Philosophy Spring Festival 2025
May 7 - June 6
Free
The Living Philosophers Club of the Manuel Teixeira Gomes Secondary School, in Portimão, has made public the program of the third edition of the Philosophy Spring Festival, a cultural event that will take place during the month of May.
It is a festival of philosophy, music, cinema, art, performance, theatre and literature, whose “B-side” spirit (of the School and the philosophy that is taught in it) aims to provide young adolescents with cognitive and aesthetic experiences that are different from what they are used to, likely to create healthy “restlessness”, new emotions and a strong enchantment, desirably unforgettable.
This year’s edition has as its main theme the love of books and literature. The events listed below will take place in different spaces and facilities in the city, with a strong involvement of reference collectivities and the business fabric of the municipality.
Program:
7/5 (Wednesday) – 18h00
Gathering with the writer, director and visual artist Cláudia Clemente, an artist who, due to the diversification of her work, in a spirit that reminds us of the Renaissance, fits perfectly into the paradigm of the festival.
Location: Faina Restaurant
9/5 (Friday) 6:00 p.m
. “Book Celebration” with Ana Maria Magalhães (co-author, with Isabel Alçada, of the unforgettable collection “Uma Aventura”), Eduardo Jorge Duarte, writer born in Monchique and one of the emerging values of our literature and Nuno Marçal, traveling librarian of the Municipal Library of Proença-a-Nova.
On the eve of May 10th, the date of the beginning, in 1933, of the infamous “Nazi black night”, in which thousands of books were burned in the streets of Berlin and other German cities, we will celebrate the Book and the defense of freedom of expression as an inalienable heritage of Democracy and the 25th of April.
Portimão Hotel and Tourism School 5
/14 (Wednesday) – 6:00
pm
Meeting with the Brazilian philosopher and writer Margot Cardoso, around her work “Philosophy Solves – How philosophers help us solve problems and live a better life”.
Location: Manuel Teixeira Gomes Municipal Library,
5/15 (Thursday) – 10:15 am (internal event of the School)
Lecture with Margot Cardoso for Philosophy students of the Manuel Teixeira Gomes Secondary School on how philosophy can help young people to discover themselves.
Location: Manuel Teixeira Gomes Secondary School
5/15 (Thursday) 8 pm (private event, subject to invitation, the only event of the festival that is not free)
Philosophical dinner inspired by Plato’s “Banquet” and the concept of stray conversations immortalized by Professor Agostinho da Silva.
LocaL: Faina Restaurant
5/16 (Friday) – 6 pm.
Isabel Castro Silva, editor of Ítaca and translator of works by, among others, Kafka, Leïla Slimani, Freud or Rilke, will talk about one of the books of her life, which she translated for Penguin Classics: “A Room of One’s Own”, by Virginia Woolf.
The moderation will be in charge of Maria Miguel Café, former student of ESMTG, graduated in Multimedia Art from the Faculty of Fine Arts of Lisbon, also a passionate reader of Virginia Woolf’s work.
Venue: Sala do Descabeço of the Museum of Portimão
17/5 (Saturday) – 10:00 am
Screening of the film “Pulp Fiction”, by Quentin Tarantino, a choice of student Cátia Gorbatii, member of the Living Philosophers Club.
Location: Algarcine – Cinemas de Portimão
17/5 (Saturday) – 17h00
“Quentin Tarantino Sunset Party”, with soundtracks from Tarantino’s films, at a party for which participants are challenged to dress according to characters from the director’s films.
Location: Café Mesa 17
21/5 (Wednesday) – 15h00
Workshop on the creation of “carton books” promoted by the publisher, cultural agent, graphic designer and illustrator Inês Ramos, aimed at students from the Manuel Teixeira Gomes Group and open to students from other groups in the city, upon registration.
Location: Manuel Teixeira Gomes Secondary School
5/21 (Wednesday) – 6:00 pm
Exhibition of books and fanzines and gathering on carton books, by the publisher, cultural agent, graphic designer and illustrator Inês Ramos, event aimed at the general public.
Venue: Manuel Teixeira Gomes Municipal Library
5/23 (Friday) – 9:00 pm
Theater with Ana Saragoça and Vera Macedo, in an absolute premiere of the adaptation of Ana Zaragoza’s acclaimed book “When You Are a Mother, You Will See”.
Venue: Clube União Portimonense
24/5 (Saturday) – 18h00
Lecture with Professor David Pinho Barros, assistant professor at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto and curatorial researcher in the areas of literature, cinema and comics. Title of the talk to be announced later.
Venue: Clube União Portimonense
28/5 (Wednesday) – 15:00-18:00
Writing workshop for cinema and television by screenwriter André Guerra Santos, author of, among others, the screenplay for the film “A Fada do Lar”, directed by João Maia. Event aimed at young people from the city’s secondary school, upon registration.
Location: “Lugar do Rio: Espaço Jovem Portimão”
29/5 (Thursday) – 18:00
pm The philosopher and poet Porfírio Silva presents his latest book, entitled “We See, We Hear and We Read”.
Venue: Manuel Teixeira Gomes Municipal Library
30/5 (Friday) – 9:00 pm
Andalusian Flamenco Night, with Allende as “cantaor”, accompanied by a guitarist and a “bailaora” who usually perform in the Sevillian and Andalusian “tablaos”, namely the iconic “La Carbonería”.
Location: Jupiter Algarve Hotel
5/31 (Saturday) – 10:30 am
Grand premiere of the short film produced and directed by the students of the Living Philosophers Club, as part of a film workshop coordinated by director Carolina Ventura
Location: Algarcine – Cinemas de Portimão
6/6 (Friday) – 9:00 pm
Show and closing party of the Philosophy Spring Festival, with music, performance and video art. Program with several surprises to be announced soon.
Location: Clube União Portimonense
And also:
Philosophy for children, by Laurinda Silva, an internal event aimed at children of the 1st Cycle of the Manuel Teixeira Gomes School Group.
All Philosophy Spring Festival events are free, according to the capacity of the spaces.
The Philosophy Spring Festival is an organization of the Living Philosophers Club of the Manuel Teixeira Gomes Secondary School and has the high sponsorship of the Municipality of Portimão and the support of the Parish Council of Portimão, School of Hospitality and Tourism of Portimão, Algarcine – Cinemas de Portimão, Clube União Portimonense, Jupiter Algarve Hotel, Livraria Arco Íris, Faina Restaurant, Pizzeria Mediterraneamente and Quinta da Penina Wines.