Welcome and registration of participants                                             

Paper presentations. Group 3. 
Moderated by João Apolinário

Catarina Castel-Branco
"From Jyllands-Posten to Global Protests: Navigating the Complexities of Cultural Representations in Cartoons"

Paper presentations. Group 1. 
Moderated by Sahra Kunz

Eliane Gordeeff, Marcelus Gaio and David Santos
"Animated Characters from Comics"

Leonor Faria Henriques
"Metalepsis in the Beginning of Animation"

Linda Koncz
"Dream and Animation"

Lorena Ramos, Luciana Lima, Inês Costa and Carolina Bonzinho
"Animation as a Way of Increasing the Visibility of Women in the Digital Games Sector in Portugal"

Dácil Roca Vera and Alfonso Ruiz Rallo 
"Frame-by-Frame Analysis of the Backlash Discourses Against Diversity in Modern Animation"

Paper presentations. Group 2. 
Moderated by Bruno Leal

Laura Anahory
"The representation of environmental issues in animation through animism and anthropomorphism: Studio Ghibli"

Nuno Baptista, Patrícia Gouveia
"Encapsulated Horizon: Exploring the Evolution and Corruption of the Landscape at the Intersection of Experimental Animation, Hybridization and New Media"

Diana David
"The differences between crafting an animation in surface Reality versus Virtual Reality"

Paper presentations. Group 4. 
Moderated by Ekaterina Cordas

Gabriela Sá, Paula Tavares and Heitor Alvelos
"Grotesque and Ancient Women: Design of the Female Shaman Character in Contemporary Feature Film Animation"

Thales Reis Alecrim
"Conan the Barbarian: Representations of a Warrior Culture in Comics, Cinema, and Metal Music in the Late Capitalism"

Ema Lavrador and Carina Pierro Corso
"Body and Screen: Embodiment and Haptic Cinematography in 'por favor, toque/please touch' (2022)"