The 2nd International Symposium Fusion in Cinema will take place on the 3rd, 4th and 5th December 2015, in Coimbra, in the premises of the Universidade Aberta - Coimbra office. This 2nd edition of the Symposium will be co-organized by Caminhos Film Festival and Mobile Unit Research on Local Studies (ELO) at the Universidade Aberta, and all proposals will undergo a peer review process, held in the form of blind review, in order to guarantee the fairness and impartiality of the assessment. The submitted and accepted papers for communication will be, afterwards, published in the minutes of the symposium in electronic format and on paper. Teachers, researchers, guest speakers, experts and artists from different areas will analyze in this 2nd International Symposium, the current artistic and educational practices, the new roles of the different actors involved in today’s creative and operational dynamics of art, education and culture.

The Caminhos Film Festival and the Universidade Aberta invite you to submit communication proposals in Portuguese, English or Spanish, not exceeding 1500 characters (including spaces), in the following thematic lines of the Symposium (which would be open to others):

Line 1 – Fusion of Arts in Cinema
The relations between the different arts and film: - Literature / Plot; -Interpretation / Representation; - Music; - Photography; -Visual arts.

Line 2 – Cinema and Technology
The technological progress and the way Cinema reaches the Spectator: - Architecture; - Subtitling, dubbing and audio description; - The New technologies, Internet and cinema; - The supports, formats and new media; - Cinema and Games or Cinema and Digital Games.

Line 3 - Cinema, Research and Education
Cinema in different learning environments (online and on-site); Cinema and Research in Educational Context; Film Practices in School; Cinema and New Technologies in Education; Cinema and Social Networks in Formal and Informal Learning Contexts; Learning Object Production; Audiovisual with Educational Purposes and using Film Language.


Communication proposals to be submitted should include the definition and delimitation of the research object of study; the scientific relevance and merit of the proposal; the objectives and research methodology/analysis used; primary references; and three to five keywords. Each communication proposed shall also be submitted with a biography of the author(s) with up to 750 characters (including spaces).

The submission of proposals is to be held in - www.caminhos. info/simposio - by filling out the form available.