Programme

The RefugeesIN International Conference & Film Festival will take place throughout Thursday 22nd November 2018 and on the morning of Friday 23rd November 2018.

International Conference & Film Festival Programme of Events (for queries please refer to contact information page)

• 22 November

• 09:00 - Registration

  09.30 - Welcome Session

  • Leonor Silveira, representing the Ministry of Culture, Advisor of the Board of Directors at the Portuguese Film and Audiovisual Institute /ICA
  • Pedro Delgado Alves, President of the Lumiar Town Council
  • Rui Gato, Portuguese National Agency Erasmus+ Education and Training
  • Maria Helena Antunes, RefugeesIN Project Coordinator

  10:00 - Panel I - Situational Analysis of Refugees in the EU and Portugal

  • Pedro Calado, High Commissioner for Migration/ACM - Critical Review of Refugees Current Situation: Main challenges and achievements
  • Nour Machlah, Policy Advisor, European Migrant Advisory Board/ EMAB - Crisis respond (European, national, and local city level)
  • Maria Karoumpali, Member of the Social Services Unit, Greek Council for Refugees/GCR - Refugees in Greece today: bridging needs, challenges and services towards integration
  • Joana Menezes, Support Unit for Migration and Discrimination Victims/APAV - Objective Overview of the Discrimination towards Refugees in Portugal
  • Moderator: Raquel Rio, Agência Lusa

  11:00 - Coffe Break

  11:15 - Panel II - RefugeesIN Project

  • Project Overview Maria Helena Antunes, Coordinator
  • RefugeesIN Brochure: From Escape to Belonging Heike Kölln-Prisner, Hamburger Volkshochschule (Germany)
  • RefugeesIN Film Catalogue Philip Penny, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology/IADT (Ireland)
  • RefugeesIN Course & Manual Irene Morici, Associazione Centro Studi Città di Foligno (Italy)
  • RefugeesIN Guide Katerina Matakou, Greek Council for Refugees (Greece)
  • Moderator: Maria Helena Antunes

  12:45 - Lunch Break

  14:00 - Panel III - Challenges and Strategies for Refugees Social Inclusion

  • OPLICO Project Sofia Matos, Contempla Trilhos
  • Live2Work Project Joana Carneiro Pinto, School of Human Sciences, Catholic University of Portugal
  • TELL ME Project Nazzareno Vasapollo/CND & Sérgio Novo/ASTA
  • PARTIS Project Ângelo Merayo & Sérgio Condeço , Portuguese Refugee Council/CPR
  • Moderator: Dusana Findeseinen

  15:30 - Film Festival I - Session 1 - Screening & voting the RefugeesIN Documentaries

  • Anas Germany
  • Nasruddin Greece
  • Migration Ireland
  • Calcium Carbonate Italy
  • Daud Portugal
  • One Last Hug Slovenia

  16:45 - Coffe Break

  17:00 - Film Festival I - Session 2 - Screening & Voting the RefugeesIN Documentaries

  • Sipan Germany
  • On Air Greece
  • The Journey Ireland
  • My Story Italy
  • Tomorrow is Better Portugal
  • Marijana Slovenia

  18:15 - Q&A Session with Representatives of the Documentaries Crews

  • Moderator: Eduardo Amaro

• 23 November

• 09:00 - Film Festival II - Screening "Lampedusa in Berlin"

  • Screening followed by a Q&A with Mauro Mondello (Director) & Paolo Lafratta (Photography)

  11:30 - Coffe Break

  11:45 - Closing Session

  • Experiences and Reflections over the Event

    Joana Carneiro Pinto

    Nour Machlah

    Awards Ceremony

    Best Documentary Award

    Best Director Award

    Most Inspiring Story Award

    Mauro Mondello, Film Director

    Rui Gato, Portuguese National Agency Erasmus+ Education and Training