Film Education
Film Education
The MEDIA Sub-programme shall provide support to:
– activities aimed at promoting film literacy and at increasing audiences’ knowledge of, and interest in, European audiovisual works, including the audiovisual and cinematographic heritage, in particular among young audiences.
For the Film Education support, the objective of the year 2019 is to increase the access to European films in the context of education by setting up a catalogue of European films to be made available to primary and secondary schools in the countries participating in the MEDIA Sub-programme.
Expected results:
- increase and facilitate the access to European films in schools;
- create a catalogue of well-known movies that have contributed to the history of European filmography to be used in the context of Film Education activities.
Eligible Applicants
In addition to the criteria mentioned in part A, the additional criteria shall apply: The applicant must be a consortium of entities (private companies, non-profit organisations, associations, charities, foundations, municipalities/Town Councils, etc.) established in one of the countries participating in the MEDIA Sub-programme and owned directly or by majority participation, by nationals from such countries.
The project leader will submit the application on behalf of all partners.
Eligible Activities
The creation of a curated catalogue of European films and related pedagogical material to be made available to young people between 11 and 18 years old attending primary and secondary schools in the countries participating in the MEDIA Sub-programme.
The catalogue should include well-known movies that have contributed to the history of European filmography to be used in the context of Film Education activities.
The catalogue shall include a minimum of 7 feature films.
The rights of the films in the catalogue shall be acquired for a period of a minimum of 3 years and for all countries participating in the MEDIA sub-programme. The linguistic versions (dubbing or sub-titling) shall be available for all countries participating in the programme for the majority of the films in the catalogue.
The publication of the catalogue should foresee an ambitious communication campaign to promote the project to the schools and to the general public.
The activities will cover: the clearing of the films' educational rights, the preparation of dubbing or sub-titling packages, the pedagogical material and the dissemination and promotional work to the targeted schools and to the general public.
Budget
The total budget available for the co-financing of actions under this scheme is estimated at EUR 1 M.
The financial contribution of the Union cannot exceed 80% of the total eligible costs of the action.
