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FilmED

Films are much more than just a medium. They can inspire, fascinate, move and help understand the world. FilmED is a project funded by the European Union that aims to foster film education in Central and Eastern Europe and make it accessible to educators, cultural and educational organizations and, through them, to children and young people from preschool age to upper secondary school. Since young people today are constantly surrounded by film and audiovisual media, FilmED wants to offer them the opportunity to deeply engage with and comprehend the world of film.


About the project

Today, film and audiovisual media have an enormous influence on children, young people and society in general. Film education therefore has a key role to play: it teaches us to understand film narratives, as well as intentions of their makers and to question them critically. It promotes sensitivity to the manipulative potential of audiovisual narratives as well as creativity, aesthetic perception and democratic participation.

Film education is missing from the school curriculum in many European countries. The aim of FilmED is to develop practical teaching materials that can close this gap and enable educators,cultural and educational institutions to work with film education. Through them, we want to reach thousands of pupils in Central and South-Eastern Europe, who can thus expand their knowledge of European cinema. But above all, we want to give them a deeper understanding of social and political contexts and promote cultural exchange and European values.

FilmED approaches film education in two different ways. In the first, we focus on the craft of film and the history of cinema, covering topics such as cinematography, editing, directing, producing and scriptwriting. The second approach sees film as a tool for exploring social and political issues as well as for developing critical thinking.

Between 2024 and 2025, in cooperation with international partner organisations - cultural and educational organisations, film festivals, cinemas and other film institutions - from Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and North Macedonia, we will test and analyse the best practices in European film education methods through real-life workshops and bring them all together in an interactive website. The core of the website will be practice-based learning scenarios that can be implemented directly in the classroom or at any other learning venue (e.g. programs of cultural/educational institutions). In this way, we offer interested educators and cultural and educational organizations' representatives training, practical guidelines and concrete support.

We want our project to be accessible to all, thus we will cooperate with various vulnerable group’s workers and include films that address their issues and represent their voices.


Target groups

FilmED Institutions © Goethe-Institut

educational & film institutions

Our primary goal is to increase the capacity of both educational and film institutions to develop and provide film education training programs for teachers. As these institutions have already established networks with educators, we will leverage these connections, using a train-the-trainer model to expand film education. With the help of the interactive online platform and the film education scenarios presented there, these institutions will get to know how to offer comprehensive and hands-on sharing of their expertise with teachers, so that the educators can introduce or enhance existing film education in their schools or kindergarten – ultimately benefiting young audiences.           

We will directly involve:

  • Cultural and educational institutions and NGOs
  • Educational authorities
  • Film festivals
  • Film museums or archives

FilmED schools © Goethe-Institut

Educators

Our primary goal is for educators to bring the film education to their schools. Through FilmED, teachers will receive practical training on how to incorporate film education into their classrooms. To ensure relevance and ease of use, educators will be involved in the project from its inception, and they will be trained through real-life workshops with young audiences.

We will directly involve:

  • school teachers
  • kindergarten teachers
  • social and vulnerable groups’ workers
  • youth workers          

FilmED young people © Goethe-Institut

Young people

We want young people to have greater film literacy and a better understanding of European film. We believe that film education enables them to gain knowledge of the school subjects through the appealing and thought-provoking medium of film. We will impact this group by working with the participating educators.

We will directly involve:          

  • kindergarten children          
  • elementary school students
  • high school students            
  • young people participating in informal education 
  • vulnerable groups, such as minority groups, people with disabilities, LGBTQIA+ individuals, mental health-care communities etc.


I want to be informed about FilmED!

To get involved and keep up with FilmED, please contact the project manager: tereza.stastna@goethe.de.


Kommende Veranstaltungen

FilmED Forum, Archiv von Pavel Bednařík (Wikimedia Commons)

FilmED Forum: regelmäßige Treffen mit der Filmbildung
20.11. | 17:00 - Filmerziehung in Tschechien- Vergangenheit, Gegenwart, Zukunft (Pavel Bednařík)

Im Einführungsvortrag von Pavel Bednařík erfahren wir etwas über den historischen Kontext, sehen uns an, welche Projekte und Aktivitäten es heute im Bereich der Filmbildung gibt und wohin sich dieser Bereich in Zukunft entwickeln könnte.

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FilmED Forum: Filmouka

FilmED Forum: regelmäßige Treffen mit der Filmbildung
11.12. | 17:00 -Filmouka - 100 Möglichkeiten, Film (nicht nur) in der Schule zu unterrichten

Das zweite Treffen des FilmED Forums wird sich auf Filmouka und darauf konzentrieren, wie man Film nicht nur in der Schule unterrichten kann.

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FilmED is co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
 

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