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Fred at School – a conference on film literacy

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- The “Building New Audiences for European Cinema” conference held in London on 2 July will showcase the results and achievements of the project's first edition

Fred at School – a conference on film literacy

Fred at School is an educational audience development project promoting film literacy and awareness of European films at secondary schools in eight European countries. The “Building New Audiences for European Cinema” conference held in London on 2 July will showcase the results and achievements of its first edition.

Four European films shortlisted from the European Parliament's LUX Prize competition had previously been selected and presented to participating schools in the eight countries that have signed up to Fred at School: the UK, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Croatia, Romania and Iceland.

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After watching and discussing the selected films (Illegal [+see also:
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interview: Olivier Masset-Depasse
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by Olivier Masset-Depasse, Akadimia Platinos [+see also:
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interview: Constantin Moriatis
interview: Filippos Tsitos
interview: Filippos Tsitos
film profile
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by Filippos Tsitos, Eat Sleep Die [+see also:
film review
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interview: China Ahlander
interview: Gabriela Pichler
interview: Nermina Lukac
film profile
]
by Gabriela Pichler and Shun Li and the Poet [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Andrea Segre
interview: Andrea Segre
film profile
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by Andrea Segre) in class, the participating students had the chance to create a radio feature, broadcasted by FRED Film Radio, a multi-lingual, digital film network.

Fred at School is supported by the European Union’s Creative Europe programme and has been selected for the Audience Development call.  

Alongside an introduction to Fred at School by the creators and partners, the presentation of the initial results of a film literacy research study will also take place. Finally, the prize for the Best Film, as selected by the students, will be awarded.

Attendance at the conference on 2 July is free, but registration is requested here.

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