How can film become more than a lesson starter or a reward at the end of the school year?
This practical course explores film as a tool for reflection, discussion, emotional awareness, creativity and learning. Participants will experience film-based activities themselves and learn how to transform a film or film fragment into a meaningful educational experience.
The course focuses on practical classroom applications rather than formal film analysis. It also draws on selected ideas from film therapy and art therapy, exploring how film, stories and creative responses can support reflection and self-expression in educational contexts.
The film is not the lesson. It is the starting point for an experience.
Methodology
The course is based on learning by doing. Participants will watch and experience selected film materials, reflect, discuss, create and then explore the educational methods behind the activities.
The main approach is:
WATCH → EXPERIENCE → REFLECT → DISCUSS → CREATE → APPLY
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- select films and film fragments according to a specific educational purpose;
- design film-based activities that move students from watching to reflection, discussion and creative response;
- use film to explore identity, emotions, inclusion and social issues;
- formulate questions that encourage reflection, dialogue and critical thinking;
- use writing, sound, image, movement and storytelling as creative responses to film;
- adapt film-based activities to different ages, subjects and educational contexts;
- use selected film- and art-therapy-inspired techniques appropriately within an educational setting;
- transfer course ideas into their own teaching practice
- design, test and refine a ready-to-use film-based learning session adapted to their own learners and educational context.
