Seville, 29 September 2021- As part of the Seville European Film Festival's own programme, now in its eighteenth edition the Festival is bringing back two sections born out of its unwavering commitment to forming future audiences: Europa Junior, directed at children under the age of 12, and Cinephiles of the Future, aimed especially at those over the age of 12. These sections are competitive in nature, given that at the end of each session the spectators vote for their favourite films. This year' s screenings will take place at the Teatro Alameda, the Teatro Lope de Vega and the mk2 Cinesur Nervión Plaza cinemas.
Featuring a selection of titles that keep the same daring and challenging spirit with which the rest of the sections are programmed, Europa Junior and Cinephiles of the Future have succeeded in previous editions bringing more than 30,000 young people who, through this initiative, seek to become future spectators with a critical eye and an aesthetic sensibility. Indeed, it should be noted that one of the peculiarities of this selection designed for schoolchildren is that it also includes some titles that participate in other competitive sections of the film festival, such as the film Europa, one of the competing titles in The New Waves of 2021.
Comprising a dozen titles between the two sections, in Europa Junior the film Vicky and Her Mystery, by French director Denis Imbert, and Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon, an animated film directed by José Zelada and Richard Claus, are particularly noteworthy. The bond between a girl and her dog acts as an example to reflect on the relationship between human beings and nature. Likewise, The Horizon, included in Cinephiles of the Future, by the young director Emilie Carpentier, deals with the complexities of contemporary French youth from the point of view of a young woman of Senegalese origin in the Parisian suburbs.
Cinema Classroom' returns, in collaboration with the ECAM
As part of the programme aimed at young people, the Seville European Film Festival is once again participating in the Cinema Classroom project, developed by the Department of Culture of the Andalusian Regional Government in collaboration with Spain's leading film schools, such as the Madrid Film and Audiovisual School (ECAM).
Particularly, Cinema Classroom, consisting of two face-to-face workshops in 10 educational centres, will be held during the Film Festival - from the 5th to the 13th of November - to introduce young people to audiovisual language and narrative: One of them, The Origins of Cinema, aimed at young people between the ages of 8 and 12, will show, among other contents, different pioneering devices in the moving image; the second one, Images don't lie, oriented to students between the ages of 12 and 18, intends to show how documentary film is a tool for learning about the environment that surrounds us.
Over 200 workshops in Seville's schools
To conclude, within the framework of the Seville European Film Festival, the Seville City Council's Department of Education will promote the educational project Film Culture Workshops, with the aim of encouraging film culture and attendance at cinemas. More than 200 workshops will take place in the classrooms of primary, middle and high schools, as well as vocational training courses and various adult education centres in the city of Seville. The workshops will allow students to learn about the different areas of film creation and the tools for its implementation. Thus, the workshops programmed will be Make Your Short Film on Your Mobile; Construction of a Flip Book or Folioscope; Soundtracks, Music in Film, Audiovisual Script, Audiovisual Animation and Stop Motion and Audiovisual Didactics.
