For a European Film Education Policy A Report by Xavier Lardoux June 2014 1 For a European Film Education Policy Contents Remit Letter of 30 January 2014 from the President of the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée (CNC) Sommaire I The Necessity of a European Film Education Policy .......................................................................... 11 1 The European Viewer of Tomorrow .............................................................................................. 12 a/ Responding to the ubiquitous screen, dominated by the American majors ............................... 12 b/ Supporting the European film industry of tomorrow ................................................................ 14 2 Film Education Rather Than Media Education .............................................................................. 16 3 The School: The Decisive Actor .................................................................................................... 18 a/ In school time… ........................................................................................................................ 18 b/ …and at the cinema, ideally ...................................................................................................... 19 4 The Cinema, Cement of European Civic Identity .......................................................................... 21 a/ The democratic emotions........................................................................................................... 21 b/ The narrative imagination ......................................................................................................... 22 II A Recent Account of European Film Education ........................................................................... 24 1 Significant European Initiatives and Their Limits ......................................................................... 25 a/ Philosophy, actors, priorities ..................................................................................................... 25 b/ Three categories of provision .................................................................................................... 26 c/ The Few Transnational Initiatives ............................................................................................. 28 d/ Constraints that must be lifted ................................................................................................... 29 2 A First Approach to the Development of a European Policy ......................................................... 31 a/ The absence hitherto of specific European funding for film education ..................................... 31 b/ Recent European provision for film education remains limited ................................................ 31 III Strengthening Film Education in Europe ......................................................................................... 35 1 Good Practice in Europe: Models to Inspire New Impetus ............................................................ 36 a/ Screenings in school time .......................................................................................................... 37 b/ Practical workshops ................................................................................................................... 38 c/ Cinematic events ....................................................................................................................... 38 d/ Training ..................................................................................................................................... 39 e/ Use of the new media ................................................................................................................ 39 f/ Twinning .................................................................................................................................... 40 2 Recommendations .......................................................................................................................... 42 1/ Create a European Foundation for Film Education ................................................................... 42 2/ Create a video platform to make European films available to children and young people ....... 43 3/ The large-scale development of film education activities combining artistic and linguistic approaches ..................................................................................................................................... 44 2 For a European Film Education Policy 4/ Establish a highly selective digital library of 20 European films, old and new, for use throughout Europe in school time, both at cinemas (DCP) and at school (via an accompanying video-on-demand site) ................................................................................................................... 45 5/ Develop training in film education for teachers, cinema operators and community workers, especially through the creation of a European film education web site, at European and national levels .............................................................................................................................................. 45 6/ Make European funding for distribution and exhibition more conditional on film education activities......................................................................................................................................... 46 7/ Encourage twinning between associations, cities and regions in Europe around the themes of film and film education ................................................................................................................. 47 8/ Establish an online Festival of European Film for children ...................................................... 48 9/ To establish a proper European Film Prize for secondary pupils .............................................. 48 10/ To make film education a regular feature of the European Capital of Culture programme .... 49 Annex 1 Good Practice in Europe that Could Set an Example: France ................................................ 50 1 France: in School-Time .................................................................................................................. 51 “Ecole et Cinéma”, “Collège au Cinéma” and “Lycéens et Apprentis au Cinéma” ...................... 51 Cinélangues ................................................................................................................................... 52 The Cinémathèque Française in Paris ........................................................................................... 53 The Institut Lumière in Lyon ........................................................................................................ 53 Zérodeconduite.net ........................................................................................................................ 54 The Jean Renoir High School Students’ Prize............................................................................... 55 2 France: Out of School ..................................................................................................................... 56 Mon Premier Festival (My First Festival) in Paris ........................................................................ 56 The Tout-Petits Cinéma Festival at the Forum des Images in Paris .............................................. 57 Michel Gondry’s Amateur Film Factory ....................................................................................... 57 La Cinémathèque Française in Paris ............................................................................................. 58 L'Association Française des Cinémas d'Art & d'Essai .................................................................. 59 Annex 2 Good Practice in Europe that Could Set an Example: the Rest of Europe ......................... 61 1 Europe: in School-Time ................................................................................................................. 62 Many schemes similar to “Ecole et cinéma”, “Collège au cinéma” and “Lycéens et apprentis au cinéma” .......................................................................................................................................... 62 Projects for Training Teachers ...................................................................................................... 62 The Comenius Cultural Exchange Program Funds “Bordils-Moita” ............................................ 63 “Cinema en Curs” by the A Bao A Qu Association ...................................................................... 63 Vision Kino GmbH ....................................................................................................................... 64 Kinema: a Partnership Between Upper-Normandy and Lower-Saxony ....................................... 64 2 Europe: Out of School .................................................................................................................... 65 “Os Filhos de Lumière” in Lisbon ................................................................................................. 65 The Cinéfête Association Developed by the Institut Français in Germany ................................... 66 Buster, the International Festival of Childhood and Youth in Copenhagen .................................. 66 The Charleroi International Festival of Teenage Film-makers ....................................................