Shaping the Gaze – Documentary Education between School and Cultural Policies.

From national policies to European networks, best practices for bringing documentary filmmaking to school: an international comparison of models, alliances and strategies for forming new looks.

How do we build a solid and structured documentary education? The panel compares Italian and European experiences that have integrated cinema, and the cinema of reality, into school curricula through national networks, festivals, archives and educational platforms. From public policies to collaborative models between schools and cultural institutions, a dialogue on already active best practices and strategies to make documentary film a stable tool for visual literacy and cultural citizenship.

Panelists
Mona Klöckner – Head of NEXTUS Germany – Learning by Documentaries, co-head of DOK.education, the educational department of DOK.fest Munich.
Veerle Snijders – Coordinator of the National Film Education network, Eye Filmmuseum Amsterdam, Netherlands
Gudrun Sommer – Board member of the European Children’s Film Association (ECFA) and director of the DOXS RUHR film festival, Germany
Bruno Zambardino – General Directorate of Cinema and Audiovisual Ministry of Culture
Moderator Luca Giuliani – Film historian, archivist, cultural planner

In collaboration with
AVI – Associazione Videoteche e Mediateche Italiane
Initiative promoted under the National Plan Cinema and Images for Schools, supported by the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Education and Merit.