This debate is based on the film Pára-me de Repente o Pensamento, de Jorge Pelicano,and will star the following guest speakers.

Jorge Pelicano
With a degree in Communication, Public Relations and Journalism, he began his professional activity as a reporter for SIC. He made his directorial debut with Ainda há pastores? (2005), which was followed by Pare, Escute, Olhe (2009), Pára-me de repente o pensamento (2015), Até que o porno nos separe (2018) and Tony (2019).

Manuel Andrade
With a degree in Psychology, he worked in the field for several years. He was then the mentor and creator of two media groups, where he edited over 300 books and worked with various figures of national and international culture, such as José Saramago, António Lobo Antunes and Mikhail Gorbachev.

Joana Morais e Castro
She graduated in Law at the Catholic University and is a specialist in Human Rights. She founded the course "Dialogue(s) and Disability(s) - the construction of narratives for inclusion" and participates in the project Voices of Hope (ENCONTRAR+SE). She is the mother of Maria Joana, who has Down’s syndrome, and seeks to promote the valorisation of difference and human diversity.