The next meeting of the Lisbon Consortium Book Club will be held at Good Company Bookstore (Av. Visconde de Valmor 2) on May 6, 16:00-18:00. The ‘Banned Books through Time’ cycle will continue with a discussion of Philip K. Dick’s The Man in the High Castle (1962).
Good Company Bookstore, located in the Avenidas Novas neighborhood, promotes world literature in English but also highlights Portuguese authors. It brings together book lovers of all backgrounds to enjoy quality books, great coffee and wines. Its co-owner, Sam Miller, is a graduate of the MA program in Management of the Arts and Culture at UCP.
Category: The Lisbon Consortium Clubs
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Book Club meeting at Good Company bookstore on May 6. 16-18h
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Book Club | “Banned Books Through Time” – Fahrenheit 451 (1953) by Ray Bradbury.
The Lisbon Consortium Book Club has launched a new cycle, “Banned Books Through Time,” that begins with Fahrenheit 451 (1953) by Ray Bradbury.
The Book Club has monthly meetings and also has a discussion group on the Goodreads platform that is used to discuss books and book choices. Suggestions for the reading list are always welcome!
If you are interested in being part of this reading community, please contact lisbonconsortiumbookclub@gmail.com or join the Goodreads group!
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Book Launch | Teresa Weinholtz: O Grande Torneio dos Animais, February 24 15:00
As a part of the Book Club programming, PhD candidate Teresa Weinholtz will be presenting her newly published children’s book O Grande Torneio dos Animais, published by Meialonga.
The Book Club takes place on Monday, February 24 at 15:00 at room 244.
Afterwards, the discussion will continue about Ficciones (1944) by Jorge Luis Borges.
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CineMar # 4 | City of God @ Avenidas – Um Teatro em Cada Bairro, February 12, 2025, 21:00
The next CineMar session City of God (2002) will be held on 12 February, 21h, at Avenidas – Um Teatro em Cada Bairro (Rua Alberto Sousa 10A). The screening will be followed by a conversation with Daniel Guedes.
The session will be held in English (English subtitles).
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Book Club | Book #1: Ficciones (1944) by Jorge Luis Borges
The first book chosen for the reading of the Lisbon Consortium Book Club is Ficciones (1944) by Jorge Luis Borges (trans. Anthony Kerrigan, Anthony Bonner). The reading period is January 6-16, 2025.
If you are interested in the Book Club, please contact lisbonconsortiumbookclub@gmail.com or join the Goodreads discussion group!
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CineMar | Screening recap: Bafatá Filme Clube (2012) and Q&A with director Silas Tiny
In November, CineMar, the new Lisbon Consortium Film Club, held its second screening: Bafatá Filme Clube, directed by Silas Tiny in 2012. The selection of this film was in partnership with the production company Real Ficção with a focus on the narratives of cinema.
Set in Bafatá, Guiné-Bissau, the film tells the story of a city club that was once a landmark that served as a gathering place for the local community. Canjajá Mane, an elderly cinema operator reminisces about the days when the cinema was full of people. This is Silas Tiny’s first feature-length documentary, a product of his final project at the Lisbon School of Theatre and Cinema.
During the Q&A, the filmmaker Silas stated, one must reflect on the current economic and social conditions of Bafatá, and its effects of the independence in a postcolonialist era. Bafatá Filme Clube was filmed in one of the biggest cities in Guiné-Bissau, which is also the place where the revolutionary and anti-colonial leader Amílcar Cabral was born. As Canjajá Mane walks in the streets of Bafatá, the film invites the audience to digest the current conditions of a place that was once in constant movement.
Silas approach to storytelling engages the audience in paying close attention to the way the film depicts the day-to-day life of the local community. The once-grand cinema, now in a state of decay, is characterized by a profound stillness. As time continues to move forward, people find comfort in reminiscing the memories of the traditional cinema that was once a landmark in the city.
Interestingly enough, the decaying and the abandonment of traditional cinemas is a common issue shared by other countries around the world. A similar example of this can also be seen in the documentary Cinema, Mon Amour directed by Alexandru Belc in 2015. Set in Romania Cinema, Mon Amour, the film shares a common ground with Bafatá Filme Clube on the preservation of place and memory, and it serves as an invitation for the audience to reflect on how one can keep a memory alive.
The next screening of CineMar will be on the 11th of December.
Follow @CINEMAR.LXC for more information.
Mirian Vanda and Vera Fanizza
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First meeting: The Lisbon Consortium Book Club, December 5 2024, 3pm
The Lisbon Consortium gains another student-led club, dedicated to reading!
The book club meets for the first time on December 5, 2024, at 3pm in room 242.
The organizer of the Book Club, Alyse Fan, plans the first meeting to be “a moment to share personal reflections on a book that feels like home to you”. The format is free: “It can be a stanza of poetry that inspired you, lines from a novel that anchored you in light through darkness, or a book that travelled with you to turn a new page in life.” These reflections will be followed by choosing the first book together.
The Book Club will have monthly meetings and also has a group on the Goodreads platform that will be used to discuss books and book choices. Suggestions for the reading list are always welcome!For more information, please contact lisbonconsortiumbookclub@gmail.com.
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CineMar #2 | Bafatá Filme Clube (2012) and Q&A with the filmmaker Silas Tiny, November 28 2024, 8:30pm
The next screening of CineMar will be Bafatá Filme Clube (2012) directed by Silas Tiny.
Set in Bafatá, Guiné-Bissau, the film tells the story of a city club that was once a cinema. Canjajá Mane, an old cinema operator and guard reminisces the time when the cinema club was full of people. Bafatá also serves as a poignant reflection of the economic, and social conditions of a place that continues to be home to many.
Join us on November 28 at 8:30PM at 522A for the screening of this thought-provoking film, followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker Silas Tiny. Silas Tiny is a filmmaker from São Tomé and founder of the production company OSSOBO Filmes. Bafatá Filme Clube (2012) is his first feature-length documentary, in which he reflects on the effect of post-colonialism in the town of Bafatá in Guiné Bissau and the result of the passage of time in this place, through an old deactivated cinema, guarded by a former projectionist (2023).
This screening is in partnership with the production company Real Ficção.
Follow us on Instagram for upcoming film screenings @CINEMAR.LXC.
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CineMar | Screening recap: Ar Condicionado (2020) and Q&A with producer Jorge Cohen
In October, CineMar, the new Lisbon Consortium Film Club, had its first ever screening: Ar Condicionado, a groundbreaking Angolan film directed by Fradique in 2020. The screening was held at the Auditorium D. António Ribeiro (A3), followed by a conversation with the producer and co-founder of Geração 80 Jorge Cohen.
Ar Condicionado, produced by Geração 80, is a mesmerizing exploration of Luanda, Angola’s capital city, seen through the eyes of Matacedo, a security guard. Starring José Kiteculo, Filomena Manuel, and David Caracol, the film weaves together threads of the past, present and future of Angola in a socially and politically conscious narrative, as air conditioners mysteriously fall from the buildings.
During the Q&A, the producer and co-founder of Geração 80, Jorge Cohen stated that films are a good invitation to get to know a country better. Additionally, he highlighted the significance of Matacedo’s everyday life in shaping his relationship with the building he works at and the people living in it.
The film’s unique perspective offers a glimpse into the ordinary lives of the citizens in Luanda, delving into themes of urban decay, social inequality, and the impact of globalization in urban spaces. The film’s core, composed by Aline Frazão, naturally blends into the story, allowing the audience to also appreciate at the complementary characters of the film, such as the buildings and the city of Luanda.
You can follow @CINEMAR.LXC for upcoming film screenings.
Mirian Vanda and Vera Fanizza
The Lisbon Consortium 