Description

Boil Fest is an annual festival held in the Serralves Park in Porto, bringing together contemporary art, science, education, and climate action. The festival promotes critical thinking, climate literacy, and civic participation, engaging artists, scientists, schools, cultural institutions, and the general public.

Since its creation, it has sought to establish itself as an ecosystem of positive impact, where exhibitions, performances, film, talks, and educational activities coexist within a responsible, inclusive, and environmentally conscious production model.

The funds raised in this campaign aim to finance the 2026 edition, covering essential production costs while sponsorships and public funding are still pending. The amount raised will allow the event’s production to move forward and support its international expansion.

The funds will be allocated to the festival’s working capital, including:

• Technical infrastructure (stages, sound, lighting, energy, and artistic installations)
• Fees for artists, speakers, and creative teams
• Production and installation of exhibitions
• General logistics, security, operations, and audience support
• Educational and scientific programming with schools and universities
• Communication, media, and digital content
• Implementation of environmental sustainability measures
• Costs associated with the international circulation of festival works
• Licenses, insurance, and taxes

The festival runs for four days, with additional periods for setup and dismantling, involving dozens of professionals and suppliers.

The 2025 edition welcomed 70.000 visitors and reached a total audience of 6,5 million people, reinforcing the festival’s role as a platform for awareness and public engagement around climate challenges.

The Impact

Access to sustainability education and culture: Boil Festival is an innovative way to talk about sustainability with the aim to spread it through art, with exhibitions, interactive experiences, workshops and masterclasses specializing in science, climate, innovation, and the future. The festival expects to welcome over 80.000 attendants to discuss climate change and reflect on possible solutions. The festival has created a program for schools to enhance consciousness to the younger generation, involving thirty school classes, and a total of 750 students expected to participate. Situated in Porto, Portugal, Boil will expand to other parks and foundations in Europe, disseminating the idea that a green future is possible, making people aware and positively influencing their habits.

Enhancing creativity and sense of community: Serralves’s park will be the location for showing the exhibitions of fifty five artists and where they will be hosted in an artistic residency, creating an artistic piece for the festival, connecting for art and the fight against climate change. In addition, Boil is a moment to connect and develop sense of community through many activities and experiences, transmitting the message of climate adaptation, scientific literacy, and cultural ecology to be scaled up for international audiences.

Creation of partnerships for a shared mission: The festival is made possible through a strong partnership network built on a shared vision with Porto University, Porto Natural History Museum, Turismo de Portugal and private partnerships that support the mission of promoting a new way to talk about sustainability and mitigate climate change. With the expansion of partnerships with scientific centers, Boil’s exhibitions will tour around Portugal for six months in five Centros Ciência Viva and other countries.

Contribution to the Sustainable
Development Goals

Sustainable Development Goals

Financial viability

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Guarantees

The loan granted to the promoter Because Impacts, LDA by investors will be secured, as provided for in the loan agreements associated with the campaign, by the following:

• Corporate guarantee to be provided of LIVE CONTENT S.A., under Portuguese law (“Letra com Aval”), with the company register number (“NIPC”) 509034080, for the total amount of the debt.
• Personal autonomous guarantee (“Aval titulado por letra”), under Portuguese law, to be provided by Domingos Miguel Folque Guimarães, holder of the Portuguese tax payer number (“NIF”) 164390243, for the total amount of the debt.

The Promoter

About BECAUSE IMPACTS, LDA

Because Impacts is a consultancy created in 2022, dedicated to developing projects that connect sustainability, innovation, and real impact. The company supports organisations in defining sustainability strategies, impact measurement, communication, and event creation.

The promoter’s mission is to transform the way companies, institutions, and communities respond to environmental and social challenges, combining strategic creativity, technical rigour, and a systemic view of impact. Their work integrates methodologies such as design thinking, co‑creation, technology, and service design, applied to the development of solutions that inspire action and generate concrete results.

Because Impacts is responsible for creating BOIL – Climate Festival and for designing the tools that measure, communicate, and amplify the project’s impact. The company operates at the intersection of art, science, and society, developing experiences and strategies that promote climate literacy, engage stakeholders, and contribute to a fairer and more regenerative future.

The consultancy is part of the Live Content S.A. group, which holds a stake in Lohad, the promoter of the Chefs on Fire festival. Because Impacts is responsible for the sustainability strategy of that event, already financed by the Goparity community — an experience that reinforces its ability to design and deliver cultural projects with positive impact and responsible production models.

The team

Mariana Guimarães

Direction

Responsible for BOIL’s overall vision, curatorial direction, and the alignment between art, science, and climate action. Coordinates the artistic and educational programming, ensuring conceptual coherence, cultural impact, and international relevance.

Patrícia Craveiro Lopes

Art Curation

Responsible for selecting and supporting national and international artists for BOIL’s exhibitions and installations, ensuring diversity of practices, artistic quality, and the relevance of the projects presented. Guarantees the artistic quality and conceptual coherence of the exhibitions, as well as the creation of meaningful experiences for diverse audiences, in close collaboration with the artistic direction and the festival’s programming team.

Domingos Folque Guimarães

Direction

Responsible for BOIL’s overall vision, curatorial direction, and the alignment between art, science, and climate action. Coordinates the artistic and educational programming, ensuring conceptual coherence, cultural impact, and international relevance.

Business Model

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