FOUNDERS
Maria Zozaya (Co-Director)
(Portugal/Spain)
Maria Zozaya studied History in the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), there was awarded with the BA prize and the PhD Extraordinary Prize for doctoral dissertarion in History (UCM). She also received the Real Maestranza de Caballeria de Ronda Award (RMR, 1999); the Spanish Social History Society Research Prize (AHS, 2007), and Villa de Madrid Award Antonio Maura (2008). She studies leisure and sociability spaces. She had several research grants held at the National Council for Spanish Research, CSIC (1998-2008), a “Juan de la Cierva” Postdoctoral research contract (Valladolid´s University, 2008-2011), and a FCT Postdoctoral Grant to do research (University of Évora, since 2013). She has given many conferences and has written five books. She was a jury in the international film Festival “La Fila” (Valladolid).
Nicola Schiavottiello (Co-Director)
(United Kingdom/Portugal/Italy)
Nicola has worked as a graphic designer in London and got a degree in Computer Visualization and Animation at Bournemouth University (UK). He worked for a while in the videogames and 3d animation industry then he worked as a virtual historical and landscape reconstruction developer at the University of Stirling (UK), under the Virtual Landscape Centre. In 2006 he got an MSc in Computing Archaeology (Spatial Technologies) at the University of Southampton (UK) where he also worked also in various prospection, excavation, and documentation archaeological projects. In 2009 he joined the Radiopast project where he worked for 3d documentation, and 3d reconstruction, a field archaeological technician and 3d applications developer for the Museum of Ammaia (PT).
He is the co-founder of the Heritales – International Heritage Film Festival, a project which aims to bring cultural documentaries to the masses and explores a new concept of cultural heritage communication through cinema and other art forms. Under this project, he also organizes masterclasses for adults and children in film production and animation. Since October 2022 he has been collaborating with the AEC (Agrupamento de Escola da Caparica) under the project KinoCaparica a cine-club and production film laboratory.
At the moment he is a research fellow at the University of Brighton under the Centre for Digital Skills in Visual and Material Culture where together with his team he develops courses in digital skills to work with data and open research methods in the Arts and Humanities.
He continues to investigate Cultural Heritage Interpretation for the public, digital heritage, and digital storytelling.
Takis Sarantopoulos (Program coordinator)
(Portugal/Greece)
Takis Sarantopoulos was born in southern Greece and now lives in southern Portugal where he earns his livelihood as an archaeologist-museologist and curator of exhibitions. He is involved in many cultural and heritage activities within the Borough of Evora. He is a passionate screenwriter and produces short films and documentaries on intangible and tangible heritage. It was Juri of the film festival Cine-eco directed by Lauro António and took part in the committee of the FIKE Film Festival
He is the co-creator of the Cine-blog: https://matines-cinefilas.blogspot.com/
Films (selection)
1997 Megalíthic Enclosures 30´(documentary; writer, executive producer)
1998 The Villa of a Roman Senator 15´ (documentary; writer, executive producer)
2006 The Botanist 40´(fiction; assistant director)
2009 Passando à de Zé Marôvas 30`(documentary; Co-writer, producer)
2010 Eu Também Prometo 20´ (fiction; executive producer, co-producer)
2011 A Bailarina do Escultor 6´(documentary; director/producer)
2013 Imagine 90´(fiction; uncredited supporting actor)
2015 O torneiro da mouraria 15´(documentary, co-director)
2018 Manuel Dias, bonequeiro 18´(documentary, co-director)
2019 Loja 18, 5´ (fiction . director)
Exhibitions (selection)
Relógios de Sol, 2009 (curator)
A Cidade antes de nós, 2004 (curator)
Literature (selection)
Archaeological landscapes west of Evora(1997) ISBN-13: 978-972969654-1
Antas capelas (co-author) (Ed Colibri, 1999) ISBN: 972-8288-73-5
Cinema & Multicultural Experiences in Alentejo : Matinés Cinéfilas (co-author), (Ed Pedago, 2013) ISBN 978-8655-12-2)
Fernando Mendes (Technical Director)
(Portugal)
Fernando Mendes has worked in recording, editing, and mastering sound since 2004. His enthusiasm for music accompanies him throughout his life, studying music, being part of bands, and leading him to his decision to leave his university career. Attended university in Évora, first with a Water Resources Engineering course, later Computer Science and Engineering course, which did not end with dedicating his professional vocation to music- He studied audio production techniques at the ISAM school in Montemor-o-novo. Already devoted to the area of music, he taught the discipline of the physics of sounds at the professional school “Ofício das artes” in Montemor-o-novo. Since 2003, it has operated more than 1000 live concerts in several European countries such as Portugal, Spain, France, Holland, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, and Czechoslovakia: in auditoriums, small rooms, or music festivals. He has recorded sound for documentaries and short films. Due to his interest in languages, he carries out translations into the Portuguese language.
International Team Organizers
Roberta Caldas Schmoi
(Portugal/ Brasil/Germany)
Roberta Schmoi has a Master's in World Heritage Studies from the Technical University of Brandenburg where she specializes in uncomfortable heritage interpretation. With a multi-potential career, she is a travel writer, and a photographer and works in a film tech with the mission of making cinema inclusive for everyone.