International Heritage Film Festival
"Heritage is Peace"
Heritales at the Bota Rasa Sociede Uniao EborenseArt, Culture, and Inclusion in the BRIDGES Project
Aligned with the guidelines of the international BRIDGES project, the discussion will champion the premise that arts and culture are fundamental pillars of community development and the promotion of social inclusion. By revisiting the memory of spaces for social interaction, the session aims to demonstrate how access to culture and the reconfiguration of public space empower citizens, foster equality, and generate tools for collective education (both formal and informal)—all essential for building fairer, more participatory, and democratic societies.
The panel will feature practical and theoretical insights from key figures in Évora’s cultural and academic spheres:
Tiago Navarro | Director of the School of the Arts at the University of Évora (EA-UÉ)
Cristine Zurbach | Full Professor (Retired) at the School of the Arts at the University of Évora (EA-UÉ)
José Russo | Artistic Director of CENDREV (Évora Drama Center); he also played a crucial role as a mediator, opening the theater’s doors to facilitate the filming of this documentary.
The session will be moderated by: María Zozaya-Montes | CIDEHUS-UÉ | BRIDGES
This session is held in partnership with the historic association *Sociedade União Eborense – Bota Rasa* (founded in 1839), with the support of its president, Filipe Rebelo, who has spent years revitalizing and fostering cultural activities within this emblematic 19th-century historic venue.
More info an program in Portuguese here: https://bridges.hypotheses.org/9107
María Zozaya-Montes (Dir.) «OS PATRIMÓNIOS DA SOCIABILIDADE II Espaços de Lazer em Évora» (15’22”). Portugal: CIDEHUS-Univ. Évora, 2025. Video em YouTube.
More info in inglish and portugues
We invite you to come and join us in the halla in Scoil Ide for a fantastic evening of animation, as we showcase the works of local and international animators.
Our own past pupils, Mikey Mahon and Fiadh Browne, will return for the screening of some of their animations, and stay for a chat about their craft and projects. Plus a new films from Eve, Anne and Cara
Local films screened:
Screened films From Heritales collection
Heritales at the University of Évora promotes The 3rd International Seminar of the BRIDGES Project, entitled ‘Invisible limitations? The inclusion of difference. From May 13 to 15, the III international seminar organized by the BRIDGES project — «Cultural Bridge». Promoting cultural inclusion to achieve a more democratic society (PLANAPP-FCT, S4P25), based at CIDEHUS of the University of Évora, will take place in online and in-person formats.
This third BRIDGES seminar aims to study inclusion and ways to give visibility to possible avenues for promoting it through culture and the arts. Under the general title of “Invisible Limitations? Inclusion of Difference through Art, Culture and the Digital World,” special attention will be paid to forms of inclusion for intergenerational groups, the elderly, disadvantaged people, people with disabilities, and those with neurodivergences (ADHD, ASD). In line with the project’s interests, cross-cutting themes will again be addressed, primarily encompassing public cultural policies; initiatives to promote cultural and racial diversity; and intersectionality in gender equality, presenting these issues through the lens of the arts.
As in previous meetings, the BRIDGES project invites a wide range of experts from various fields, including research, psychology, medicine, cultural prescription, culture, and the arts, such as theatre and film. In this way, the aim is to address this multifaceted reality from a comprehensive international perspective, through diverse disciplinary representations. This project will address professional trajectories and their association with personal experiences, as well as institutional frameworks structured within organizations, and the various public and artistic expressions that aim to promote positive changes in these social fields. In this sense, and as an essential part of the BRIDGES project’s interests, artistic expressions will be explored as a way to give visibility to these issues and to seek more solutions to achieve true equality through the transformative power of culture.
Session online 14th: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/meeting/register/TehXE-W1TaaRhugeaR-pHQ
Session online 15th: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/meeting/register/TehXE-W1TaaRhugeaR-pHQ
More info an program in Portuguese here: https://bridges.hypotheses.org/6679
Heritales at the University of Évora promotes The 2nd International Seminar of the BRIDGES Project, entitled ‘I Have A Dream. In the light of diversity: art, culture, public policy and the digital world’, will focus particularly on culture and diversity, as well as the ways in which the principles of equality are being undermined. The title refers directly to Martin Luther King’s vision of true equality, as expressed in his famous 1963 speech, ‘I Have a Dream’, which called for an end to racial discrimination, by choosing the words and wishes of union.
During the three-day event, international lecturers, researchers and artists will present their studies and results, demonstrating the importance of public policies in culture and the role of education and the arts in promoting diversity and fostering integration within communities. The research highlights the importance of combatting xenophobia and hate speech directed at migrants, refugees, the Romani-Gypsy community, and cultural minorities.
This second international seminar of the BRIDGES project aims to explore inclusion and highlight possible ways of promoting it through culture. The event will address the following themes: public cultural policies; educational initiatives to promote racial and cultural diversity; perspectives on racism and xenophobia; integration policies for refugees, immigrants, and the Roma community; combatting racism and hate speech; and artistic expressions as a means of raising awareness of these issues and achieving equality through the transformative power of culture.
Session online: Enter and immediate registration, here
More info an program in Portuguese here: https://bridges.hypotheses.org/4181
Heritales at the Bota Rasa Sociede Uniao EborenseLECTURE AND WORKSHOP*
Joana Negrão (A Cantadeira project)
“Some traditional songs sung by women: from work to pilgrimage”
In the context of the International Seminar “Women in Focus: from narrative to representation in language, art, heritage and the digital world” (March 17 and 18)
More info an program in Portuguese here: https://bridges.hypotheses.org/1909
Heritales at the University of Évora promotes International Seminar Women in Focus: from narrative to the representation in the language, art, heritage and the digital world. The Ponte Cultural-BRIDGES project, in conjunction with GabIgual at the University of Évora, is promoting a seminar alluding to Women’s Month, entitled “Women in Focus: from narrative to representation in language, art, heritage, and the digital world.” It will take place on March 17th and 18th, in both in-person and online formats.
It begins on the afternoon of the 17th, at the Colégio do Espirito Santo (CES Anfit. 131). We will share with the academic community some of the activities carried out at the University of Évora in the context of gender equality. After a lecture on inclusive language for women, there will be a round table discussion with the participation of several university leaders, with a view to proposing more inclusive communication strategies that promote the visibility of women, in a proposal aligned with European regulations.
More info an program in Portuguese here: https://bridges.hypotheses.org/1909
Heritales at the University of ÉvoraMigration, Human Rights and the (re)construction of society. Cinema to reclaim human rights. HUMANIZA in Évora.
Several festivals and film forums in Portugal are joining forces to celebrate the Humaniza film festival, dedicated to migration. They will present various films on the day that commemorates Human Rights, December 10th. Several areas are priorities in the defense of human rights, which are present in the problems highlighted by the UN Sustainable Development Goals. One of the great challenges of current societies is migration and the refugee issue (2). For this reason, several film festivals, following the invitation of Cristiano Gianolla and his Co3-Horizon project (University of Coimbra), have joined the initiative to hold a film festival simultaneously in several cities in Portugal, being themselves responsible for the programming. Thus, the organizations “Espalhafitas- Cineclube de Abrantes”, “Grande Coisa!”, Heritales- International Heritage Film Festival and Cineclube Faro, join the CO3 project led by the University of Coimbra to address migration, an objective that is being defined by the international political environment.
More info in Portuguese here: https://heritales.hypotheses.org/7839
Heritales at the University of ÉvoraThe Heritales Heritage Film Festival, now in its sixth edition and dedicated to the theme of peace, is planning several sessions focused on films that explore the reasons and causes of conflict. On November 20th, the festival will promote a session in collaboration with the Public History department at the University of Évora to discuss the challenges of conflict. The aim is to examine the various causes of conflict at local, national, and international levels, and to highlight the social issues associated with war and conflict, which ultimately lead to losses for all affected communities.
The Heritales festival program features a selection of animated films that question war and highlight a range of issues present in numerous international conflicts. The screening will be followed by an debate at the so called open classroom session, led by Mafalda Soares da Cunha, head of the Public History department at the University of Évora, along with María Zozaya from CIDEHUS-UÉ serving as mediators. During this session, they will explore conflicts from both collective and individual perspectives, address their causes, discuss the victims who suffer as a result, examine gender differences, and delve into various dimensions that raise questions about the sensory and emotional aspects of political conflicts.
The session deals with “War and conflict. People and causes across the board”, based on Heritales animated short films’.
Screened Films: Last Call: Indian Son, We Are All Watching! Ceasfire now, Up to the sea she weaves a dream, Max’s Dream, The Black Pomegranate, The Silent Route, Statue, Madres que cantaron la guerra, Rasga Mortalha, The Dream Of A Blue Planet.
International DayAs part of the European Heritage Days, Almada Mundo, the International Association for Education, Training, and Innovation, invites you to second Digital Summit of the year. In this occasion we will celebraate the International Days of Intangible Cultural Heritage. We will present 6 short of the 2024-25 competition.
For the occasion Heritales as chosen 7 great documentaries about traditions sustenability, community and natural heritage. The films will be shown along the full day starting at 10 m until 7pm.
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Screened documentaries:
From Old Man to Child (Hu Xiao)
Meryem (Serhan Doğan)
Song After a Revolution (Eduardo Soutullo)
I won’t remain Alone (Yaser Talebi)
The Price of Regulation (Fedawak Gemechu Boru)
White Cover Lapland (Vigmantas – Balevičius)
