The Schools programme establishes an ongoing and enduring relationship with the school-age community in which cinema occupies a central position. What is cinema? How can it relate to the real world? And, in an eminently visual world, to what extent does cinema influence our lives? — these are some of the questions raised by the programme. As well as providing opportunities for cultural enjoyment, we aim to use cinema as a tool for groups and individuals to learn.
Through screenings and complementary activities with students and teachers, we also seek to broaden knowledge of cinematographic practices, relating these to themes seen as relevant by younger viewers. With this project we hope to reaffirm the cinema room as a space of citizenship.
Snipp, Snapp, Snut, Mia Hulterstam and Cecilia Actis, 2016
The Film Programme for Schools comprises supervised sessions intended for students at different stages of education, from pre-school through to secondary school. The films will provide moments for debate and reflection on their connections to personal experiences in and out of school, and to processes of individual learning. The sessions are organised across four themes — Ecology, Friendship, Identity and Diaspora.
This programme is curated by Carlos Natálio, Melissa Rodrigues and Miguel Ramos.
Dates
December 2022–June 2023
September 2023—June 2024
Schedule
Tuesday to Friday at 10:15
Participation
By appointment only, via batalha.escolas@agoraporto.pt
Tickets
Free: Oporto City Schools
Free: People accompanying the group (teachers and non-teaching staff)
1,5€: Schools outside the municipality of Porto
In line with its mission to introduce school audiences to cinema and moving image, Batalha Centro de Cinema undertakes to develop an ongoing working relationship with students from a neighbouring school.
By screening short films and combining these with activities such as workshops, we seek to encourage autonomy among the children, as well as reflecting on the way in which cinema and visual arts contribute to a more complete understanding of the world around us.
The Schools programme will include a film appreciation group aimed at teachers from all school years. Using Batalha’s programme as a starting point, and drawing on the exchange of personal experiences, we aim to set in motion a broad-ranging discussion regarding the ways in which cinema can be integrated into student learning.
Batalha presents Big Show, an annual programme dedicated to the screening of final year film projects. The programme aims to bring together the film school community of Porto and encourage the sharing of different modes of production, filmmaking and teaching.
At the end of each school year, FBAUP, ESMAD, ESAP, Escola das Artes da UCP and Universidade Lusófona submit films produced by their final year students, which are judged by a committee convened by the Centro de Cinema. The selected films will be screened at Batalha, exclusively for the film school community, on a day of celebration and togetherness at the end of their course.
The selection committee for the first edition of Big Show is composed of Catarina de Sousa, producer and artist, Cléo Tavares, actor, and Pedro Serrazina, director and teacher.
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