A brief history of the residents of Bouça

The Bouça Batalha commissioned filmmaker Melanie Pereira to develop a film project about the association that originated in the neighborhood.

 

The Bouça Neighborhood Residents' Association is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, Batalha commissioned filmmaker Melanie Pereira to develop a film project about the association that originated in the neighborhood.

 

The film focuses on the women who led the Bouça civic movement, recalling the association's early years, the expropriation of the Alerta building, the construction of the neighborhood designed by Siza Vieira, and the creation and management of the kindergarten. Intertwining past and present, the work reflects on the association's role in the transformation of the neighborhood and its importance in the city's political and social context, from the 1970s to the present day. A working version will be presented at Batalha, inviting the community to participate in the project's creative process.

View more from

Ler Cinema: short films by Pedro Neves in Paredes de Coura

In Município de Paredes de Coura

29.10.25

We have a new film: Shipwrecked in Curtas Vila do Conde

The film, shot during a workshop organized by Curtas Vila do Conde, will premiere at the Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival on Sunday, the 15th.

12.07.18

The Melusinas at the Edge of the River at the Encontros de Cinema de Viana do Castelo

Olhares Frontais section is a welcoming, stimulating, and enjoyable moment when film students may share their passion and ambition. The section offers an open and enjoyable atmosphere for nurturing community and conversation among film students, professionals from the film industry and film clubs members.

10.05.24

Lucefece: review in Cineuropa, por Teresa Vieira

Lucefece: where there is no vision, the people will perish, by Ricardo Leite, was reviewed in Cineuropa, by Teresa Vieira.

02.12.23