The “Different Kind of School” with CinEd Romania

     After having organized more training sessions for the educational facilitators in four counties, the CinEd Romania film education program enters its next stage. In March 20 screenings dedicated to students of all levels will take place.
     In the training sessions organized by the NexT Cultural Society (for the secondary school and high school levels) and by the Macondo Cultural Association (fot the primary school level) 131 teachers and public librarians participated. Some of them will be actively involved in organizing the screenings in March, a period that was preferred by many schools for the “Different Kind of School” Week.
     In 8 different places (București, Ploiești, Sinaia, Râșnov, Brașov, Codlea, Valea Doftanei and Albești Paleologu), the students will be able to actively take part in the events, watching the films from the CinEd catalogue and the in the interactive debates that will take place after the screenings.
     The access is free for all the screenings.
     The CinEd catalogue includes art films from seven European countries (France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Bulgaria, Finland and Romania) and the different formats that the films are available on, allows their screening in different spaces: from professional standard cinemas to spaces with minimal equipment, such as the classroom or the library. Thus, the programme facilitates the access of the students to a series of heritage European productions, or to some films that are multi-awarded in international festivals, of an authentic artistic value.
     The screenings for the primary school students, organized by the Macondo Association, will take place in Bucharest (March, 26-30), in 7 general schools. The films are: The First Day of School/ Rentrée des classes (1956, France, directed by Jacques Rozier) and Little Light/ Petite lumière (2003, France-Senegal, directed by Alain Gomis). The activity will be assisted by the CinEd specialists – the teachers will present the fils and they will use the pedagogical materials from the platform. They will receive feedback at the end. The debates after the screenings will be moderated by the film critic Andreea Mihalcea.
     The screenings for the gymnasium level will be organized by the NexT Cultural Society. There will be three screenings of the film The Spirit of the Beehive / El espiritu de la colmena (1971, Spain, directed by Victor Erice) on March, 27 and 28, at the Cinema Elvire Popesco, of the French Institute in Bucharest and on March, 30, at the Cervates Institute, partners of the programme.
     More screenings for the gymnasium level are scheduled as follows: in Râșnov (March,9), in Codlea (March, 26 and 28),  in Albești Paleologu (March, 26), Brașov (March, 28) and Valea Doftanei (March, 29). The debates with the students will be moderated by the film critics Oana Ghera, Gabriela Fillipi, Ionuț Mareș şi Raluca Ungureanu.
     The high school students will enjoy the screenings of the film The Happiest Girl in the World/Cea mai fericită fată din lume (2009, Romania, directed by Radu Jude) in Ploiești (March, 14), Sinaia (March, 27) and Valea Doftanei (March, 28).
     Because of the great interest that the educational facilitators showed towards the programme and also with the purpose of learning more about the elements of the film education, a new intensive CinEd training session will be organized in Suceava (March, 24) as well as an additional training session in Bucharest (in April).
     More details will be announced soon.