR. Maria Irene Aparício (IFILNOVA/UNL), “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”]. 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]
OPEN ONLINE SEMINAR. Biagio D’Angelo and Anna Cristina Rodrigues (UnB), “O Visível e o Invisível em Manoel de Oliveira: Espelho Mágico (2005)” [“The Visible and the Invisible in Manoel de Oliveira: Magic Mirror (2005)”]. 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
OPEN CLASS. João Gouveia Monteiro (CHSC/UC) and Sérgio Dias Branco (CEIS20/UC), “O Evangelho Segundo São Mateus (1964) e o Cristianismo” [“The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964) and Christianity”]. 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]
OPEN CLASS. Patrícia Silveirinha Castello Branco (IFILNOVA/UNL), “O Destino (1997) e o Islão” [“Destiny (1997) and Islam”]. 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]
OPEN ONLINE SEMINAR. Daniel Ribas (CITAR/UCP) and Paulo Cunha (LABCOM/UBI), “Nossa Senhora de Fátima e o Culto Mariano no Cinema Português” [“Our Lady of Fátima and the Marian Cult in Portuguese Cinema”]. 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]
OPEN ONLINE SEMINAR. Sérgio Dias Branco (CEIS20/UC), “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”]. 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]
OPEN ONLINE SEMINAR. Patrícia Silveirinha Castello Branco (IFILNOVA/UNL), “Representação, Revelação e Presença em Acto da Primavera (1963)” [“Representation, Revelation and Presence in Rite of Spring (1963)”]. 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]
OPEN ONLINE SEMINAR. Sofia Cardetas Beato (UL), “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”]. 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]
OPEN ONLINE SEMINAR. Maria do Rosário Lupi Bello (CECC-UCP/UAb), “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”]. 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]
OPEN ONLINE SEMINAR. Maria da Conceição Castel-Branco (CETAPS/UNL), “Caminhos de Regresso em Deste Lado da Ressurreição (2011)” [“Paths of Return in This Side of the Resurrection (2011)”]. 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]
OPEN ONLINE SEMINAR. Rita Benis (CEC/UL), “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”]. 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]
OPEN ONLINE SEMINAR. Nelson Araújo (CEAA/ESAP), “A Imanência do Sagrado e do Profano em João de Deus” [“The Immanence of the Sacred and the Profane in John of God”]. 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]
2017
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. Movement as Immobility: A Conference on Film and Christianity, 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
FILM PROGRAMME. “Cinema e Espiritualidade” [“Film and Spirituality”], in cooperation with Instituto Universitário Justiça e Paz. Sessões do Carvão, Feb. to Mar., Casa das Caldeiras, University of Coimbra. [poster]