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INDUSTRY International Forum for Audiovisual Education SESSION 1

For everyone active in the audiovisual and cultural field interested in young audiences

The International Forum for Audiovisual Education is part of The Visegrad Young Film Days project and offers a comprehensive view of key institutions and initiatives in the field of European cinema and audiovisual education for young audiences. The program will spotlight Cinekid, the largest festival for children’s film and media, and examine Quai10, a unique venue in Charleroi, Belgium, where film and video games intersect, as well as the operations of The Film Education Network in the Netherlands. It will highlight innovative approaches to pre-school film education at the Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum and the Danish Film Institute, delve into the success of Swedish cinema for children and young people, including data collection on young audiences at the Swedish Film Institute, and feature the agenda of KIDS Regio, a lobbying initiative for high-quality, diverse European children's films. 

The program will also showcase a diverse range of film educational projects and activities led by institutions from the Visegrad countries. Featured contributors include the National Film Institute - Film Archive (Hungary), the Andrzej Wajda Centre for Film Culture (Poland), Kino Úsmev (Slovakia), the Center for Documentary Film (Czech Republic) and Aeroškola (Czech Republic), each presenting their unique approaches to fostering film education and engagement with young audiences.

The programme is primarily intended for professionals in the field of audiovisual and audiovisual education. Registration for the programme does not mean automatic participation in the programme. Only if your registration is approved, it is possible to participate in the programme. The deadline for registration is 18 September 2024.

Please follow the instructions below to ensure your participation: 

Complete the form via Google Form HERE.

The programme is followed by PITCH LIVE with Michal Šašek and Heleen Rouw.

Please send any questions to radka@youngfilmfest.cz.

 

Programme (10:00 - 11:10):

 

A short look into early childhood film education at DFF

Samira Jakobi

Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum

 

Pre-school film education in Danish Film Insitute

Lisbeth Juhl Sibbesen

Danish Film Institute

 

Film Education for everybody

Eveline van Stuijvenberg

The Film Education Network in the Netherlands

 

Cinekid festival in the context of The Film Education Network in the Netherlands

Heleen Rouw

Cinekid

 

FIRESIDE CHAT: Films in early childhood 

Samira Jakobi, Lisbeth Juhl Sibbesen, Eveline van Stuijvenberg and Heleen Rouw

Informal discussion about perspectives on the benefits and challenges of using films as an educational tool, the approaches of film and film education from early childhood and if the films are the right medium for this age group. 

 

Samira Jakobi

Samira is part of the film education team of DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum e.V. since 2022 and works on the early education programs for children while also being involved in school education programs. She studied film and media cultural work and worked on film sets and in TV production as a producer. One of her biggest interests in education work is developing education formats for marginalized groups of people and making film as an artform accessible.

Lisbeth Juhl Sibbesen

Lisbeth Arto Juhl Sibbesen is editor of film education at the Danish Film Institute. Her main focus is to qualify film and media education in kindergartens and schools and increase the knowledge of film as an art form. Lisbeth has also developed and facilitated courses in film education throughout Denmark for many years and published articles on film education and film analysis. Lisbeth holds a master's degree in French and Film & Media Science.

Eveline van Stuijvenberg

Eveline van Stuijvenberg grew up watching Krteček on videotapes. After having participated in a video project in secondary school, she wanted to be a camerawoman, but literally collapsed under the weight of old fashioned film cameras. Instead she studied Film and Television Science at Utrecht University and specialised in filmeducation. After a career in film- and media education and teaching in primary and secondary schools, Filmhub Zuid-Holland was founded (2019) and she has been the project manager ever since.

Heleen Rouw

Heleen is an experienced leader in media and entertainment, with a focus on young audiences. She started in the nineties in film distribution at Polygram Filmed Entertainment, Warner Bros and specialized in professionalizing the marketing strategies in order to optimize the audience potential of films. She developed an all round experience in film production, publicity & financing, marketing and development (Dutch Film Fund) but also in corporate communications (public broadcaster merge AVROTROS). She developed a solid fundraising strategy and educational vision at the Amsterdam Royal Zoo as Director Development & Education, before she moved to Cinekid in January 2020.