Masterclass: Cinema for children ages 4-12: Imagination, inspiration and insight
As part of our Script Developmen Contest for feature-film or televisual projects aimed at children ages 4-12 the Athens International Children’s Film Festival is hosting an Online Masterclass on the topic of “Cinema for children ages 4-12: Imagination, inspiration and insight”
What is the child’s point of view in audiovisual content and how is it achieved?
Is every film with children a children’s film?
How do we chose our point of view?
What can Greek productions learn from the international market?
How can we learn to see through the eyes of children?
Examples of audiovisual culture and historical context.
Presented by Georgina Kakoudaki – Dramaturg, Director, Theatrical Theorist, Acting coach.
INFO:
Saturday 26 February
Time 17:00 – 18:00
Participation in this webinar is free.
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Watch the masterclass here (available in Greek)
Who is Georgina Kakoudaki:
Photo: Gerasimos Domenicos
Georgina Kakoudaki is a theatre theorist and director. Since 2009, she has been directing youth theatre performances and collaborated with over 30 theatre and dance companies as a dramaturg. She is teaching in numerous public and international organizations specializing in educating adults through theatre and film. She has taught film dramaturgy and aesthetics at the AKMI IEK school (2006-2011).
She was head of the National Theatre of Greece Library and Archive (1997-2004). She co-wrote the books: Theatre education for adults (IDEKE 2007) and Paths of Experiential Learning (Kedros publications 2011). She is the author of the Arts Schools Students’ Course book specializing in Theatre Directing and Film Directing (IEP 2015) and Film Aesthetics (ΙΕP 2015) and organized large number of New Artists festivals alongside a series of organizations and theatres in Greece.
From 2016 to 2019 she was the curator of the Educational Programs of the Athens and Epidaurus Festival and the Artistic Director of the Epidaurus Lyceum, an international school for actors focusing on ancient drama. She collaborates with Olympia International Festival for Children and Young People/Pitching Ideas, Drama International Film Festival/ Pitching Lab and with Athens International Children Film Festival. Since 2021 she is the Artistic Director of the summer school for ancient drama Summer Oracle (Municipal Theatre of Ioannina/ Dodona).
The Script Development Contest for feature-film or televisual projects aimed at children ages 4-12, offering a funded place at the CINEKID SCRIPT LAB is supported by Tanweer Productions. Find out more here.