Between July 1 and 3, the Film-Philosophy Conference 2024 will take place in Espinho. The conference is organised by colleagues from the University of British Columbia, the NOVA Institute of Philosophy (NOVA University Lisbon), and the University of Coimbra, in partnership with the FEST Film Festival.
1 July (5:30–7:00 pm) Film and Death #1 | Chair: David Martin-Jones
. Patrícia Castello Branco: “Film, Death, and Indigenous Ontology: The Shaman and Film as Bridges Between Life and Death”
. Lucas Ferraço Nassif: “Transformative Acts: Film-Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, and Schizoanalysis”
. Marco Grosoli: “’A Shadow Like Me’. Destructive Plasticity in Victor Erice’s Cerrar los ojos”
2 July (2:00–3:30 pm) Film and Death #2 | Chair: Matilda Mroz
. Vasco Baptista Marques: “An unlikely comment on Simmel and Jankélévitch’s debate on death and immortality: Albert Serra’s La Mort de Louis XIV”
. Christine Reeh-Peters: “Towards an Ethics of Film Specters”
. Pedro Inock: "The Right to Film Death: through the lens of Eric Steele’s The Bridge (2006)"
Keynote Speaker | Susana Viegas: “ "Film and Death: A Film-Philosophical Analysis of Cléo from 5 to 7" (2 July, 11:30 am–12:45 pm)
