

From 18 to 21 June, Lusófona University of Lisbon will host The NECS 2025 Conference, dedicated to the theme Discovering/Uncovering: Navigating the Complexities of Screen Media. On June 19 2-3:40PM, our project’s PI, Susana Viegas, will be present at the section Panels & Workshops, for a ERC Info Session led by Nicoleta Bazgan from the […]

CfP Special Issue on Swan Songs: Philosophical Reflections on Death, Time, and Memory in Testament Films
Swan Songs: Philosophical Reflections on Death, Time, and Memory in Testament Films Dedicated to the last films of renowned filmmakers, often referred to as “testament films” or “swan songs,” this Special Issue will examine their thematic, narrative, and stylistic elements, viewing these final works as profound summations of their creators’ careers and philosophical syntheses of […]

Lucas Ferraço Nassif at PUC-SP – Pontifícia Universidade Católica of São Paulo
On June 4 4:30PM, Lucas Ferraço Nassif will be at PUC-SP – Pontíficia Universidade Católica of São Paulo, at the 3rd Symposium of International Dialogues – Chronically Online: Attention in Times of Hyperconnection. His presentation is titled “Slowing down on times of disinformation and hyperconnection” and it will be devoted to the notion of pathos […]

Susana Viegas at Lastro Cineclube (Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto)
On May 26 at 6PM, Susana Viegas will introduce Víctor Erice’s El espíritu de la colmena (1973) at the Cineclube Lastro, hosted by the Instituto de Literatura Comparada Margarida Losa at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto (ILCML/FLUP). The presentation and screening will be held in Amphitheater 2. Víctor Erice’s […]

The Film-Phil Lisbon Seminars: Jeremi Szaniawski
The next session of our Film-Phil Lisbon Seminars will be led by Jeremi Szaniawski (UMass Amherst), who will talk about “Death, Dying, and the Death Throes (?) of Necrorealism in the Films of Alexander Sokurov and Yevgeny Yufit”. Abstract In the 1980s and 1990s, several filmmakers in late Soviet and post-Soviet Russia – including a […]