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Heritales promotes @ Bota Rasa Évora – Portugal (19th of June 2026)

Heritales at the Bota Rasa Sociede Uniao Eborense

Art, 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

 

 

  • Target Audience: General public, youth, adults, seniors, researchers, cultural programmers.
  • Day: 19th of June 2026
  • Duration: 120min
  • Time: 17.30
  • Location : Bota Rasa – Evora
  • Registration: free entry
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Heritales promotes @ University of Évora – Portugal (13th-15th of May 2026)

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

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Heritales promotes @ Casa Do Burgos Evora – Portugal (15th-18th of April 2026)

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

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Heritales promotes @ Bota Rasa Évora – Portugal (18th of March 2026)

Heritales at the Bota Rasa Sociede Uniao Eborense

LECTURE 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

  • Target Audience: General public, youth, adults, seniors, researchers, cultural programmers.
  • Day: 18th of March 2026
  • Duration: 120min
  • Time: 17.00
  • Location : Bota Rasa – Evora
  • Registration: free entry
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Heritales promotes @ University of Évora – Portugal (17th-18th of March 2026)

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

  • Target Audience: General public, youth, adults, seniors, researchers, cultural programmers.
  • Day: 17th-18th of March 2026
  • Time: 14.00-19:00 
  • Location : Colegio Espirito Santo -Evora
  • Registration: free entry
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Heritales Awards – Almada-Portugal (5th, 6th,7th and 8th of June 2025)

Awards Ceremony 2024-25, Films Screening and music

Heritales celebrates the awards ceremony of the 2024 competition. We would like to invite you all to a four nights celebration of films about “The Role Peace for Sustainable Communities”. The event will take place in various locations in the municipality of Almada-Portugal  (please see below)

This year we are going to explore amazing work from all over the world that present peace and the effect of conflict and war on sustainable communities, inline with the UNESCO Chair of Education for Global Peace and Sustainability.

We are also trilled to announce that we have partnership with the APCAlmada, which will give us the opportunity to celebrate local traditions trough dance and music. Please come and enjoy these free documentary cinema and other incredible activities with us!

Event financed by national funds through the Foundation for Science and Technology, within the scope of project UIDB/00057

Official Poster & Program Download in PDF

 

 

 

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Heritales @ The National Museum of Coches – Lisbon – Portugal (18th – 19th of May 2024)

The International Day and Night of Museums

On the International Day and Night of the Museums, Heritales will be screening four amazing documentaries and a collection of animation shorts from the past editions of the festival.

Starting with Talia from the producing house Cativa followed by the documentary Hard Question from João Meirinhos, an incredible Lisbon-based director and poet.
After the Saturday evening session, there will be a debate with the directors of the documentary “Meraki” , an Ocean and Flow Production investigating the protection of the cultural world and the natural world, as ecological and social elements linked to peace and sustainability.
On Saturday afternoon at the official market fair, you can experience a workshop with Maria Zozaya on the project Crowd Recycling

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  • Target Audience: General public, youth, adults, seniors, researchers, cultural programmers, families, and children
  • Day: 18th – 19th of May 2024
  • Time: 11.00 Saturday, 18.00 Saturday, 11.00 Sunday
  • Duration: 60min each session
  • Location: National Museum of Coches Lisbon
  • Registration: free entry
  • Notes: Film projection followed by a debate with festival organizers Maria Zozaya and directors of the films Violeta Lap and  Gustavo Neves from Meraki.
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Heritales @ SHE – Évora – Portugal (21st of July 2022)

Giuseppe, a Shepherd from the City Outskirts & Djurdjevdan Is Yet To Come

The cinema cycle at SHE “In a corner of the world, four different heritages”, will be dedicated to discovering heritages that remain isolated, or are at risk of disappearing.

The fourth session takes us to Europe. First, we accompanied Pastor Giuseppe around Nuoro, on the island of Sardinia (Italy). As he leads his flock to the nearby pastures, he shows them how he has to deal with the traffic and strict rules of the city. The film ironically conveys the contradictions of the decaying value of rural life and Giuseppe’s strong attachment to it.
Then we see the “Djurdjevdan” ceremony, registered in the National Intangible Cultural Heritage of Serbia. The inhabitants of Oparic (Levac) prepare the Saint Patron’s Day dedicated to the Great Martyr Saint George, to glorify the holiday that follows winter, evoke spring and awaken the senses and harvests. People, plants and legends in this village still weave the colorful crowns of Djurdjevdan together, kill sheep and steal doors, from the beginning of time until now.

More Info about the film “Giuseppe pastore di periferia” here

More Info about the film “Djurdjevdan” here

  • Target Audience: General public, youth, adults, seniors, students, researchers.
  • Day: 21st of July 2022
  • Time: 21.30
  • Duration: 60 min + debate
  • Location: Sociedade Harminia Eborense –  Evora
  • Presence of the director: Online
  • Registration: Not necessary but preferred
  • Extra Activities: Film projection anticipated by Crowd-Recycling recycling workshop: “bring your scissors and make a purse”, with María Zozaya-Montes. Presentation by MariaZozaya, Takis Sarantoupolos, technical direction by Fernando Mendes SHE.
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Heritales @ SHE – Évora – Portugal (19th of July 2022)

King for a Day

The cinema cycle at SHE “In a corner of the world, four different heritages”, will be dedicated to discovering heritages that remain isolated, or are at risk of disappearing.

The third session takes us to the British community of Padstow. Between archival footage, ritual recordings and interviews with Cornwall natives over 9 years, this documentary shows what “May Day” means to them, which is a ritual to welcome summer on the 1st of May. It reveals the fragility of a community that sees its centuries-old traditions disappear under the pressure of a constantly changing world. Will this be the last generation to call ‘Old Oss’ from its stable to welcome summer? The tensions between tradition and progress reveal the importance of cultural identity in a globalized society, between friendship, hope, celebration and unity.

More Info about the film here

  • Target Audience: General public, youth, adults, seniors, students, researchers.
  • Day: 19th of July 2022
  • Time: 21.30
  • Duration: 60 min + debate
  • Location: Sociedade Harminia Eborense –  Evora
  • Presence of the director: no
  • Registration: Not necessary but preferred
  • Extra Activities: Film projection anticipated by a tutorial of recycling CrowdRecycling with Maria Zozaya, presentation by MariaZozaya, Takis Sarantoupolos, technical direction by Fernando Mendes SHE
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Heritales @ Teatro do Recreio Desportivo da Trafaria (Casino) (20th of March 2022)

Cinema in the Casino

Once again we invite you  to come and join us at the Recreios Desportivos da Trafaria in collaboration with Canto do Curió .
Free animated movie session for children and families.
This session is part of the monthly Film Cycle at Recreios Desportivos da Trafaria
The films are kindly offered by the biggest animation festival in the country Monstrafestival under the project Mostrinha which aims to bring animated films to childreen that cannot assist in the main event in the center of Lisbon.
This session is promoted by the Commission of Residents of the Neighborhoods Madame Faber and 1.º Torrão e Canto do Curió Cultural Association, with support from the National Program Healthy Neighborhoods and the Union of Parishes of Caparica and Trafaria.

Please join us on  this magic Sunday Morning in one of the most beautiful setting of the Lisbon region. The old Casino of Trafaria, on the river Tagus will host this event and it will welcome you in its beautiful renewed premise.

https://rdtcasino.pt/

  • Target Audience: General public, families, children, adults, seniors, schools.
  • Day: 20th of March 2022
  • Time: 11.30
  • Duration: 50 min
  • Location: Teatro do Recreio Desportivo da Trafaria (Portugal)
  • Registration: No registration, free entry but limited spaces available
  • Presence of the director: no
  • Extra Activities: Presentation by Nicola Schiavottiello (Co-director Heritales)