FEMglocal Partners with Porto Femme in 2025 Edition Focused on Invisibilities

This year, the FEMglocal research project was once again pleased to participate in the Porto Femme International Film Festival, held from April 7 to 13. The 2025 edition focused on the theme “Invisibilities,” placing questions of representation, marginalisation, and visibility at the program’s centre.

FEMglocal’s Final Conference was included in the festival’s official program, but the project’s presence extended further across several key moments.

On April 10, FEMglocal researchers Camila Lamartine and Inês Rua participated in the talk “Sapphic Feminisms” at High Life – Bar Batalha. The conversation focused on lesbian feminisms and the importance of making these narratives visible and recognised.

On April 11, Ana Sofia Pereira, postdoctoral researcher with FEMglocal, moderated the “Visibilities in Film Festivals” session, fostering critical discussion around representation and inclusion in the film industry.

Ana Sofia also contributed to moderating post-screening discussions on April 11 and 12, engaging with filmmakers, producers, actors and other creative professionals following National and International Competition sessions.

Finally, the Women’s Struggles and Rights Award, a key festival distinction, featured FEMglocal’s principal investigator, Carla Cerqueira and Ana Sofia Pereira on the jury, further reinforcing the project’s commitment to promoting women’s rights through cinema.

FEMglocal – Glocal feminist movements: interactions and contradictions is a research project funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) through national funds (PTDC/COM-CSS/4049/2021 / DOI 10.54499/PTDC/COM-CSS/4049/2021).