The Braga 25 Task Force is the result of a collaboration between the Municipality of Braga and Faz Cultura – Municipal Cultural Agency of Braga, E.M.

Faz Cultura – Empresa Municipal de Cultura de Braga, E.M. 

Braga 25 Team 

Executive Coordination 

Joana Meneses Fernandes 

Outreach and Mediation

Cláudia Cibrão 

Production and External Relations

Natacha Correia 

Production and Outreach and Mediation

Carolina Cardoso 

Product Management and Programme Support

Ana Brito 

Artistic Programme Coordination

Luís Fernandes 

Ilídio Marques 

Sara Borges 

Maria Inês Marques 

Communication

Carolina Lapa (until March 2025) 

Samuel Silva 

Communication and Digital Strategy

Mariana Volz 

Rita Neves (since April 2025) 

José Dantas (since september 2025) 

Administrative and Budget Coordination

Raquel Nair 

Accounting

Alice Loureiro 

Edgar Silva 

Francisco Diego 

Public Procurement/Financing

Diana Magalhães (coordination) 

Ana Rita Prata 

André Dantas (until March 2025) 

Ana Gomes (since Junw 2025) 

Marisa Sousa 

Tiago Oliveira 

Project management

Hugo Loureiro 

Commercial and Public Relations

Alexandra Araújo (until August 2025) 

Diana Marques (since September 2025) 

Administrative Support

Ana Faria 

Sónia Silva (since August 2025) 

Human Resources and Organization

Daniela Queirós 

Human Resources

Rita Machado 

Sara Lima (until May 2025) 

Rita Gonçalves (desde novembro 2025) 

Organizational Efficiency

Duarte Meneses 

Communication Director

Carolina Lapa (until March 2025) 

Samuel Silva (since April 2025) 

Contents, Press and Accessibility

Nuno Abreu (coordination) 

Diogo Rodrigues 

Sara Oliveira 

José Dantas 

Digital 

Mariana Volz (coordination) 

Guilherme Santos 

Inês Venâncio 

Joana Rebelo (until September 2025) 

Communication and Communication Production

Luciana Silva (coordination) 

Sara Barbosa 

Box Office and Front Office

Rita Santos (coordination) 

Cristiana Cerqueira 

Box office

Catarina Barros 

Maria Esteves 

Patrícia Queirós 

Miguel Oliveira 

Ricardo Rosário (desde junho 2025) 

Paula Neves (até outubro 2025) 

Sofia Menezes 

Front office

Fábio Barbosa 

Carlos Gonçalves 

João Oliveira 

Theatro Circo 

Coordination and Programming

Duarte Araújo 

Production 

Catarina Vieira 

Inês Oliveira 

Rafael Ferreira 

Technical Team

Celso Ribeiro 

Pedro Santos (Technical Management Assistance) (since June 2025) 

Sound

Francisco Rodrigues (coordination) 

Gonçalo Ferreira 

Tomás Nobre 

Light

Nilton Teixeira (coordination) 

Hugo Moedas 

Luís Matos 

Simão Almeida (until September 2025) 

Rui Brito (since October 2025) 

Machinery

Jorge Portela (coordination) 

Bruno Salgado 

João Dionísio 

Armando Cunha 

Maintenance and Security

Agostinho Araújo (supervision) 

Alfredo Rosário 

João Chelo 

gnration 

General Coordination

Luís Passos 

Production 

Francisco Novais 

Marta Lima 

Tiago Lopes 

Technical and Logistics Department

Ricardo Miranda (coordination) 

Márcio Ferreira 

Tiago Rosendo 

Diogo Mendes (until June 2025) 

Nuno Fernandes (since June 2025) 

cleaning

Maria José Silva 

Maria da Conceição Ribeiro (until January 2025) 

Cristina Melo (since April 2025) 

Braga Media Arts 

General and Executive Coordination

Joana Miranda 

Production

Maria Tavares 

Braga City Council

Head of Staff at Municipality of Braga

Ana Ferreira (until October 2025) 

Director of the Department of Culture and Tourism

Porfírio Correia 

Communication

Ana Cristina Silva 

Museology

João Duarte 

Head of the Culture Division

Mariana Koehler 

Production and Programming

Ana Rita Dias 

Ana Salvador 

André Marcos 

António Teixeira 

Cristina Bacelar 

Inês Veloso 

Marisa Teixeira 

Sérgio Cerdeira 

Miguel Martins 

Pedro Silva 

Production and Mediation

Carla Fernandes 

Daniela Pinto 

Joana Antunes 

Márcia Braga 

Maria José Gouveia 

Ronaldo Araújo 

Public Procurement

Cristina Duarte 

Lara Conceição 

Sara Ferreira 

Administrative/Support

Elvira Costa 

Helena Matias 

Olívia Ferreira 

Technical and Logistical Support

Carlos Veríssimo 

José Gonçalves 

Luís Correia 

Marcelo Coelho 

Miguel Vieira 

Paulo Oliveira 

Costumes

Rosa Gonçalves 

The Greenhouse Playroom

João Airosa 

Filomena Ferreira 

Mission Team Coordinator

Cláudia Leite

Executive and Program Coordinator

Joana Meneses Fernandes

Participation and Audience Program Coordinator

Ana Bragança

Participation, Audience Engagement and Production

Cláudia Cibrão

European and International Cooperation

Tiago Azevedo

Communications Coordinator

Carolina Lapa

Communications and Digital Strategy

Mariana Volz

External Relations Assistant

Natacha Correia

Application Consultant

Cristina Farinha

Consultant for the Artistic Program and Participation

Hugo Cruz

Consultant for European and International Cooperation

Eva Gräfer

Consultant for Monitoring and Evaluation

Rafaela Neiva Ganga

Artistic Consultant

Luís Sousa Ferreira

Photography

Lais Pereira

Video

Neva Films

Editing and Review of Pre-Selection Application Dossier

Carolina Lapa, Cristina Farinha, Eva Gräfer, Joana Meneses Fernandes, Sara Veiga, Tamina Šop

Editing and Review of Final Selection Application Dossier

Carolina Lapa, Cristina Farinha, Eva Gräfer, Joana Meneses Fernandes, Samuel Silva, Tamina Šop

Preparation for Jury Hearings

Susana Madeira

Delegation for Hearing 1

Ricardo Rio, Cláudia Leite, Joana Fernandes, Luís Fernandes, Ana Bragança, Carolina Lapa, Chisoka Simões, Rita Sampaio, Pedro Morgado, André Marcos

Hearing 2 delegation

Ricardo Rio, Cláudia Leite, Joana Fernandes, Ana Bragança, Carolina Lapa, Sérgio Lago, Carlos Videira, Fernando Pereira, Mariana Lameiras, Sérgio Silva

Executive Coordinator

Cláudia Leite

General Coordinator and Content Writer

Joana Meneses Fernandes

Assistant to the Coordinator

Cláudia Cibrão

Communications Coordinator

Carolina Lapa

Communications Assistant

Natacha Correia

Design

OOF Design

Video

Maria Nunes

Photography

Miguel Oliveira

Braga’27 Candidacy Presentation: Fernando Fernandes, Maria de Lurdes Gonçalves, Josefina Vieira, Gonçalo Marques, Marta Oliveira Pinto, Guilherme Rosário, Marta Silva, Thiago de Campos, Luiza Priolo, Joaquim António Soares, Hélder Ferreira, João Luís Ferreira, Ivo Oliveira, Bruna Nogueira, Maria Naír Vilela da Silva, Lara Macedo Peixoto, José Machado (voz), Albertina Maria Fernandes (voz), Maria Isabel Antunes (voz), Francisco Faria Fernandes (voz), Tomás Maia, Francisco Silva, Inês Pereira, Maria João Pinto da Costa, Filipe Amorim, Alexandre Quintão, Vanessa Ribeiro, Catarina Martins, Carlota Leite, José Pedro Martins, Sofia Rocha Afonso, André Lopes, Ana Isabel Bourbon, Inês Pinto, Joaquim Loureiro, Saidatina Dias, José Maia Rodrigues, Ana dos Santos Garcia e Chisoka Simões 

Braga Section by: Carlos Carvalhal, João Pereira, Maria Esteves, Daniel Vieira da Silva, António Pedro Faria, Eduarda Villares, Luís Gonçalves Ferreira, Luís Campos, Clara e Jaime Ferreira Mendes, José Miguel Braga, Cátia Vieira, Ricardo Junqueira Maia, Júlio Cerdeira, Adriana Mano, Beatriz Sousa, Pedro Morgado, Ana Maria Barata, Joana Gama, Rúben Costa, Paulo Terroso, Marta Moreira, Gonçalo Delgado,  Marta Pinto Machado, Miguel De, José “Tony” Maia, Celine Fernandes, Tânia Crista, Eugénia Pereira, Artur Caldeira, Saidatina Dias, Helena Veloso, Joana Machado Araújo,  Joana Jorge, Sofia Saldanha, Team Braga, Família Gomes, Luana Carvalho Fernandes, Bruno Ferreira (Ezik), Luís Guilherme Gutman, Nuno Dias, Paradise Orphic Herz Sh, Jorge Dias, Coletivo Cobalto, Rita Sampaio, Filipe Palas, Chisoka Paulo Simões, Ivo Oliveira, José Freitas, Mulheres do Minho, Bárbara Fonte

“Stop and Talk” Section: Afonso Delgado Fernandes, Elisa Ferros, Cristina Paes, Fernando Ferreira, Pedro Oliveira, Ana Machado, Álvaro Balsas, João Vieira, Tomé Capa and Joana de Carvalho e Silva, Gina Matos, Filipe Costa (Shore), Ioannis Nezis, Rita Fernandes, Sandra Estêvão Rodrigues and Luís Miguel Marado, Daniel Machado, Bruno Romeira

Section “Talking While Doing”: Sara Pereira, Vanessa Batista, Sebastião Peixoto, Helena Mendes Pereira, Alex Liberalli, Budda Guedes, João Coutada, Adriano Ferreira Borges, Artur da Costa, Rosario Rodrigues Cuña, Miguel Neves Oliveira, Filipe Ferreira, Gabriela Barros, Carla Pontes, Loide Hardman, Miguel De, Joana Miranda and Miguel Pedro, Rui Madeira, Tiago Fernandes, Filipa Silva

“There’s Always a Plan B” Campaign: Lara Ribeiro, Martim Freitas, Luana Maia, Mestrando Cascão, Grazielle Saullo, Valdmir Chimpolo, Eduardo Costeira, Sílvio Costa, Silas Costas, Luís Miguel, Lara Martins

“Braga 25: Open Your Door” Campaign: Gustavo Ferreira, Martim Ferreira, Miguel Sousa, Rui Rodrigues, Tiago Araújo, Joana Carvalho, Rita Santos, Bruno Moreira, Diana Yadlos, Manoela Gomes, Danielle Berbel, Miguel Gomes, Eduarda Fernandes, Cristina Prysyazhnyuk, João Pedro Fernandes, Mariana Mamede, Catarina Oliveira, Maria Raquel Novais, Catarina Carvalho Gomes (narration)

Braga 25 Campaign: The City Is Yours: Ana Peixoto de Magalhães, Ana Yse, António Barbosa Pereira, Beatriz da Silva Faria, Carlos Jorge Marques, César Cardoso, Daniela Picoral Pinto, Eduardo Imperadeiro, Ema Marques, Francisca Oliveira Macedo, Guilherme Maranhão, João Costa, João Valente, Júlio Cerdeira, Manuela Cristina Abreu Oliveira, Margarida Gomes Rodrigues dos Santos, Maria de Fátima Branco, Maria Branco, Sara Lúcia Gomes dos Santos, Susana Faria da Silva, Sara Pereira (narration)

Braga 25 Campaign Open your door and don’t let it close: Adelaide Araújo, Adriana Couto, Ana Margarida Braga, Brenda Souza, Bruna Ferreira, Bruno Martins, Catarina Rodrigues, Céu Marques, Chisoka Simões, Daniel Duarte Pereira, Daniela Picoral, Dina Marques, Elisa Queiroz, Elsa Lima, Felícia Teixeira, Fernando P. Ferreira, Francisca Martins, Francisco da Silva Costa, Guilherme Maranhão, Helena Morais, Helena Veloso, Inês Faria, Joana Lopes, Joana Teixeira, João Catalão, Jorge Sá, Júlio Cerdeira, Lia Mendes, Lourenço Barros, Luís Oliveira, Luís Pinto, Manoel Candeias, Margarida Silva, Maria João Barbosa, Mariana Abreu, Mariana Lopes, Marisa Fernandes, Marisol Cordeiro, Martim Freitas, Miguel Pinho, Patrícia Marques, Raquel Luz, Renata Flaiban Zanete, Sara Gonçalves, Sofia Afonso, Sofia Loubet, Tatiana Mendes, Tomé Capa, Vânia Silva, Catarina Barros (special guest and narrator)