The University of Algarve and CIAC – Centro de Investigação em Artes e Comunicação will be participating with the presence of its researcher Prof. Vítor Reia-Baptista at the Launch of A Framework for Film Education in Europe in Paris 19th June 2015.
On 19th June, 50 delegates from all over Europe will gather at the Cinémathèque française in Paris to discuss the future of film education in Europe. The event marks the launch of A Framework for Film Education in Europe, which establishes a set of ambitions and outcomes for people learning about film that all educators can aspire to. The Framework was funded from the Film Literacy strand of the action on Audience Development, as part of the European Commission’s Creative Europe programme.
This is the first time such a Framework has been devised in Europe. It gathers together intelligence and practical experience from a wide range of institutions and education providers, from universities, to cinematheques, to national agencies, small NGOs, and industry funded bodies. In all, more than 25 partners were involved in the work, from Lithuania to Portugal, from Northern Ireland to Greece and Cyprus. Newly accessioned countries as well as the ‘big 6’ EC members participated. The participants in the project are constituted as the Film Literacy Advisory Group, and previously worked on the European film education survey Screening Literacy.
Mark Reid, Head of Education at BFI, and convenor of the group said “We have chosen to launch the Framework in Paris because in many ways France can claim to be the originator of cinema, and of cinema culture and education in its strongest form. We are delighted that the Cinémathèque française has agreed to host our event, and that Serge Toubiana, Director of the Cinémathèque, and Alain Bergala, eminent film thinker and educator, have agreed to speak”.
In addition, the programme for the day features a round table with Xavier Lardoux, Director of Film at the CNC, and author in 2014 of the report ‘For a Film Education Policy in Europe’, and Celine Ravenel, the current President of ECFA, the European Children’s Film Association. Matteo Zacchetti, the deputy head of the Creative Europe MEDIA Unit will chair.
The afternoon will feature presentations of three projects that exemplify the kinds of outcomes the Framework supports:
Nathalie Bourgeois from the Cinémathèque française will speak about le Cinema cent ans de jeunesse, a ground-breaking international film education programme that she has led for 20 years; Nuria Aidelmann, and Ginte Zulyte will speak about Moving Cinema, a programme funded by Creative Europe to create film-going opportunities for young people in Catalunya, and Lithuania; Bernard McCloskey, Head of Education at Northern Ireland Screen, will present on Moving Image Arts, Northern Ireland’s distinctive film education course for 14 – 19 year olds.
Creative Europe is a funding programme running from 2014 – 2020. It is based on Regulation No 1295/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11/12/2013 concerning the implementation of a programme of support for the European cultural and creative sector. The MEDIA sub-programme of Creative Europe provides for activities aimed at ‘promoting film literacy and at increasing audiences' knowledge of, and interest in, European audiovisual works, including the audiovisual and cinematographic heritage, in particular among young audiences’;.; The Framework for Film Education in Europe was awarded funding under this action. http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/creative-europe/
BFI is the UK’s lead agency for film. It prioritises opportunities for young people to watch and learn about film; for people to access their film heritage; and support for the UKs film industry. BFI Education focuses on innovation, advocacy, and research in film education. The Framework for Film Education in Europe can be read at: www.bfi.org.uk/screeningliteracy.
The Film Literacy Advisory Group, which authored the Framework for Film Education in Europe, comprises film educators, teacher trainers, academics, and employees of national agencies and NGOSs engaged in film education. It was constituted to put together the research survey Screening Literacy in 2012, which covered film education programmes across Europe. The work of the Film Literacy Advisory Group can be found at: http://filmliteracyadvisorygroup.wordpress.com
La Cinémathèque française, a voluntary association headed by Costa-Gavras, La Cinémathèque française, founded in 1936 by Henri Langlois, was installed for a long time in the Palais de Chaillot, and, since 2005, has occupied a magnificent building designed by architect Frank Gehry in eastern Paris.
La Cinémathèque française is a school and conservatoire for filmmaking, a home for cinema from across the globe, a library, and a film archive, all rolled into one. It has obtained new funding and can now continue its mission: to conserve and restore films; host students, cinephiles and researchers in a library and resource centre; programme screenings of the great classics but also retrospectives and homages to filmmakers, actors, producers and film technicians; exhibit the fabulous objects from its collection in its museum of cinema; and organise exhibitions to showcase the connections that cinema maintains with other arts.
For 20 years, La Cinémathèque française has coordinated a significant international film education programm « Le Cinéma Cent Ans de Jeunesse ».
www.cinematheque.fr
