More than 3,000 primary, ESO and baccalaureate students will participate in the Film and School Program

  • After two versions in which they cannot be held in person due to the pandemic, the Cine Club returns to the original format, where films adapted for each school age will be shown.
  • One film is shown every day, in two phases, at 9:30 AM and 12:00 PM, each of them can be watched at the Kasbah Cultural Center from November 7-17, 2022
  • Culture delegate, Silvia Fernandez, explains that “cinema is not just entertainment, but a tool for promoting any kind of education, allowing all students to put themselves in the role of others.”
  • Interested faculty at Merida Centers and the region who, for whatever reason, have not received information about the course in their classrooms, should contact the Cine Club through the following email address: [email protected]

Culture delegate, Silvia Fernandez, explains that “cinema is not just entertainment, but a tool for promoting any kind of education, allowing all students to put themselves in the role of others.”

Silvia Fernandez attended the presentation of the programming of the Department of Cinema and the School, which was included in the activities of the 17th edition of the unpublished Mérida Film Festival, where she highlighted the gratitude of the “City Council” to all the members of the Festival and the Cine Club, that it is done every year and that things are done so well He also noted that the city is living the cinema experience “all year round” with initiatives such as Secindi, the Outdoor Film Series or the Extremadura Film Archive.

For his part, the director of the Merida Unpublished Film Festival, Angel Breez, explained, “We would like the students to return to the cinema again to see these films,” and indicated that the programming of the official section of the Unpublished Film Festival will be “between 9 and 10 November”, because “it is still There are many festivals with great films.”

For her part, the President of the Cine Club Forum, Sofia Serrano, thanked the Extremadura City Council and the Regional Government for supporting all the activities offered by the FCIMérida. “In this department of cinema and school there is a variety of film themes, but above all we want to convey different values ​​and use cinema as an educational tool.”

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The author of the Cine y Escuela poster is Maria Muñoz, a 23-year-old from Almáz and a graphic design degree student at the Merida School of Art and Design Superior. Realizing that it was an “opportunity” to be able to carry out poster design for the film department and the school, she felt “overwhelmed and excited”, as it was the first opportunity to make real contact with the “Very Important to Merida” committee.

“Since I was little, I’ve been to the movies and have always been passionate about this world: the room, the big screen, the comfy padded chairs that wrap around my back, popcorn or 3D magic that puts you completely in a screen. For that reason, the poster center is the classic theater seat. , which is an elevator like the one I used to be able to see the screen, and on top of it, some popcorn with 3D glasses.”

After two editions in which they cannot be held in person due to the pandemic, the Cine Club forum is once again resuming the original format, in which films adapted for each school age, both at the primary level and at the ESO and the baccalaureate, will be shown, with admission free until full capacity.

One film will be shown each day, in two phases, at 9:30 AM and 12:00 PM, and each can be viewed at the Al Kasbah Cultural Center (John Lennon Street), November 7-17, 2022.

The course includes different genres, with four animated films for the three core courses (Zog, Heroines and Dragons, Phantom Boy and The Bad Guys) and the first course of ESO (Where’s Anne Frank?), a French title of great importance as such as Gagarine, scheduled for the second course From ESO and the most important Spanish film of the year, Alcarràs by Carla Simon, winner of the Golden Bear at Berlinale and shortlisted by the Film Academy to represent Spain in the Oscar for Best Foreign Film about high school students.

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Some of these titles contain learning resources and teaching guides that are made available to teachers so that the activity is as complete as possible.

Interested faculty at Merida Centers and the region who, for whatever reason, have not received information about the course in their classrooms, should contact the Cine Club through the following email address: [email protected]

Statements by Silvia Fernandez, Angel Breeze, Sofia Serrano and Maria Muñoz:

Programming films and schools

The first cycle of elementary school (first and second class of elementary)

ZOG, dragons and heroes

Max Lang, Daniel Sanadon 2018 60 Minutes UK

Monday 07 and Tuesday 08 November at 09.30 and 12 noon

This animated short film collection begins with Julia Donaldson’s famous story “Zog the Dragon” and continues with four stories starring brave and imaginative girls. Zog is a dragon who goes to school to learn to fly, breathes fire from its mouth and kidnaps princesses. He’s not very good at it, but he overcomes obstacles thanks to the friendship of a princess who helps him and makes him understand that they don’t have to be what the world expects of them.

tractor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0fi8cdiId8

The second stage of elementary school (the third and fourth of elementary school)

phantom boy

Alain Gagnol and Jean Filicioli 2015 84 min France

Wednesday 09 and Thursday 10 November at 09.30 and 12 noon

During the investigation, police officer Alex is attacked by a mysterious figure with a disfigured face. At the hospital, he meets Leo, an 11-year-old patient who has the ability to leave his body and travel through the air and pass through walls as if he were a ghost. With the help of Leo and intrepid journalist Mary, Alex will be able to confront the gangster who attacked him and is now threatening the city.

tractor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8oNpKO16Ns

Third cycle of primary school (fifth and sixth grade)

the wicked

Pierre Pérevel 2022 100 minutes USA

Friday 11 November and Monday 14 November at 09:30 and 12 noon

This is the story of five notable villains: Mr. Wolf, Mr. Snake, Mr. Piranha, Mr. Shark, and Mr. Tarantula. They’ve both spent a lifetime making big burglaries. Now they will hatch a plot to accomplish their last act. Film based on the successful series of graphic novels, The Bad Guys, written by Aaron Blaby.

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tractor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzsRenSxjyE

ESO First Course (ESO First and Second Course)

Where is Anne Frank?

Ari Vollmann 2022 96 minutes Belgium

Tuesday 15 November at 09.30 and 12 noon
Pass in VOSE (English)

Kitty, the imaginary friend of Anne Frank to whom she dedicated her future memoirs, wakes up inside her home museum in Amsterdam and embarks on an adventure to find her best friend convinced she’s still alive somewhere in Europe. Although the determined young girl admired the vicissitudes of the modern world, she was also surprised by the legacy Anne left behind.

tractor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpXWkAe4mR4

ESO 2nd Cycle (3rd & 4th ESO)

jagarin

Fanny Leatar and Jeremy Troille 2020 95 minutes France

Wednesday 16 November at 09.30 and 12 noon

Examination in VOSE (French)

16-year-old Yuri has spent his whole life in the Gagarin Towers, a housing project in the suburbs of Paris, and dreams of becoming an astronaut. When the level of demolishing the towers is raised, Yuri joins the resistance. She sets out with her friends Diana and Husam on a mission to save her home from destruction.

2020: Cannes Film Festival – Official Section
2020: Merida Film Festival Unpublished – Official Section

tractor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMOWCXtsKC0

Baccalaureate

the brochure

Carla Simon 2022120 minutes Spain

Thursday 17 November at 09:30 and 12 noon

Examination at VOSE (Catalá)

For generations, the Sole family has planted a large area of ​​peach trees in Alcaras, a small rural town in Catalonia. But this summer, after eighty years of cultivating the same land, this may be his last harvest, as the landowner intends to install a field of solar panels on it.

2022: Berlin Film Festival – Golden Bear for Best Film

The film was selected by the Film Academy to represent Spain in the Oscar for Best Foreign Film 2023

tractor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XacARMle0ZY

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