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The Film Corner Film Education Platform

The Film Corner for all: Digital Online environments for film and media literacy

The Film Corner Project: Further information

The Film Corner International Conference:

Resources for Film Education in the Digital Age

2025, June 17-18th

MIC-Museo Interattivo del Cinema

Viale Fulvio Testi, 121, Milan

Online, on site and blended

As part of the Creative Europe funded project “The Film Corner for all” https://www.thefilmcorner.eu/ we are inviting participants for a conference examining the practical possibilities for online film pedagogy and its use in on-site locations. We welcome teachers, students, practitioners, academics and interested members of the general public to the panels and workshops to be featured. Topics to be addressed in the conference will include:

- What is film education?

- Introduction to the Film Corner Film Education platform, including the online teaching resources provided

- Online teaching resources for film education

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

JUNE 17

ONLINE ONLY

10 AM CET: Reframing methodologies and curricula: The Framework for Film Education in Europe – 10 years on

10 years ago the Framework for Film education in Europe was released, edited by the British Film Institute (BFI) with the collaboration of more than 25 experts from 15 EU countries in the frame of the Creative Europe Programme. How relevant today is the curriculum design, outcomes and analysis contained in this publication?

Keynote speech: Mark Reid, film education specialist; Emanuela Mancino, University of Milano-Bicocca

Discussant: Ian Wall, Fondazione Cineteca Italiana

11.30 AM CET: The Irish case. The Introduction of Film to the Irish secondary school senior cycle.

In September 2025 a new Leaving Certificate subject - Drama, Film Studies, and Theatre Studies – will be introduced in Irish secondary schools. This session will consider the particulars of this subject and possible resources that might help to support its delivery.

Keyone speaker: Alicia McGivern, Irish Film Institute

Discussant: Seán Crosson, University of Galway

JUNE 18TH

ON SITE / BLENDED PROGRAMME

SESSION #1 – ON SITE AND BLENDED

9.30– 12.30 AM

MIC-Museo Interattivo del Cinema, Viale Fulvio Testi, 121

9.30: Participants registration

10.00: INSTITUTIONAL GREETINGS

Matteo Pavesi, Fondazione Cineteca Italiana

Greta Galeazzi, European Commission (name TBC)

Nicola Borrelli, Ministry of Cultural, Cinema and Audiovisual Directorate

Francesca Caruso, Lombardy Region

Mariagrazia Fanchi, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Moderator: Silvia Pareti, Fondazione Cineteca Italiana

10.30: ROUND TABLE: FILM EDUCATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE: BETWEEN ONLINE TEACHING RESOURCES AND ON SITE LEARNING SPACES

Co-beneficiaries and associated partners of The Film Corner project will reflect upon their direct experience on film education in teaching contexts and the wider topic of the interaction between online film education tools and the specific needs of on-site activities.

Seán Crosson (University of Galway)

Maya Chilashvili (Georgian National Film Centre)

Alessandra Ligori (Palatine)

Ana Cerar (Kino Otok)

Daniel Simeonov (Arte Urbana Collectif)

Aleksandar Erdeljanovic (Yugoslovenska Kinoteka)

Martin Cerny (Czech National Film Museum)

Moderators: Simone Moraldi, Ian Wall (Fondazione Cineteca Italiana)

1 PM: SOCIAL LUNCH

3 PM: WORKSHOPS

WORKSHOP #1 – FILMMAKING IN CLASS (by Salvatore Allocca, Fondazione Cineteca Italiana)

A brief workshop with some specific suggestions for filmmaking in class