This is Film! Film Heritage in Practice 12 Feb – 19 March 2015

Playing with Colour: teaching film heritage to children

What is Media Literacy/Media Education?

“The proliferation of mass media has brought about decisive changes in human communication processes and behaviour. Media education aims to empower citizens by providing them with the competencies, attitudes and skills necessary to comprehend media functions.” UNESCO

“Like literature, film must be included in the school curricula, and students who live in a world dominated by images have to learn the grammar of the moving image just as they are taught the grammar of the written word.” José Manuel Barroso President of the European Commission (2004-2014)

British Film Institute “We help people of all ages to understand and enjoy film.” http://www.bfi.org.uk/education-research

Swedish Film Institute “The aim is to provide quality film experiences for children and young people, and to encourage them to deepen their knowledge of film and to express themselves through film as a medium.” http://www.sfi.se/en-GB/English/Film-In-Schools/

EYE “EYE strives to bring everyone in the Netherlands in contact, at least once in his/her life, with the various activities of film education (i.e. watching, making, sharing, or otherwise experiencing films).” https://www.eyefilm.nl/en/education

Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi Silent Film Curator, EYE Brit Thomassen Film Education Specialist, EYE

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