Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Inés París, Fernando Franco, Judith Colell and Alberto Morais, among others, participate in a valuable virtual archive of pedagogical resources for the educational community
Artists such as Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Inés París, Fernando Franco, Judith Colell, and Alberto Morais, among many others, join the 17th Seville European Film Festival by actively participating in its educational program. These renowned directors and film editors contribute their expertise to an online repository of educational resources provided by the festival on the website www.seffeducacion.eu, aiming to bring cinema closer to the educational community and young audiences. To do so, the filmmakers have created a series of audiovisual capsules, ranging from tutorials to personal interviews, in which they share and explain their secrets, experiences and keys to understanding cinema.
The section From the Editing Room stands out, where renowned specialists such as Mercedes Cantero, Meritxell Colell, Manuel Múñoz Rivas, Fátima de los Santos and Fernando Franco -nominated for a Goya award thanks to the editing of Que dios nos perdone y Blancanieves- explains, in a series of didactic videos, the importance of time, the out-of-field concept and shooting times using several recently released films as samples. This is valuable material made specifically for the Seville Festival thanks to a collaboration agreement with the Association of Audiovisual Editors of Spain (AMAE)
Another block, titled Directing in the First Person, features several filmmakers with solid careers who tell their first experiences in the sector and their motivation behind the art of storytelling. Through their memories, knowledge and unique looks, students and teachers can find first-hand inspiration for their projects and to improve their training as spectators. Guest testimonies include names such as Judith Colell, Juan Vicente Córdoba, Pavel Giroud, Abraham López Guerrero, Alberto Morais, Jorge Naranjo, Inés París, Silvia Rey, Helena Taberna, Liliana Torres and the multi-award winning Rodrigo Sorogoyen (Mother, The Kingdom, Anti-Riot), all members of the Association of Film Directors ACCION.
Magic Vocabulary es el nombre de otra de las secciones de este conjunto de recursos, en este caso destinada a los más pequeños. Se trata de una serie de piezas audiovisuales de animación para que se empiecen a familiarizar con el cine y sus elementos fundamentales. A través de un glosario de términos y conceptos relacionados con este medio creativo, se ofrecen de forma ágil, entretenida y atractiva los ingredientes de toda buena receta cinematográfica. El ciclo de cápsulas ha sido ideado y realizado por la distribuidora de cine infantil Pack Màgic, habitual colaboradora del Festival de Sevilla.
Finalmente, el propio certamen ha querido contar en otro bloque de contenidos pedagógicos cómo es y se hace Un festival desde dentro, para lo que ha contado con la participación de dos miembros jóvenes y experimentados de su equipo. Javier H. Estrada, encargado de la programación, nos cuenta cómo se han elegido las películas para las distintas secciones de esta 17 edición; mientras que Elena Duque, responsable de publicaciones, explica de forma cercana cómo se elabora la sinopsis de un film y para qué sirve.
Taller online de narrativa audiovisual
Also within the section SEFF Education, a film made by the primary school students of the school in Madrid Fuencisla has been presented and that, under the title A film from home, has been included in the cycle The Cinephile Window film, aimed at the educational community. A project that began in September 2019 as part of the educational program Cinema in progress, and which continued even during the pandemic, in which these children filmed their own daily experiences in such circumstances, giving rise to a collective and relevant work on the value of cinema as a vehicle of communication, expression and company for all ages.
Más títulos en La ventana cinéfila
También dentro de la sección SEFF Educación, se ha presentado una película realizada por el alumnado de primaria del colegio madrileño Fuencisla y que, bajo el título Una película desde casa, se ha incluido en el ciclo La ventana cinéfila, destinado a la comunidad educativa. Un proyecto que comenzó en septiembre de 2019 como parte del programa pedagógico Cine en curso, y que continuó incluso durante la pandemia, en la que estos niños y niñas filmaron sus propias vivencias diarias en tales circunstancias, dando lugar a una obra colectiva y relevante sobre el valor de cine como vehículo de comunicación, expresión y compañía para todas las edades.
Likewise, the cycle The Cinephile Window includes materials associated with the film Birds of Passage (Olivier Ringer, 2015), so that the academic community can reflect on and discuss the subject related to people with disabilities in the cinema. This initiative, launched thanks to the collaboration of the Audiovisual Council of Andalusia, emphasizes the dissemination of its recommendations in order to be more rigorous when dealing with stories about disability, avoiding stereotypes and attitudes that are not conducive to social inclusion. The French-Belgian film to which these materials will be applied, obtained numerous international awards, including the Giraldillo Junior at the Seville European Film Festival.
