Proposal: Strengthening Civic Responsibility and Engagement through European Network for Youth
Implementation: 2025 to 2027
Call: CREA-MEDIA-2025-AUDFILMEDU – Audience Development and Film Education
Topic: CREA-MEDIA-2025-AUDFILMEDU
Type of Action: CREA-PJG – CREA Project Grants
Proposed Budget: 1 091 116,45€
Keywords: Film Education, Film education, Civic participation, Youth engagement
Objective: The project will try to redefine what it means to experience cinema. Many children, particularly in peripheral and marginalized areas, have never had the opportunity to watch a film in a cinema, or, in some cases, to view a film in its entirety. Reintegrating this experience is crucial to promote a more comprehensive and holistic development of young people’s skills. Engaging with film language promotes students’ awareness of media tools. By serving as an educational practice that encourages attention and reflection, it creates a shared space where personal experiences can be compared with the stories depicted on screen. Moreover, this process prompts critical reflection on European cultural identity and the students’ regions of origin. The general objective of the action is defined as promoting EU films among primary and middle school children, as a tool to reinforce their civic participation and their preparedness to discuss issues that affect the world around them. Therefore, the project not only will let younger audiences discover cinema (developing a passion for it and having the skill to see movies with a critical approach), but it will also make them better citizens, more aware and more engaged in the public discussion.
Partners:
- Ratatoj Aps
- Im Cultural Institute
- Beactive, Producoes Interactivas Sa
- Espacio Rojo
- Kauno Kino Centras Romuva
- Roundstone Media Ltd
- Universidad Complutense De Madrid
- Università Degli Studi Di Torino