SERIES OF CONFERENCES
LEONARDO MOURAMATEUS IS THE NEXT GUEST SPEAKER OF ALMA PROJECT’S SERIES OF CONFERENCES
On 28 October 2022, 16h00 (Lisbon time), project ALMA – Antropofagia, Literatura, Modernismo e Audiovisual promotes the 5th conference of a series dedicated to anthropophagic thinking. Titled “A conversation about autofiction in the cinema of Leonardo Mouramateus,” the roundtable hosts Brazilian director Leonardo Mouramateus; with the moderation of Mirian Tavares (CIAC/UAlg) and Patrícia Dourado (CIAC/UAlg).
This session takes place in virtual format and will be broadcast on the CIAC Youtube channel. The main focus is the creative processes of director Leonardo Mouramateus, whose work is autobiographical and, at the same time, deeply fictional. It is indeed a work of fiction made up of affections.
The series of conferences runs until November 2022 and brings together writers, filmmakers, artists, and academics from Brazil, Portugal, and Angola. The aim is to reflect on the idea of Anthropophagy as a key to understanding contemporary topics that transcend national identity issues and also refer to the cultural relationship between Portugal and the former colonies (Brazil and African countries). The last session, “Technological Anthropophagies,” takes place on November 25, with directors Isael Maxacali and Charles Bicalho.
The project ALMA-Anthropophagy, literature, modernism and audiovisual was created through a partnership between Labor – Laboratório de Estudos do Discurso (Federal University of São Carlos), CIAC – Research Center in Arts and Communication (University of Algarve), UEMG – Universidade Estadual de Minas Gerais and Polo Audiovisual da Zona da Mata. The project team is composed of Miriam Tavares and Jorge Carrega (CIAC/UAlg); César Piva (Zona da Mata Audiovisual pole); Vanice Sargentini, Daniel Laks, Pedro Henrique Varoni De Carvalho and Rodolfo Magalhães (UFSCar); and Cláudio Santos Rodrigues (Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais).
Participation in the conference is free of charge and grants a certificate (upon registration here).
About the prticipants:
Leonardo Mouramateus holds a master’s degree in multimedia art from the University of Lisbon. He studied Cinema and Audiovisuals at the Federal University of Ceará, maintaining a close connection with the Performing Arts and Dramaturgy in Dance. Leonardo wrote and directed films that were screened at festivals such as Locarno, Viennale, IDFA, Cinéma du Réel, and Bafici. Retrospectives of his filmography have been presented in Portugal, France, Colombia, and more recently at the Rotterdam International Film Festival. His second feature film, ‘A vida são dois dias’ [Life are two days], received an honorable mention from the jury of the FIDMarseille international competition.
Mirian Tavares is an associate professor at the University of Algarve, coordinator of CIAC, PhD in Communication and Contemporary Culture (UFBA), and Master in Communication and Semiotics (PUC-SP).
Patrícia Dourado is a postdoctoral researcher at CIAC, member of the Research Group on Creation Processes at PUC-SP, and PhD and Master in Communication and Semiotics at PUC-SP. Patrícia studies creative processes in general, with a particular interest in film and screenwriting.
